Twenty Essex

Arbitration; Banking and financial services; Civil fraud and asset tracing; Commodities and international trade; Company law; Energy and infrastructure; Insolvency and restructuring; Jurisdiction, conflicts and enforcement; Public and administrative law; Public international law

Daniel Kalderimis has over 20 years’ experience as a versatile, effective and proven advocate who provides an edge in a wide range of complex disputes.

With broad experience and interests, he has a dedicated focus on advocacy in international arbitrations across the Asia-Pacific region. Daniel is also active in commercial and public law litigation, including in the emerging area of legal duties and climate change.

Daniel has appeared at all levels of the New Zealand court system and before numerous international tribunals in Singapore, London and elsewhere. Until December 2020, he was a partner in the dispute resolution team of Chapman Tripp where, after returning from practising international arbitration and public international law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London, he founded and led the firm’s international law practice. He is admitted in New Zealand, New York and England & Wales.

Daniel is widely recognised for his expertise in international arbitration, public and private international law and cross-border dispute resolution. He regularly acts as counsel in international arbitrations and has experience as an ICC arbitrator. Daniel acted on the first bilateral investment treaty arbitration held in New Zealand. Daniel is New Zealand’s national correspondent to UNCITRAL for the New York Convention and the Model Law.

Daniel has taught at Columbia Law School, Victoria University of Wellington Law School and Otago Law School. He is a Fellow of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand.

Called 1999 (NEW ZEALAND); Called 2005 (NEW YORK); Called 2006 (SOLICITOR, ENGLAND & WALES); Called 2021 (BARRISTER, ENGLAND & WALES).

French (Conversational)

American Society of International Law: Member AMINZ Arbitration Appeals Tribunal, Appointments Advisory Panel and International Arbitration Committee: Member Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Association of New Zealand: Fellow LCIA Asia Pacific Users’ Council: Member New Zealand Council of Legal Education: Moderator (contract law) New Zealand Law Society Civil Litigation and Tribunals Committee: Convenor New Zealand Law Society Litigation Skills Programme: Faculty Member New Zealand National Correspondent to UNCITRAL for the Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration and the New York Convention New Zealand representative to the ICC Commission New Zealand Rules Committee: Member SIAC Asia Pacific Users’ Council: Member

Columbia Law School: LLM Victoria University of Wellington: LLB Hons (First Class) (graduating first in class) Victoria University of Wellington: BA (English and Philosophy)