Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Mr. Donovan is widely regarded as one of the leading international lawyers, international arbitration practitioners, and international advocates in the world.

He serves as Co-Chair of Debevoise’s Public International Law Group and for some 20 years also served as Co-Chair of its International Disputes Group. He serves as counsel in international disputes before international courts, international arbitration tribunals, and courts in the United States.

Mr. Donovan has argued international law, arbitration law, commercial law and other issues before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Third, Fourth, Ninth and District of Columbia Circuits, and other federal and state courts throughout the United States; the International Court of Justice and other international courts and tribunals; and arbitration tribunals sitting around the world, constituted under the auspices of the world’s leading arbitration institutions in a wide range of economic sectors, in disputes arising under both contracts and treaties. His practice includes the representation of states, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations and multinational companies.

Mr. Donovan also regularly sits as arbitrator in international cases, including under the auspices of ICSID, the ICC, and the ICDR, as president, chair, sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator.