Join the Stanford International Arbitration Association for a lunch conversation with Steven Smith where he will talk about the origins of international arbitration practice in California as well as his practice in the energy related matters for over three decades.

This event is open to SLS community and co-hosted by the IELBP LLM program and Stanford International Arbitration Association (SIAA). Lunch will be served. Please RSVP.

Steven L. Smith

Steve is a parter at Jones Day. For more than three decades, Steve has focused his practice on international arbitration of complex, commercial disputes in a range of industries. He has worked extensively in the energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, aerospace, entertainment and hospitality fields and has significant experience resolving intellectual property and licensing disputes in numerous high-tech sectors. Steve has handled matters involving sovereign entities from the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa and has served as counsel and arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations across the globe.

Recognized as one of the world’s leading international arbitration lawyers in many notable lawyer directories, Steve has been described by Chambers USA and other publications as “a truly outstanding advocate whose written product and oral advocacy simply astound”; a “masterful advocate who can put together mesmerizing argument”; a “first-class advocate”; and an “outstanding counsel.” He also has received distinguished awards in recognition of his legal achievements in international law and dispute resolution.

Steve is a frequent author on international arbitration issues and speaks regularly on international dispute resolution at conferences around the world. For a number of years he was a lecturer in law at Stanford Law School where he taught international commercial arbitration. He also has lectured at UC Berkeley School of Law.

Steve is a past chair of the ABA’s International Arbitration Committee and a current member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration in Paris and the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Users Council. He is also a former chair of the International Law Section of the State Bar of California.