Miriam Harwood Arbitrator, Counsel, Lawyer
Nationality(ies):
American

Legal System:

Common Law, International Law

Practice Areas:

Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Infrastructure, Insolvency, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining

Publications

Advisory Board, Manual on Universal Citation in International Arbitration (Global Arbitration Review, 2018)

Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, Volume 14 (Meriam N. Al-Rashid, Kabir Duggal, Miriam Harwood, Todd J. Weiler and Rekha Rangachari) (Papers and Proceedings of the 14th Annual Juris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration) (2021)

Investment Treaty Arbitration and International Law, Volume 12 (Meriam N. Al-Rashid, Kabir Duggal, Miriam Harwood, Todd J. Weiler) (Papers and Proceedings of the 12th Annual Juris Conference on Investment Treaty Arbitration) (2019)

Conflicts of Interest, Handbook on Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration (Nikolaus Pitkowitz, ed., November 2018)

Third-Party Funding in Investment Disputes, Chapter 16, Business Guide to Trade and Investment, Vol 2 (October 2018) 

Third-Party Funding: Security for Costs and Other Key Issues, in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review (Bart Legum ed., 2nd Edition, 2017) (co-author)


Teaching

Ÿ  New York International Arbitration Center, Advocacy Academy, Mock Tribunal President, January 27 and 29, 2026.

Ÿ  Guest lecturer on international arbitration, Columbia University Law School, April 2024.

Ÿ  Faculty, Global Arbitration Review “GAR Academy” training program on advocacy in international arbitration, 2024-2025.

Ÿ  Faculty, Columbia University Law School Executive Training Program for Government Officials on International Arbitration and Investment Treaties: taught courses on international law and arbitration, investment treaties, and quantification of damages, 2017-2020.  

Ÿ  Faculty, International Law Institute, Washington, D.C.: taught courses for government officials on expropriation, damages and international standards of liability under investment treaties, 2011-2015


Education

Juris Doctor, Fordham University School of Law

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and History, Barnard College - Columbia University 

Firm/Organisation
Harwood Arbitration
Selected Languages:
Languages
English
Speaking Proficiency Native Fluency
Professional Proficiency Conduct DR proceedings, Represent clients as an advocate in DR proceedings, Testify orally, Draft opinions, reports, agreements, decisions, orders or awards, Understand written documents
Harwood Arbitration

Professional Address

17 Mohegan Rd
LARCHMONT- New York- United States
Postal Code: 10538
19144393144