Tyler Robinson is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department, based in the London office.  He represents clients in a wide variety of complex, high-stakes commercial disputes, focusing on international arbitration and litigation.  Mr. Robinson’s recent experience includes:  defending a leading global defense manufacturer in LCIA international arbitration against breach of contract claims in connection with a billion-dollar long-term government requirements contract; defending a leading European pharmaceutical and cosmetics company in AAA/ICDR international arbitration from fraud and misrepresentation claims under a long-term multi-jurisdictional distribution agreement; representing Moody’s Investors Service in several international arbitrations and litigations in Chile, Indonesia, Uruguay and Brazil; representing institutional investors in judgment enforcement proceedings in federal court in New York against the Republic of Argentina; representing General Electric and Bechtel in ICC, AAA and UNCITRAL bilateral investment treaty international arbitrations arising out of India’s alleged expropriation of the multi-billion dollar Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India; representing a U.S. issuer in an overseas internal investigation under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act;  representing Swiss Reinsurance Company in multi-billion dollar insurance coverage litigation arising out of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center; and representing Royal Indemnity Company in billion-dollar asbestos-related insurance coverage litigation against General Motors Corporation.

Mr. Robinson received his B.A., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota and his J.D., magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Michigan Law School where he was an Article Editor for the Michigan Law Review and recipient of the Helen DeRoy Memorial Award, Saul Nadler Memorial Award, and Raymond Dykema Award for academic achievements.  Prior to joining the Firm in 2000, Mr. Robinson served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Ferdinand Fernandez of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the Hon. Thomas Griesa of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Honors/Associations

•	Association of the Bar of the City of New York
•	International Bar Association

Publications

•	The Extraterritorial Reach of 28 U.S.C. § 1782 In Aid Of Foreign And International Litigation And Arbitration
•	Report of ICC Task Force on Electronic Discovery in International Arbitration, Co-Chaired by Robert H. Smit, Issued By ICC
•	Document Production in International Arbitration – How Much is Too Much? Observations from a Common-Law Perspective
•	Supreme Court Finds the Discover Bank Rule Preempted by FAA
•	Simpson Thacher Partners Robert Smit and Tyler Robinson Co-author Article on Cost Awards in International Commercial Arbitration
•	Cost Awards in International Commercial Arbitration:  Proposed Guidelines for Promoting Time and Cost Efficiency, 20 Am. Rev. Int’l Arb. 267 (2010)
•	Judgment Enforcement in the United States Against Sovereign States:  Some Interesting Procedural Questions, 4 Disp. Res. Int’l 151 (2010)
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether the FAA Preempts State Court Decision Holding Class Arbitration Waiver Unenforceable
•	Delaware Court of Chancery Arbitration Provides Option for Delaware Parties to Resolve Disputes with Foreign Counterparties
•	The Supreme Court Holds That Arbitrators, Not Courts, May Decide Challenges To The Enforceability Of Stand-Alone Arbitration Agreements
•	The Supreme Court Vacates Arbitrators' Decision Allowing Class Arbitration Based Solely On Arbitrators' Own Policy Views
•	The Supreme Court Examines Whether Courts Must Decide the Enforceability of Arbitration Clauses Challenged as Unconscionable
•	The Supreme Court Considers Whether Class Arbitration is Permitted When the Arbitration Clause is Silent on the Issue
•	The Supreme Court Allows Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Seek to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Adopts Broader View of Federal Jurisdiction to Hear Motions to Compel Arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	The Supreme Court Hears Argument Concerning the Ability of Non-Signatories to Arbitration Agreements to Stay Claims under the Federal Arbitration Act
•	E-Disclosure in International Arbitration, 24 Arb. Int'l 105 (2008)
•	A Question of Intent: Aiding and Abetting Law and the Rule of Accomplice Liability Under § 924(c), 96 Mich. L. Rev. 783 (1997)
•	South Africa’s Arms Industry: A New Era of Democratic Accountability?  23 Armed Forces & Society, 599 (1996)
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Extent of Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction Under the FAA
•	The Supreme Court Rules Against TV’s “Judge Alex,” Finding That an Agreement to Arbitrate Trumps State Administrative Process
•	Supreme Court Hears Argument in its Second Significant Arbitration Case this Term

Speaking Engagements

•	Tyler Robinson Interviewed by IBA on Litigation and Arbitration Practice in London November 10, 2010

Admissions

•	New York
•	England and Wales
•	United States Supreme Court
•	United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
•	United States District Court, SDNY
•	United States District Court, EDNY

Clerkships

•	Hon. Ferdinand Fernandez, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1999-2000)
•	Hon. Thomas P. Griesa, United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (1998-1999)

Education

•	University of Michigan Law School, 1998 J.D. magna cum laude Order of the Coif Article Editor, Michigan Law Review
•	Macalester College, 1994 B.A. magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa