Adam Weiss

Adam J. Weiss

Senior Counsel, Washington, D.C.

"With a practice that specializes in international commercial arbitration and litigation, clients spanning numerous industries and geographic regions regularly rely on my strategic thinking and advocacy to help resolve their most important and complex international disputes effectively and efficiently."

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Published works

Overview

Adam Weiss is senior counsel in Linklaters’ International Arbitration practice and is based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office where he focuses his practice on international commercial arbitration and complex commercial litigation. Adam has successfully represented clients in a variety of contexts and industries, including complex breach of contract disputes, trade credit insurance coverage disputes, political risk insurance coverage disputes, project infrastructure and construction disputes, media and entertainment disputes, intellectual property disputes and appellate litigation matters. The Global Arbitration Review and Law360 have recognized Adam as a “Rising Star” in International Arbitration.

Adam has handled high-profile, complex international arbitration matters under each of the major international arbitration rules and before each of the major international arbitration institutions (ICC, AAA/ICDR, HKIAC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, JAMS, SIAC and CEPANI) in numerous jurisdictions around the world, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Belgium, France, the Philippines, Indonesia, China, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Adam also regularly represents U.S. and international clients in litigation matters before U.S. state and federal courts, including arbitral award enforcement actions and disputes ancillary to pending or contemplated arbitration proceedings. Adam’s practice also includes counseling clients on U.S. law and regulatory matters, including transportation and logistics, customs compliance and maritime issues.

Work highlights

  • Multinational pharmaceutical company: representing in an ICC arbitration involving a royalty payment dispute in excess of US$3bn.
  • Multinational construction equipment manufacturer: representing in an ICC arbitration arising out of a joint venture dispute in excess of US$600m.
  • Manager of an Asian integrated casino resort: representing in a Singapore-seated UNCITRAL arbitration involving breach of contract issues in excess of US$600m.
  • One of the world's largest insurance companies: representing in a CEPANI arbitration and parallel domestic civil court litigation involving an international trade credit coverage dispute in excess of US$280m.
  • Private equity real estate fund: representing in parallel HKIAC and CIETAC arbitrations arising out of a PRC-foreign real estate joint venture dispute in excess of US$175m.
  • Multiple global insurance companies: representing in a political risk insurance dispute involving the precious metals and mining sector in excess of US$100m.
  • One of the world's largest insurance companies: representing in an ad-hoc AAA Arbitration involving an international trade credit coverage dispute in excess of US$40m.
  • Multinational insurance company: representing in a breach of contract lawsuit arising out of a debt recovery action in the Dominican Republic.
  • Multiple global insurance companies: representing in connection with various political risk insurance claims arising out of the Russia-Ukraine War.
  • Multinational insurance company: representing in connection with the recognition and enforcement of a foreign arbitral award against an instrumentality of a foreign sovereign in U.S. District Court.
  • Multinational glass substrate manufacturing company: representing in an ICC arbitration arising out of a patent license dispute involving complex contractual issues and parallel domestic court litigations.

Professional experience

Adam is a member of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution’s (CPR) Y-ADR Steering Committee (2023-2026 Term).

Adam maintains an active pro bono practice, which has included successfully representing refugees from Syria, Cameroon and Honduras in immigration proceedings and serving as an attorney volunteer with the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.

Adam is a member of the District of Columbia Bar Association, New York State Bar Association and the American Bar Association.

Recognition
Work highlights continued
  • Asian media companies, Star China Media Limited, Meng Xiang Qiang Yin Cultural and Broadcast (Shanghai) Company Limited: representing in a HKIAC arbitration against a European media company arising from a dispute involving intellectual property and breach of contract claims.
  • Healthcare operations and support services company: representing in an AAA arbitration involving emergency injunctive relief and complex contractual claims.
  • Lea Power Partners, the owner of a 600MW combined-cycle power plant in Hobbs, New Mexico: representing in an AAA arbitration against the contractor of that facility for breach of its contractual obligations and in subsequent enforcement proceedings in New York state court.
  • PT Cirebon Electric Power, the owner of a 660MW coal-fired power plant in Indonesia: representing in an international dispute with the engineering, design, procurement, and construction contractor for costs and extension of time related to the construction of that facility.
  • BMO/Harris Bank: representing in a patent infringement action concerning a patent for authenticating web pages.

Education and qualifications

Adam graduated from Duke University in 2007 with a B.A. in Economics. He continued his studies at Tulane University Law School, where he served as Articles Editor for the Tulane Law Review and earned his J.D. in 2010 (Order of the Coif).

Published works