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Practice Experience

Hansel Pham joined White & Case LLP as an associate in 2003 and is a member of the Firm’s International Arbitration and Litigation Groups. Mr. Pham has experience in investor-state disputes before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the World Bank and the International Court of Arbitration at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Mr. Pham has also worked on various international civil litigation matters.

Mr. Pham recently helped to obtain the complete dismissal of US$425 million in investment treaty claims against a host State in an ICSID arbitration. Mr. Pham also helped secure the dismissal of price-fixing claims against U.S. companies in the petroleum industry.

Recent representative matters include:

Representing the Republic of the Philippines in parallel ICSID and ICC arbitrations arising from a concession to build and operate a new international airport passenger terminal in Manila.
Representing the U.S. subsidiaries of a national oil company in a multi-district, class-action antitrust litigation.
Representing a government ministry as an amicus curiae party in a class-action antitrust litigation.
Representing a national oil company in an appeal of the dismissal of an antitrust class-action lawsuit before the Fifth Circuit.

Bars and Courts
New York State Bar, 2004
District of Columbia Bar, 2004

Education
JD, Harvard Law School, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 2003
BS, Harvard University, magna cum laude, 1998

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association

Publications
"Consent and Due Process in Mutliparty Investor-State Arbitrations," International Investment Law for the 21st Century: Essays in Honour of Christoph Schreuer, 2009 (co-authored with Carolyn B. Lamm and Alexandra K. Meise Bay)
"Interim Measures and Dismissal under the 2006 ICSID Rules," The Future of Investment Arbitration, 2009 (co-authored with Carolyn B. Lamm and Chiara Giorgetti)
"Enforcing Foreign Arbitral Awards in the United States: The Non-Arbitrable Subject Matter Defense," Journal of International Arbitration, 2008 (co-authored with Abby Cohen Smutny)
"Developing Countries and the WTO: The Need for More Mediation in the DSU," Harvard Negotiation Law Review, 2004
"Taking the Next Step: Vietnam and MFN Status," Harvard International Review, 1997

Speaking Engagements
"Pathways to Employment in International Law," ABA Section of International Law & The International Law Students Association, ILSA Spring Conference, Washington, DC, March 26, 2010
"The Nuts and Bolts of International Arbitration," American Bar Association, Boston, Massachusetts, February 9, 2009
"International Dispute Resolution and Litigation," 12th Annual International Law Forum hosted by the Washington College of Law's International Law Society, Washington, DC, October 29, 2005

Professional Activities
Chair of the Board of Directors for Asian American LEAD, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Washington, DC
Founding Director of the Vietnamese American Bar Association of the Greater Washington, DC Area.

Languages
English
Vietnamese

Citizenship
United States