Barton Legum is a partner in the Paris office of Salans and head of the firm’s investment treaty arbitration practice. He has over 20 years’ experience in litigating complex cases, with a focus on international arbitration and litigation in general and arbitration under investment treaties in particular. From 2000 to 2004, Mr. Legum served as Chief of the NAFTA Arbitration Division in the Office of the Legal Adviser, United States Department of State. Mr. Legum is a member of the Executive Committee, the Council and the Administration Committee of the American Bar Association’s Section of International Law, and serves as the Section’s Vice Chair. He will become Chair of the Section in 2012. He is the editor of International Litigation Strategies and Practice (2005), a book published by the American Bar Association, and frequently writes and speaks at conferences on international arbitration and litigation.
