Luke Sobota will speak on a panel titled “Interpreting Principles” during the Washington Symposium on Interpreting Legal Rules by International Arbitral Tribunals, hosted by the Center on International Commercial Arbitration at American University Washington College of Law, in collaboration with the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law.
The panel will explore how international arbitral tribunals approach the interpretation of legal principles in the context of commercial and investment arbitration. The broader symposium will focus on current challenges and methodologies in interpreting legal texts and principles, offering both academic and practitioner perspectives.
The panel will take place on Thursday, 20 November 2025, from 12:00 to 1:30 pm (ET) at American University Washington College of Law’s Tenleytown campus in Washington, DC. The event will include a lunch buffet and feature two panels in total, concluding by 2:00 pm.
ABOUT LUKE SOBOTA
A founding partner of Three Crowns, Luke represents private and sovereign clients in some of their largest and most important commercial and investor-State arbitrations, including the successful prosecution of one of the largest ICC cases in history. He also has more than 25 years of experience litigating international issues in US courts. Luke’s cases span a variety of sectors, including, energy, technology, aerospace, financial, and construction. He is active in pro bono matters, including work for Equality Now and the Penobscot Nation.
Luke is a Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law. He is also a member of the SIAC Board and a Vice President of the ITA’s Executive Committee. Among other publications, Luke is the co-author with former ICJ President Stephen Schwebel of International Arbitration: Three Salient Problems (2nd edition, Cambridge University Press 2020), and with Professor Charles Kotuby of General Principles of Law and International Due Process (Oxford University Press 2017).