Practice area

Dispute resolution

Experience

Ruth specializes in international dispute settlement, including international commercial arbitration, investment treaty arbitration and inter-State dispute settlement.  Prior to joining Freshfields, Ruth served as a law clerk at the International Court of Justice. She is a Deputy General Editor of Arbitration International and a member of the American Society of International Law.

Qualifications

2009 Attorney-at-law, New York
2000 Attorney-at-law, Connecticut
2000 Attorney-at-law, Washington D.C.

Publications

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)

Languages

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Contact details

ruth.teitelbaum
@freshfields.com

  • New York, NY office
  • 520 Madison Avenue, 34th floor
    New York, NY 10022
    United States
  • Telephone
  • +1 212 277 4971
  • Fax
  • +1 646 521 5771