David Blackman

Associate

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Where Advocacy Meets Business

David’s practice focuses on complex international arbitration and litigation matters for clients across a variety of industries. He also has experience representing clients in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations. David served as secretary to the Task Force of the IBA Arbitration Committee Subcommittee on Rules and Guidelines in connection with the 2020 Revisions to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration.

David earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a James Kent Scholar and served as Executive Editor of the Columbia Journal of Transnational Law as well as President of the Columbia International Arbitration Association. He also holds a B.A., with honors, from Columbia University. Prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey in 2022, David was an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York.

Representative Matters

  • Represented a reinsurer in connection with an ad hoc arbitration seated in Bermuda relating to a dispute over excess of loss coverage.
  • Represented an insurance company in litigation involving coverage for alleged environmental contamination liabilities.
  • Represented a subcontractor in connection with a SIAC arbitration relating to suspension and termination of a construction project.
  • Represented a multinational in connection with an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute over financial representations in an M&A transaction.*
  • Represented an international financial institution in connection with litigation relating to the sale of residential mortgage-backed securities prior to the 2007-2008 financial crisis.*
  • Represented a global private equity firm in connection with an investigation by state and federal regulators.*
  • Represented an international financial institution in connection with criminal and regulatory investigations in multiple jurisdictions related to an alleged money laundering and corruption scheme.*
  • Represented an individual, pro bono, in a successful criminal appeal relating to the violation of search-and-seizure rights.*

*Experience prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey LLP.

Publications

  • “The 2020 IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: A History and Discussion of the 2020 Revisions” in The GAR Guide to Evidence 20-35 with Joseph E. Neuhaus & Andrew J. Finn (2021).
  • “IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration: Key Features of the 2020 Revision” 14(2) N.Y. Disp. Res. L. at 40 with Santiago Rodriguez Senior, Jesús Saracho Aguírre & Alice Williams (Sept. 2021).

Credentials

EDUCATION

  • J.D., Columbia Law School, James Kent Scholar, Harlan Fiske Stone Honors
  • B.A., Columbia University, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa

ADMISSIONS

  • New York

Languages

English

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