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David A.R. Williams

Gender	Male
Country	New Zealand
Year of birth	1941
OECD member	Yes

Number of cases in which have they been involved

Cases in which this arbitrator has been involved, divided into claimant-appointed, respondent-appointed, or presiding arbitrator

As president	Claimant/appointed	Respondent/appointed	Total
9	17	0	26

Additional information about nationality

Frequency with which this arbitrator has been appointed by claimants/respondents of the same/different nationality as the arbitrator

This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 0% (0) of times from parties of the SAME country

This arbitrator has been appointed by claimant 100% (14) of times from parties of the DIFFERENT countries

Claimants' countries

Nationalities of the claimants appointing this arbitrator

Country	No. of times
Canada	3
Germany	2
Ghana	1
Netherlands	1
China	1
Sudan	1
Switzerland	1
United States	1
Italy	1
Greece	1
Luxembourg	1

Respondents' countries

Nationalities of the respondent States appointing this arbitrator

No data available.

Appointed as President Arbitrator (9 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed as presiding arbitrator

Case	Appointed by	Law firms
PCA Case No 2013-29 Swissbourgh Diamond Mines (Pty) Limited, Josias Van Zyl, The Josias Van Zyl Family Trust and others	Appointed by designated appointing authority	Essex Court Chambers, London, United Kingdom Webber Newdigate, Maseru, Lesotho Three Crowns, London, U.K. Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, London, U.K.
PCA Case No 2015-03 Bryan Cockrell	Unknown
PCA Case No 2008-09 Frontier Petroleum Services Ltd.	Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators	Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Prague, Czech Republic Zachary Douglas, Matrix Chambers, London, U.K. Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer, Calgary, Canada
PCA Case No. 2011-09 Khan Resources Inc., Khan Resources B.V. and Cauc Holding Company Ltd.	Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators	Hogan Lovells, Paris, France Crowell & Moring, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
PCA Case No 2016-14 Oschadbank	Appointed by agreement of appointed arbitrators	Appointed by designated appointing authority Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, London, U.K.
ARB/05/15 Waguih Elie George Siag and Clorinda Vecchi	Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators	Baker & McKenzie, New York, USA Helmy, Hamza & Partners Egyptian State Lawsuits Authority King & Spalding, London, U.K.
ARB/05/24 Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d.	Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators	Allen & Overy, London, U.K. Hunton & Williams, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
ICSID Case No ARB/07/1 Fondel Metal Participations B.V.	Appointed by agreement of party-appointed arbitrators	Allen & Overy, London, U.K. Ministry of Economic Development, Baku, Azerbaijan State Committee for Management of State Property, Baku, Azerbaijan Clyde & Co., London, U.K. Toby Landau, London U.K.
ARB/11/33 Adel A Hamadi Al Tamimi	Appointed by agreement of the parties	DLA Piper, New York, NY, U.S.A Director General of Organizations and Commercial Relations Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Debevoise & Plimpton, New York, NY, U.S.A. Hamad Al Sharji, Peter Mansour & Co., Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Appointed as Claimants Arbitrator (17 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by claimants

Case	Law firms
SCC Case No 2014/168 GPF GP S.à.r.l	K&L Gates Jamka sp.k., Warsaw, Poland Dentons, Warsaw, Poland Dentons Europe, Paris, France
Laskaridis Shipping Co LTD, Lavinia Corporation, A K Laskaridis and P K Laskaridis
PCA Case No 2016-23 Gold Pool Limited Partnership	Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Milan, Italy Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Jones Day, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. and London, U.K.
PCA Case No. 2018-09 Sunlodges Ltd (BVI) and Sunlodges (T) Limited	Solicitor General of the United Republic of Tanzania General’s Chambers United Republic of Tanzania Attorney General’s Chambers, United Republic of Tanzania Steptoe & Johnson, London, U.K.
ARB/16/14 ENGIE SA, GDF International SAS and ENGIE International Holdings BV	Hughes Hubbard & Reed, New York, NY, U.S.A. Hughes Hubbard & Reed, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Ratky & Partners Attorneys, Budapest, Hungary Réczicza Dentons Europe, Budapest, Hungary White & Case, Paris, France
ARB/09/2 Deutsche Bank AG	Attorney General James Crawford, Clive Freedman, Ali Malek, and Simon Olleson, London, U.K. Allen & Overy Julius & Creasy, Colombo, Sri Lanka
ARB/09/14 Mærsk Olie, Algeriet A/S
ARB/10/15 Bernhard von Pezold and others	Attorney General Kimbrough & Associés, Paris, France Steptoe & Johnson, London, U.K. Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C.
ICSID Case No ARB/16/15 AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited	Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt and Mosle, New York, U.S.A. Kuenyehia & Nutsukpui, Accra, Ghana Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department, Accra, Ghana Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah, Accra, Ghana Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, London, U.K.
ARB(AF)/09/1 Gold Reserve Inc.	Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Procuraduría General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela White & Case, Washington, D.C., U.S.A
ARB/15/38 SolEs Badajoz GmbH	Abogacía General del Estado, The Ministry of Justice of the Government of Spain Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe), Paris, France Perez-Llorca, Madrid, Spain
ARB/14/24 United Utilities (Tallinn) B.V. and Aktsiaselts Tallinna Vesi	Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications, Tallinn, Estonia OÜ Advokaadibüroo Red, Tallinn, Estonia Squire Patton Boggs Advokaadibüroo Sorainen AS, Tallinn, Estonia Herbert Smith Freehills
ARB/12/29 Ping An Life Insurance Company of China, Limited and Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Limited	Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Liedekerke, Wolters, Waelbroeck, Kirkpatrick, Brussels, Belgium Administration Générale de la Trésorerie, Kingdom of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium Kirkland & Ellis International, London, U.K.
ICSID Case No ARB/12/26 Sudapet Company Limited	Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, London, UK Dentons, London, U.K. S&A Law Firm
ARB/10/25 Border Timbers Limited, Timber Products International (Private) Limited, and Hangani Development Co. (Private) Limited	Attorney General Kimbrough & Associés, Paris, France Steptoe & Johnson, London, U.K. Wiley Rein, Washington, D.C.
ARB/06/11 Occidental Petroleum Corporation and Occidental Exploration and Production Company
ARB(AF)/11/1 Nova Scotia Power Incorporated	Foley Hoag, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. Procuradora General de la República, Caracas, Venezuela Torys, Toronto, Canada

Appointed as Respondent Arbitrator (0 case/s)

Cases in which this arbitrator was appointed by respondent State

No data available.