Hannelore Sklar

Associate, Washington, DC

Biography

Overview

Hannelore Sklar is an associate in the Firm's International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation Groups. She represents and advises private companies, foreign sovereigns and international financial institutions in the resolution of international disputes. Hannelore has represented clients in arbitrations before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), as well as in litigation in U.S. federal court.

During law school, Hannelore interned with the Civil Fraud Section of the U.S. Department of Justice and Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Hannelore also was a Law Fellow for Legal Research and Writing, a Global Law Scholar and a member of the Georgetown Journal of International Law.

Prior to attending law school, Hannelore worked for several years at a nonprofit global leadership organization as a contractor with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar
New York State Bar
Education
JD
Georgetown University Law Center
BA
Brandeis University
Languages
English
Spanish
Mandarin

Experience

Publications

Choice of Law Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation and the Unresolved Disagreement Among the Circuits, Spring 2016, Georgetown Journal of International Law