Gary is extremely proactive, delivering what’s needed effectively while keeping in touch and sharing anything relevant for future matters. He has a real feel for sophisticated international disputes.
Gary Shaw is a litigator specializing in international arbitration, judgment enforcement and sovereign representation, and is experienced in representing foreign governments in disputes before ICSID, UNCITRAL and U.S. courts.
Gary serves as counsel to Mexico in multiple ongoing investment disputes arising under the NAFTA, the USMCA and other treaties. As counsel, he frequently takes the lead on issues related to jurisdiction, liability and quantum. Gary also has extensive experience practicing before U.S. courts. He counsels sovereign and private clients on matters related to judgment enforcement under the New York Convention and the Federal Arbitration Act. Gary also works with victims of terrorism to enforce judgments against terrorist states.
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Before joining Pillsbury, Gary clerked for a federal judge in the Southern District of Florida. Prior to that, he worked in offices at the Justice Department and the State Department. He has published extensively in the fields of international arbitration and international law, with works featured in the ICSID Review, the George Washington International Law Review, and Global Arbitration Review (GAR).
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Education
J.D., The George Washington University Law School, 2012
with honors; The George Washington International Law Review; Lambda Law
B.A., West Virginia University, 2009
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
Admissions
District of Columbia
Virginia
Courts
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
Clerkships
Judicial Law Clerk, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, 2016 – 2017
