William T. Obrien

About William T. Obrien

For more than 25 years, I have developed global disputes strategies for clients to achieve their business goals. As a distinguished first-chair counsel, I advocate for clients in courts and arbitral institutions across six continents in financial services, aerospace and defense, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and technology. In my role on the firm’s Global Board of Directors, I provide strategic advice and insights on how best to serve clients across regions and sectors.I am ranked “Band 1” by Chambers USA for international arbitration, where clients say “We prize Will above all others” and describe me as “the most universal and versatile attorney I have ever worked with” possessing “everything you can ask for in outside counsel.” “[He] combines depth of knowledge and commercial awareness with international experience and cultural empathy and understanding, without ever discounting effectiveness and efficiency.\"Visit my bio: https://us.eversheds-sutherland.com/People/William-T-O-BrienLearn about our International Commercial Arbitration and Cross-Border Litigation team: https://us.eversheds-sutherland.com/portalresource/IntlCommercialArbitrationCrossBorderLitigationUS32•••••••22.pdf Learn about our Section 1782 discovery actions experience: https://us.eversheds-sutherland.com/portalresource/FOSection1782.pdf Learn about our experience of enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments: https://us.eversheds-sutherland.com/portalresource/Enforcementofarbitralawardsandforeignjudgments.pdf

Experience

1. Adjunct Professor of Law

   Georgetown Law

   Jan 2017 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Adjunct professor of law at the Georgetown University Law Center, teaching international commercial arbitration with a focus on sovereigns and best practices in international contracting.

Education

• Boston University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), cum laude

  1987

• The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law

  Doctor of Law (J.D.)

  1994