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Executive Directors - Miss Natalie Osunyameye Dickson
Miss Natalie Osunyameye Dickson, a United Sates attorney specializing in international arbitration and a member of the New York State Bar and the Bar of the District of Columbia. Serves as junior counsel to sovereign governments and private international corporations in commercial and public law disputes before major arbitral institutions including the ICC, the ICSID and the AAA. Personal and professional experience in Europe, Africa and the United States.
KEY SKILLS
- Critical research and writing required for the drafting of proposals and for dispute resolution and arbitration submissions.
- Analysis of contractual structures to confirm compliance with international litigation standards.
- Experience in oral presentation and argument.
- Experienced in both developed and emerging markets.
CAREER SUMMARY
WHITE & CASE LLP, WASHINGTON D.C. From April 2004
Associate, International Arbitration
Primary Responsibilities: -
- Assist in Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act litigation on behalf of sovereign clients.
- Assist in ICSID arbitrations between sovereign states and commercial corporations involving the breach of oil and energy concessions contracts.
COUDERT BROTHERS LLP, Washington D.C. & Paris, France. 2001 September 2002 - April 2004
Associate, International Arbitration & Public International Law.
Primary Responsibility: -
- Principal brief writer: drafted “Memorial”, “Counterclaim” and “Rebuttal Memorial”, amongst other filings for AAA arbitration between a publicly-traded United States corporation and a European multinational corporation.
- Assisted in the drafting of advisory opinions and memorials for arbitral disputes and potential arbitral disputes before ICSID, the ICC, and the AAA involving such issues as the violation of bilateral investment treaties, breach of contract, boundary disputes and fraud.
- Assisted in an UNCITRAL arbitration hearing between a Central American State and a multinational corporation, held in Geneva, Switzerland.
- Assisted in the analysis of corporate compliance issues under the foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINA, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 2000 - 2001
Research Assistant to David Martin, Professor of Civil Liberties and human Rights in the publication of “Asylum Case Law Sourcebook”.
TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Summer 2000
Summer Associate.
(Offer to return extended)
INTERNET SECURITIES, Sofia, Bulgaria 1997 - 1998
Accounts and Sales Manager for a Political and Financial News Service.
CITIBANK, New York 1996 – 1997
Central and Eastern Europe, Africa and Middle East Financial Institutions Representative.
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE BAR 2003
MEMBER OF THE BAR OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 2003
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, SCHOOL OF LAW 2002
Juries Doctor
- Participant, Lile Moot Court Competition.
- Editor, Virginia Tax Journal.
- Director of Law Student Volunteer program, International Rescue Committee.
FRANKLIN COLLEGE, Lugano, Switzerland 1995
Bachelor of Arts (International Economics)
- Trustee Scholarship Recipient.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Born, 4th June 1975.
- Origin: Bakana, Rivers State, Nigeria.
- Language Skills: Conventional French and Italian; Rudimentary knowledge of German, Bulgaria and Yoruba, Hausa and Kalabari.
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