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 | Jean Kalicki Arnold & Porter LLP |
Jean Kalicki, a partner in Arnold & Porter LLP's litigation practice group, is responsible for wide variety of international arbitration and litigation matters. She has particular expertise in investment treaty arbitration and has represented both sovereigns and investors in disputes before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Ms. Kalicki also has extensive experience in commercial arbitration, and has represented US, European, Russian, Latin American, Asian, Saudi, and Israeli companies, as well as the United Nations, in disputes before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and its International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), and ad hoc tribunals under the UNCITRAL Rules. She also frequently counsels clients on structuring international business transactions to obtain protection from applicable investment treaties and selecting arbitration clauses appropriate to particular transactions. She is a frequent speaker on arbitration topics.
Selected by Global Arbitration Review as one of the top 30 women in arbitration worldwide (Sept. 2007) and described by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2007 edition) as "seriously capable and extremely active," Ms. Kalicki has also been selected as a leader in her field by Legal 500 and the International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers. She is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and the seven-time Chair or Co-Chair of the DC Bar's International Dispute Resolution Committee. She serves as an arbitrator for numerous institutions and as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center.
In litigation practice, Ms. Kalicki has substantial experience with the special treaties, statutes, and procedural rules governing transnational litigation in US courts. She has represented the Government of Israel and numerous senior officials with respect to Alien Tort Statute claims, represented Saudi companies in MDL proceedings involving alleged terrorist financing, and represented and advised numerous other clients on issues such as international service of process, jurisdiction, discovery and enforcement of judgments; application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act; extraterritorial application of US law; and claims arising out of federal statutes addressing overseas activities and conduct. Earlier in her career, Ms. Kalicki also worked on international trade matters, including representation of parties in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations and proceedings.
Prior to joining Arnold & Porter, Ms. Kalicki was associated from 1991 to 1998 with Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton in its New York and Washington, DC, offices. She is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard College and a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, where she served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and a former law clerk for Judge Pierre N. Leval, then of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Education: J.D., Harvard Law School, 1989; B.A., Harvard College, 1986
Articles written by this author
- Arbitrating with Sovereigns and State-Owned Entities
- Security for Costs in International Arbitration
- Litigating Across Borders: Hot Topics and Recent Developments in Transnational Litigation (Introduction)
- Why Your Arbitration Agreement Matters: Anticipating Disputes in International Transactions (A short introduction)
