Received the 2024 Warren M. Christopher International Lawyer of the Year Award from the International Law Section of the California Lawyers Association for his significant achievement in the practice of international law.

Received the 2014 Riesenfeld Award from U.C. Berkeley School of Law in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of international law.

Received the 2008 California Lawyer of the Year (CLAY) Award for extraordinary achievement in alternative dispute resolution stemming from his client’s defeat of multi-billion dollar claims by a foreign state-owned energy company and its recovery of substantial damages on its own counterclaims after nearly six years of arbitration and five multi-week hearings before an arbitral tribunal acting under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules in London.

Recommended over many years by Chambers Global and related publications for international arbitration, which described him as “a truly outstanding advocate whose written product and oral advocacy simply astound”; a “masterful advocate who can put together mesmerizing arguments”; and a “first-class advocate” who is “ferociously well-prepared” and a “master strategist.”

Recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Arbitration.

Recognized for many years as a leading international arbitration lawyer in The International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration by Global Arbitration Review.

Listed in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.