Steven Smith

Steven Smith

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Biography

For the past 42 years, Steve Smith has focused his practice on international arbitration of complex, high-stakes disputes in the energy, mining, defense, chemical, and life sciences industries. He has significant experience resolving cross-border licensing, distribution, and joint venture disputes, often involving multiple parties. He has been the lead advocate for clients in both ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the UNCITRAL, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, HKIAC, and SIAC Rules, and has handled matters involving foreign states or their instrumentalities from five different continents, including before the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal. He transitioned this past year to acting exclusively as an international arbitrator, with his full bio available at steve-smith-gdr.com.