Matthew Slater

Matthew D. Slater is a partner based in the Washington, D.C. office. Mr. Slater’s practice focuses on international investment-treaty and commercial arbitration. He also regularly represents clients in related international litigation and in a diverse range of matters in U.S. courts, including government regulatory and enforcement actions; constitutional law; commercial and securities law; and product liability litigation. Mr. Slater is also active in the firm’s pro bono practice, including pending litigation on behalf of a class of homeless people who have been denied the minimum wage for their work for evictions companies. In his international arbitration and litigation practice, Mr. Slater often represents foreign sovereign governments. Mr. Slater frequently writes and speaks on international litigation and arbitration issues. Recent publications include regular articles for The International Lawyer's annual year in review issue and authoring a chapter on the Energy Charter Treaty in Alternative Dispute Resolution in the Energy Sector, published by the Association for International Arbitration. In addition, Mr. Slater has addressed topics involving arbitration of complex energy disputes, enforcement of international arbitral awards, the Energy Charter Treaty, and investment treaty arbitration.

Mr. Slater received a J.D. degree, cum laude, in 1983 from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of The University of Chicago Law Review. He received an undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1979. Mr. Slater served as law clerk to the late Judge Carl McGowan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and also practiced with a plaintiffs litigation firm in Charleston, West Virginia.