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Jonathan C. Hamilton

Partner & Global Co-Chair, International Arbitration, Paul Hastings LLP

Jonathan C. Hamilton is Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration with leading global law firm Paul Hastings, based as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

Over more than a quarter of a century, Mr. Hamilton has been a true pioneer in the field of international arbitration. With a worldwide client base, he has successfully advised on billions of dollars in multinational and multilingual disputes and transactions across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia. His matters have spanned sectors such as aviation, energy, financial services, infrastructure, mining, telecommunications and transportation. They have involved bet-the-asset legal issues, complex investment planning and "Gordian Knot" negotiations. Mr. Hamilton has deep experience with high stakes disputes involving arbitration, mediation, and litigation, and deals involving complex negotiations, crisis management, and investment protections. His experience encompasses major institutional arbitration centers and rules (such as ICC, ICSID, LCIA, AAA, ICDR, JAMS, PCA, UNCITRAL), as well as regional arbitral institutions and ad-hoc proceedings. 

He is also a professor and seasoned thought leader who has served as the Distinguished Faculty Chair of the International Arbitration Institute at the University of Miami School of Law and been a global professor with IE University in Madrid. His though leadership includes more than 250 publications and presentations over more than twenty-five years, including a book on investment protections, a first-of-its-kind survey of regional arbitration institutions and numerous articles and chapters on globalization, investment, procedure, policy, and public affairs. He has spoken at major conferences worldwide and major universities such as Berkeley, Columbia, Georgetown, Harvard, NYU, Oxford, Penn, Virginia and Yale. 

Based in Washington, he previously practiced in New York City and Mexico City, and also worked in Lima. He has profound travel experience worldwide for his clients, such as site visits in Bulgaria, negotiations in Ecuador, strategy sessions in Hong Kong, witness interviews in Italy, and hearings in The Hague, London, Geneva, New York, Paris, Singapore, Washington, Miami, Madrid, Buenos Aires, Bogota, among other locations. He has additional experience as a federal law clerk and a research assistant to legal fiction author John Grisham, and in public policy, the press, and philanthropy.