Daniel Schimmel is a partner in Foley Hoag's International Litigation and Arbitration Department, resident in New York. He leads the international arbitration and litigation practice of Foley Hoag’s New York office.
Daniel has served as Chair, Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator, Emergency Arbitrator, Appellate Arbitrator, and counsel in international arbitrations arising from a broad range of contracts and transactions, including construction and infrastructure projects, patent license agreements, joint development agreements, mergers and acquisitions, shareholders’ agreements, joint venture agreements, business consulting agreements, distribution agreements, services agreements, licensing agreements, management agreements, and employment agreements of key executives.
He also represents clients, including major French and other European groups, in international commercial litigation in the United States and international corruption investigations. This includes securing a unanimous jury verdict for French telecommunications company Orange SA in federal court in San Francisco, in July 2017. Daniel has also represented major groups, such as Air France, Alcatel-Lucent, Caceis, and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank in international disputes.
Daniel has been consistently ranked in Chambers and Partners and recognized as a Foreign expert for France. According to Chambers, Daniel is "incredibly bright and hard-working," according to one source, who adds: "He anticipates twists and turns in advance so you can position yourself to avoid problems." Chambers states that Daniel “comes highly recommended for his strength in complex cross-border litigation and arbitration as well as his ability to ‘move very easily between civil law and common law.' His strength in French language disputes attracts particular praise, as does his expertise as both arbitrator and counsel.”
Daniel co-authored an e-book, Le Procès Civil en Version Originale, Cultures Judiciaires Comparées (France, Chine et Etats-Unis), published by LexisNexis, which received the award for best law book of the year 2015 from Cercle Montesquieu in France. He is also the author of numerous articles on American litigation and international arbitration published in Le Monde, Dalloz Avocats, le Code Monétaire et Financier, and the New York Law Journal.
Daniel is listed on the ICDR International Panel of Arbitrators, AAA’s Roster of Arbitrators, and CPR’s Panel of Distinguished Neutrals. He is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a member of the Executive Committee and a Board member of the New York International Arbitration Center (NYIAC), a member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar Association, a member of the International Arbitration Club of New York, and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (F. CIArb).
Daniel formerly represented Lawyers Without Borders at the U.N. and organized and participated in pro bono training programs for the prosecution staff of the International Criminal Court and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. He has lectured on U.S. civil procedure at the French national judge school (Ecole National de la Magistrature).
Daniel served as the first law clerk of Judge Jed S. Rakoff (Southern District of New York) and previously worked for the Chief Judge of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bobigny in France.
He is a graduate of Columbia University Law School (J.D., LL.M.), ESSEC Business School, and the University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas Law School.