David B. Wilson

About David

David Wilson, a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, focuses his practice on international and U.S. arbitration as arbitrator and counsel, with emphasis on complex business and IP disputes, often involving the energy and technology sectors. He is a Colorado attorney and a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales. He is the former Vice Chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, and co-chaired two Commission Task Forces. He currently chairs the Colorado Bar Association's International Law Section. As a trial lawyer, he won what was then reported to be Colorado’s largest jury verdict ($125.5M). Including his non-arbitration work, he has handled over 200 cross-border matters involving parties in more than 40 countries, with amounts up to $2 billion at issue. He has served as arbitrator (chair, panelist, sole arbitrator, and emergency arbitrator) more than 60 times in international and U.S. disputes, including under ICC, ICDR, AAA, and other rules and with over 25 international appointments. He serves on multiple arbitration panels: AAA and ICDR (including Large Complex Case, Energy, and M&A & Joint Venture), AIAC, BVI International Arbitration Centre, Cayman International Mediation & Arbitration Centre, Maldives International Arbitration Centre (Primary Panel), Tashkent International Arbitration Centre, and the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield List of Arbitrators. As arbitrator and advocate, he handles complex disputes over contracts, sales of goods, M&A, joint ventures, corporations, partnerships, accounting, unfair competition, patents, trademarks and other IP, involving industries including oil and gas, oilfield services, and renewable energy; technology, broadband telecommunications, space launch systems and satellites; e-commerce, FinTech, blockchain and cryptocurrency, and manufacturing and distribution.

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Education

• The University of Texas, B.A. with highest honors, graduated 1983
• The University of Texas, J.D. with high honors, graduated 1986

Bar Admissions

• United Kingdom, Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2013
• Colorado, Colorado Supreme Court, 1986

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