Personal bio
Matthew E. Draper serves as arbitrator and counsel in international arbitrations across a variety of industries and under all major arbitration rules. Over the past 20 years, Draper has acted as advocate, arbitrator, or legal expert in over 70 international commercial arbitrations or related disputes concerning water, natural resources, commodities, international commercial contracts, fashion, renewable energy, private equity, construction/engineering, telecommunications, transport, intellectual property (IP) and licensing. He also represents states in transboundary water disputes before the U.S. Supreme Court. Draper is Co-Chair of 2021 New York Arbitration Week, Chair of the USCIB ICC/USA Sole Practitioner Committee, and Vice Chair of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators New York Branch. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and serves as a tutor for its Accelerated Route to Fellowship course. Draper is on the arbitrator roster for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and the American Arbitration Association’s Large and Complex disputes panel. He is a member of the Arbitration and the International Commercial Disputes committees of the New York City Bar Association. He was also a member of the recently concluded ICC Task Force on Arbitration of Climate Change Related Disputes. Before founding his own firm, Draper practiced international arbitration for leading international law firms in New York and London. From 2002 to 2003 he served in the Hague as a legal officer in the Office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities, where he advised on public international legal issues. Draper is a graduate of Princeton University (magna cum laude) and Columbia Law School (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar). Draper is a member of the New York, District of Columbia, and New Mexico Bars.