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Donald Francis Donovan is a litigation partner who concentrates his practice in international disputes before courts in the United States, international arbitration tribunals, and international courts. Based on surveys of other practitioners, Chambers Global (2010) recently identified him as one of the eight leading international arbitration practitioners (first band) and nine leading public international lawyers (first band) in the world. He has been described by that publication and others as “one of the best advocates that you will ever see,” as “one of the world’s leading practitioners in both investment treaty and commercial arbitration;” and as a “visionary,” an “absolute star,” a “tremendous intellect,” a “truly amazing lawyer,” and a “towering figure” in the field of international arbitration. The Legal 500 U.S. (2008) said simply that “there is no-one better.” He was also ranked as one of the thirty-one leading litigators in the United States in Expert Guides to the Leading Lawyers: Best of the Best USA (Euromoney 2009). In June 2006, with his partner David W. Rivkin, Mr. Donovan was awarded the first Chambers Award of Excellence in International Arbitration. Later that year, for his achievements in both international arbitration and international human rights, he was awarded the Premio Nacional de Jurisprudencia by the Mexican Bar Association, the first non-Mexican so honored, and shortly thereafter, he was inducted as a member of the Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca, the highest award given by the Government of Mexico to non-Mexicans.
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