What was the most valuable lesson you learned in your first year of practice? That to persuade others through advocacy, you must first persuade yourself and have a deep understanding of your case so that you can explain it simply and effortlessly.

Describe your biggest win or accomplishment in practice. Obtaining a $1.4 billion award for Crystallex in relation to Venezuela’s expropriation of one of the largest untapped gold deposits in the world. This was one of the largest investment treaty awards in history and the largest under the [International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes] Additional Facility Rules.

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