Michael Daly is a global dispute resolution lawyer with significant experience in international arbitrations and litigation. Michael's practice is focused on helping clients solve cross-border challenges, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. He has particular experience in matters relating to construction, energy, energy-transition, mining, and technology.
Michael has advised on arbitrations by every major international institution (AAA [American Arbitration Association], ICC [International Chamber of Commerce], ICSID [International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes], LCIA [London Court of International Arbitration], PCA [Permanent Court of Arbitration]) spanning all the leading arbitration hubs (London, New York, Geneva, Washington, DC). JURIS Legal Information published a book Michael coauthored entitled A Practical Guide to International Arbitration (2020, with a foreword by The Honorable Marc Lalonde). It has been referred to as "essential reading for all in-house counsel" by Lim Seok Hui (chief executive officer, Singapore International Arbitration Centre [SIAC]).
Michael has been ranked as a "Future Leader" by Who's Who Legal: Arbitration, where clients and peers have said he is a "brilliant practitioner" who "really knows what's going on in the field" for certain industries such as construction and energy. Prior to joining Jones Day, Michael served as a legal adviser at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in The Hague and with Charles N. Brower. He has taught International Business Transactions at George Washington University Law School and Georgetown University Law Center. He has also served as a member of the board of governors of the Washington Foreign Law Society.
Expérience
Autres publications
- 2020
A Practical Guide to International Arbitration (JURIS) (coauthored with Abby Cohen Smutny and Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall)
Publications Prior to Jones Day
2016
A Study of Foreign Investment Law in Africa: Opportunity Awaits, ICCA Congress Series No. 19 (2016) (coauthored with Charles N. Brower)
2015
The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement: What Does It All Mean? What Does It Forecast for the Future?, Kluwer Arbitration Blog (2015) (coauthored with Jawad Ahmad)
"Lessons" Confirmed While Serving as Arbitrator and Counsel in Arbitrations Involving Africa, 30 Emory Int'l L. Rev. 101 (2015) (coauthored with Charles N. Brower & Sarah Melikian)
TTIP & CETA vs. NAFTA: Reflections on Treaty Negotiations Under Public Scrutiny, 9 World Arbitration & Mediation Review 1 (2015)
2014
Tall and Small Tales of a Challenged Arbitrator, Challenges and Recusals of Judges and Arbitrators in International Courts and Tribunals (Brill/Nijhoff 2014) (coauthored with Charles N. Brower & Sarah Melikian)
2010
Twenty-Five Years of the "Prospective Waiver" Doctrine in International Dispute Resolution: Mitsubishi's Footnote 19 Comes to Life in the Eleventh Circuit, 64 U. Miami L. Rev. 1233 (2010) (coauthored with Joseph Brubaker)
User's Perspectives on Challenges Facing the Institutions in a Changing World, 25 ICSID Rev. – Foreign Inv. L. J. 25 (2010) (coauthored with Carolyn Lamm, et al.)
2007
Come One, Come All: The New & Developing World of Nonsignatory and Class Arbitration, 65 U. Miami L. Rev. 95 (2007)
- March 25, 2019
Society of Construction Law (Mid-Atlantic Region), International vs. Domestic Arbitration in the Construction Industry - March 6, 2019
Barra Mexicana: Comisión de Arbitraje, Amendments to the ICSID Arbitration Rules - February 12, 2019
American University, Washington College of Law, Recent Rule Changes and Legal Developments - November 28, 2018
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (Triway International Group), International Dispute Resolution: Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
Speaking Engagements Prior to Jones Day
June 22, 2018
Center for American and International Law: Symposium on Global Markets, Reclaiming the Right to Regulate Foreign Investment
Dallas, Texas
March 1, 2018
United States Council for International Business / International Chamber of Commerce, The State of International Arbitration in US Courts
Washington, D.C.
July 20, 2017
American Society of International Law: Young Arbitrator Debate, Enforcement of Annulled Arbitral Awards
Washington, D.C.
March 27, 2017
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Complexities of Diversity in International Arbitration and Ways to Reconcile Different Practices
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 18, 2016
Georgetown University, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics: Perspectives on Hager Scholars Program
Washington, D.C.
May 9, 2016
International Council for Commercial Arbitration, The Future of Arbitration in Africa
Port Louis, Mauritius
April 12, 2016
American Bar Association: International Law Section, Perspectives on International Law
New York, New York
February 27, 2016
Georgetown University Law Center, Challenges to International Arbitrators: New Developments
Washington, D.C.
- University of Miami (J.D. magna cum laude 2008; Order of the Coif; Executive Editor, University of Miami Law Review); Georgetown University (B.S. in German and Portuguese magna cum laude 2001)
- District of Columbia
Recognized as a Future Leader in the 2022 and 2023 guides of Who's Who Legal: Arbitration
Member of the International Arbitration team ranked Band 1 in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 editions of Chambers USA
Member of the team recognized in the Global Arbitration Review's 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 editions of the GAR 30
- Law Clerk to Judge Alan S. Gold, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida (2010-2011)
- German and Portuguese