Steven Smith
Steven Smith
Website https://www.jonesday.com/en/lawyers/s/steven-smith
Biography
For the past 40 years, Steve Smith has focused his practice on international arbitration of complex, high-stakes disputes in the energy, oil and gas, 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 regularly serves as an arbitrator.