David Zaslowsky

David has participated in arbitrations, both inside and outside the US, under the rules of various arbitral institutions as well as ad hoc arbitrations. These include the American Arbitration Association, International Chamber of Commerce, International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, and NASD. He has litigated commercial disputes of all types in various federal and state courts — trial and appellate — throughout the country.  David has worked on many cases involving issues of international litigation, including matters related to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, the Alien Tort Claims Act, forum non conveniens, obtaining discovery in aid of foreign proceedings under 28 U.S.C. Section 1782, foreign attachments, and enforcing foreign judgments.

• Represented consortium of oil companies in multiple ICC arbitrations concerning disputes under EPC contracts for the construction of oil platforms.
• Represented a captive insurance company under a first party property damage policy in a series of ad hoc arbitrations arising out of incidents at nuclear power plants.
• Defeated attempt to enforce ICC arbitration award in federal district court.
• Represented a chemical company in an ICC arbitration concerning termination of a long-term relationship for the development of certain state of the art technology.
• Represented two well-known investment banks against claims that the combination of those two companies constituted a breach of an existing joint venture agreement.
• Represented an Indian bank in a claim under a series of guarantees against entities of an Indian conglomerate, obtained a judgment for almost USD 600 million and then supervised enforcement efforts in the US, England, BVI, and Mauritius.
• Represented an Israeli technology company in defending a claim that it breached an agreement arising out of an alleged Memorandum of Understanding concerning the purchase of a company in China.
• Represented a German bank defending an ICDR arbitration claim by the former President of its U.S. Representative Office for breach of a bonus provision in his employment contract.
• Represented an internet company in an HKIAC arbitration in a claim against the sellers of a Chinese internet company.
• Represented the trust that owns Michaels Jackson’s interests in his and the Beatles music catalogs in a claim for a finder’s fee arising out of the refinancing of loans to Mr. Jackson.

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• New York City Bar Association, Member, International Commercial Disputes Committee
• New York International Arbitration Center, Director and Chairman of Governance Committee
• American Bar Association, Member Litigation Section and International Section
• International Arbitration Club of New York, Founding Member
• New York City Bar Association, Member Task Force on Digital Technologies