Currently seconded to our New York, NY office

Brian is a partner in our New York office, where he is a member of the arbitration team. His practice centers on acting as counsel or arbitrator in investment and international commercial arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, NAI, UNCITRAL and other sets of rules.

Matters that Brian is handling or has recently handled include advising ConocoPhillips on multi-billion dollar claims arising out of an asset expropriation; the Government of Turkey in three arbitrations under the Energy Charter Treaty, in which the alleged claims exceed $20 billion; European and Caribbean states in three ICSID arbitrations; a State entity in substantial construction arbitrations involving road projects; and French energy company Total S.A. in two arbitral proceedings involving multi-billion Euro claims.

Brian regularly speaks and publishes on arbitration-related topics. He has lectured at Dutch universities, and he is a frequent speaker at arbitration conferences. His articles have appeared in the ICC Bulletin and numerous other publications.

Brian received his J.D. cum laude from the New York University School of Law in 1990 and a degree in politics and economics summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1985. He has practiced in Europe since 1996, and he joined the Amsterdam office of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on its founding in 1999.

Brian speaks English and Dutch, and reads Spanish and French.

Publications

  • Co-author, Enforcing Awards Involving Foreign Sovereigns, in INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION IN NEW YORK Chapter 12, 2009
  • Co-author, Application of Article V of the New York Convention in the Netherlands, 25 [6] J. INT'L ARB. 759, 2008; Consistency of Awards in Cases of Parallel, in TOWARDS A UNIFORM INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION LAW? 293 (Emmanuel Gaillard et al. eds. 2005)
  • Obtaining Evidence Abroad (Chapter on the Netherlands), ABA, May 2005; ‘Arbitrage zonder (contractuele) grenzen’: heden en toekomst van investeringsarbitrage, TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ARBITRAGE, April 2005
  • Consolidation of Arbitral Proceedings, IBA SECTION ON BUSINESS LAW, ARBITRATION AND ADR COMMITTEE NEWSLETTER, May 2004
  • Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards, 18 MEALEY’S INT’L ARB. REP., April 2003
  • The United States Perspective on Impecuniousness and Arbitration Agreements, in DIS PAPERS, 2003
  • Enforcing Eurocontrol Awards, in PCA PAPERS (Kluwer), 2002
  • Rethinking Discovery in International Arbitration, ICC BULLETIN, Vol. 12, no.1, 2001
  • Summary Arbitral Proceedings, 15 MEALEY’S INT’L ARB. REP., March 2000
  • Enforcing Annulled Awards, 14 MEALEY’S INT’L ARB. REP., January 2000
  • Yearbook of Commercial Arbitration (contributor), Vols. XX & XXI, 1995-96

 

Contact details

brian.king@freshfields.com

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