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Michael S. Snarr

Michael Snarr’s practice focuses on the litigation and arbitration of international investment, trade and commercial disputes.

Mr. Snarr’s international arbitration experience includes representation of companies in investor-state claims under bilateral investment treaties and Chapter 11 of the North American Free Trade Agreement, in private commercial arbitration in International Chamber of Commerce proceedings, and in U.S. courts under the Federal Arbitration Act. He has conducted seminars and written articles on bilateral investment treaty arbitration.

Mr. Snarr is an experienced litigator of international law and treaty issues in the U.S. federal district courts and courts of appeals. He has represented clients defending the constitutionality of the NAFTA Implementation Act and has represented international organizations, foreign governments and multinational businesses in legal disputes.

Mr. Snarr has represented clients in antidumping and countervailing duty litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade and binational panels under Chapter 19 of the North American Free Trade Agreement and has counseled clients with respect to dispute settlement proceedings before the World Trade Organization. He has provided advice in connection with customs matters, export controls, Section 201 “safeguard” investigations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and trade finance matters before the Export-Import Bank of the United States. Mr. Snarr is a regular contributor to the firm’s China-U.S. Trade Law blog.

Mr. Snarr is the Chairman of the International Investment and Finance Committee of the D.C. Bar’s International Section. He earned a master’s degree concentrating on international trade and investment from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is proficient in Hungarian and reads French.