Name: Matthew Kirtland
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Matthew Kirtland is the Co-Partner-in-Charge and Co-Head of Disputes of the Washington, D.C. office.

Since joining in 1997, he has focused his practice on dispute resolution, with an emphasis on international arbitration, complex commercial litigation and arbitration and white collar defense. He leads the Washington office international arbitration practice and transnational litigation practice. He has represented corporate and individual clients from a diverse range of business sectors including aerospace, banking and finance, commodities, consulting, consumer finance, energy, health care, infrastructure, insurance, media & entertainment, mining, manufacturing, oilfield services, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, satellite television, securities, technology, telecommunications and utilities.

Mr. Kirtland has first and second-chair experience in international and domestic arbitration, and federal and state court, both at the trial and appellate level. In the field of international arbitration, he has handled proceedings before the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). He also has handled ad hoc proceedings using the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) rules, as well as other, more specialized rules of procedure. He has extensive experience in arbitration-related litigation, including recognition and enforcement proceedings, including proceedings involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.

Mr. Kirtland's experience in regulatory and white collar matters includes representing corporate and individual clients, including officers and directors, in government contracts matters, investigations and civil, criminal and administrative proceedings involving RICO, the False Claims Act (including its qui tam provisions), the Clean Water Act, securities fraud, health care fraud, defense contracting fraud and bank fraud.

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