Tom Villalon will moderate a panel, “Going Solo: Tips on launching your career as an independent practitioner” during the 5th annual Washington Arbitration Week organized through ICC Arbitration Young Arbitration & ADR Forum.
The panel speakers include Diogo Manuel Pereira (De Almeida Pereira PLLC), Diana Tsutieva (Foley Hoag), Kiran Nasir Gore (Law Offices of Kiran N Gore PLLC), and Julia E. Sullivan (Julia E Sullivan, LLC).
The panel will take place in Washington DC at the offices of Baker Botts LLP on Friday 6 December from 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm.
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ABOUT TOM VILLALON
Tom is an associate in the Washington, DC office. He has significant experience representing clients in a wide range of international arbitrations under most major institutional rules, with a particular focus on disputes across Asia and Latin America. Tom has represented and advised clients from an array of industries, including construction, mining & metals, post-M&A, biotech, and pharmaceuticals.
Tom holds a J.D., cum laude, from the University of Hawaii School of Law, and a B.A with Honors from Dartmouth College. While in law school, he won first-place individual oralist for the global International Environmental Law Moot Court competition. He is the host of The China Arbitrator, a Mandarin language arbitration podcast dedicated to understanding Asian views of the practice of international arbitration. He is also the co-founder of Rescue Afghan Women Now, an organization dedicated to rescuing high-risk Afghan women from Taliban capture and execution.