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Michael is chair of Winston’s International Arbitration Practice, and he appears regularly before the leading international forums throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. He represents clients before numerous international forums in arbitrations conducted pursuant to all the major institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SCC, and UNCITRAL. Michael has over 30 years of experience in international law conducted pursuant to various institutional rules as well as ad hoc. He also appears as an arbitrator in such disputes.
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