Elliot Polebaum
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
801 17th Street,, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
65-67, avenue des Champs Elysees
75008 Paris
Partner, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (1989-); Law Clerk, Justice William J. Brennan Jr., U.S. Supreme Court (1980- 1981); Law Clerk, Judge James L. Oakes, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1977-1978)
Member, Arbitration Committee of the U.S. Council for International Business (ICC); Member, CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution Panel of Distinguished Neutrals; Member, London Court of International Arbitration; Fellow, College of Commercial Arbitrators (Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Subcommittee)
ICDR, CPR, LCIA, WIPO, ICC, HKIAC
Counsel in more than 135 large and small international arbitrations relating to large industrial projects, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, intellectual property, construction, distribution and licensing and general commercial disputes, with sector experience in energy, telecomunnications, and aerospace, among others. Chairman, Sole Arbitrator and Co-arbitrator in more than 35 arbitrations administered by the ICC and the ICDR, among others, and in ad hoc cases.
As Counsel: A European manufacturer of jet aircraft in two ICC arbitrations in New York brought by a US designer and supplier of certain airframe components; A large US manufacturer of jet aircraft in an ICC arbitration in Geneva against a European supplier of certain airframe components; A European aerospace and defense company in an ICDR arbitration in New York brought by a U.S. purchaser of equipment under a $1 biliion design and manufacturing agreement; A European energy company in an ICC arbitration in Geneva against an Argentine private equity firm; The Mexican subsidiary of a French company in an ICC arbitration in Paris brought by the US subsidiary of a Spanish company alleging defective supply of equipment for use in an alternative energy project; The international owners of a large energy project in a Middle Eastern country against a US engineering firm in an UNCITRAL arbitration in London; US, Danish and Belgian claimants in an ICC arbitration in Paris against German and French respondents arising out of a stock and asset purchase agreement; A Turkish company in multiple ICC arbitrations in Helsinki and Istanbul against a large Scandinavian telecom equipment supplier; A European telecom company in an ICDR arbitration in New York against a supplier of satellite services; A French industrial company in an ICC arbitration in Singapore arising out of a contract to supply certain equipment to an Indian industrial company.
As Arbitrator: Chairman in an ICC case between Canadian and Argentine companies arising out of an acquisition agreement; Co-arbitrator in a nonadministered CPR case arising out of investments in non-US distressed debt; Chairman in an ICDR case between a joint-venture and a supplier in respect of a project in Afghanistan; Sole Arbitrator in an ICDR case between U.S. and Polish parties arising out of a cooperation agreement; Co-arbitrator in an ICDR case between US and Mexican companies arising out of a stock purchase agreement; Co-arbitrator in an ICDR case between US and Caribbean-based companies arising out of a hotel resort operating agreement; Chairman in an ICC case between Japanese parties and South American parties arising out of a major construction project.
Speaker at International Arbitration Conferences; numerous articles and case notes in various publications.