Ruth specializes in international dispute settlement, including international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and inter-state dispute settlement. Before joining Freshfields, Ruth served as a law clerk at the International Court of Justice. She is a deputy general editor of Arbitration International, a member of the American Society of International Law and a member of the Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (Brazilian Arbitration Committee).
| 2009 | Attorney-at-law, New York |
| 2000 | Attorney-at-law, Connecticut |
| 2000 | Attorney-at-law, Washington D.C. |
Speaker, "Behind the Scenes at the World Court: International Court of Justice Law Clerk Panel," Harvard Law School (December 2010)
Author, "A Look at the Public Interest in Investment Arbitration: Is It Unique? What Should We Do About It?", Berkeley Journal of International Law (Riesenfeld Symposium), Vol. 5 (2010)
Author, "Case Report on Saipem v. Bangladesh", Arbitration International Vol. 26, Issue 2 (2010)
Speaker, "Los tratados bilaterales para la promoción y protección de inversiones y el desarrollo del concepto de discriminación", CEDCA Conference, Caracas, Venezuela (April 2009)
Author, "Towards a Presumption of Transparency in Investment Arbitration", World Arbitration & Mediation Review, Vol. 2, No. 3 (2008)
Author, "Recent Fact-Finding Developments at the International Court of Justice", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 6, Issue 1 (2007)
Author, "Challenges of Arbitrators at the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal: Defining the Role of the Appointing Authority", Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 23 (2006)
Author, "Who's Afraid of Maffezini?: Recent Developments in the Interpretation of Most Favored Nation Clauses", Journal of International Arbitration, Vol. 22 (2005)
Co-Author with Gary Sampliner, "Investor-State Treaty-Based Arbitration", The International Lawyer, Vol. 39, No. 2 (2005)
Author, "Privacy, Confidentiality and Third Party Participation: Recent Developments in NAFTA Chapter 11 Arbitration", The Law and Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, Vol. 2, Issue 2 (2003)
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