Thomas Hildebrand

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t.hildebrand@chaffetzlindsey.com
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Thomas focuses his practice on complex international arbitration and litigation matters and has experience in the energy, construction, and (re)insurance sectors.  Prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey in 2022, Thomas graduated from Vanderbilt Law School, where he was an Executive Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. While at Vanderbilt, faculty named him the Helen Strong Curry Scholar in International Law for the Class of 2022. Thomas also received the Thomas R. McCoy Scholarship for Excellence in Constitutional Law. Before pursuing his legal career, Thomas lived and worked as a teacher in Hiroshima, Japan.

Representative Matters

  • Representing a multinational wind park operator in AAA Arbitration related to alleged breaches of O&M Agreement.
  • Representing an OEM manufacturer in a dispute with a multinational wind turbine manufacturer related to alleged supply agreement breaches.
  • Representing the U.S. subsidiary of a global construction company in an ICC arbitration arising out of a buyer’s breach of an asset purchase agreement.
  • Representing a global insurance company in an ad hoc, London-seated Bermuda Form arbitration arising out of insured’s liability for a mass tort.
  • Representing a reinsurer in a Bermuda-seated ad hoc arbitration relating to coverage under two collateralized catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance policies.
  • Providing pro bono representation to former Afghan diplomat seeking permanent U.S. residency under Section 13 of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

Publications

  • “Global Developments: United States: Two Recent New York Federal Court Decisions Highlight the Federal Circuit Split on Whether the McCarren-Ferguson Act Allows State Insurance Laws to Override the New York Convention,” 1 I.C.C. Dispute Resolution Bulletin (2024).
  • “The Fighting’s Done, Now Pay Me: Investment Treaties, War, and State Liability,” 54 Vand. J. Transnat’l L. 995(2022).

 

Related News

May 21, 2024
ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin Publishes “Two Recent New York Federal Court Decisions Highlight the Federal Circuit Split on Whether the McCarren-Ferguson Act Allows State Insurance Laws to Override the New York Convention” by Andrew Poplinger and Thomas Hildebrand
May 20, 2024
Arbitration in the Courts, May 2024
(Vol. 13)
February 28, 2024
Chaffetz Lindsey Launches New York Appellate Insurance Reports (NYAIR)
July 11, 2023
Chaffetz Lindsey Client Prevails in Dispute Over Arbitrator Bias

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Vanderbilt Law School, Helen Strong Curry Scholar in International Law
  • B.A., Wofford College

 

Admissions

  • New York
  • U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Languages

English; Japanese (Conversational)

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