Jonathan Blackman

Jonathan I. Blackman is a partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, resident in the firm’s New York and London offices. Mr. Blackman’s practice focuses on litigation, including international litigation and arbitration, securities law, banking and insurance law. Mr. Blackman has participated in numerous international arbitrations involving both public international law and complex commercial disputes, litigation involving the immunity of foreign states and their agencies under the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and securities and commercial litigation in a variety of U.S. federal and state courts. Mr. Blackman regularly lectures at professional conferences and is widely published on various aspects of international litigation, securities litigation and letters of credit. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

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About

Jonathan I. Blackman is a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, resident in the New York and London offices. His practice focuses on litigation, including international litigation and arbitration, securities law, banking and insurance law. He has participated in numerous international arbitrations involving public international law and complex commercial disputes, litigation under the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and securities and commercial litigation in U.S. federal and state courts. He regularly lectures and publishes on international litigation, securities litigation, and letters of credit.

Practice areas

LitigationInternational LitigationArbitrationSecurities LawBanking LawInsurance LawInternational ArbitrationPublic International LawCommercial DisputesLetters of Credit

Office

United States

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton · Jonathan I. Blackman is a partner of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, resident in the firm’s New York and London offices. Mr. Blackman’s practice focuses on litigation, including international litigation and arbitration, securities law, banking and insurance law. Mr. Blackman has participated in numerous international arbitrations involving both public international law and complex commercial disputes, litigation involving the immunity of foreign states and their agencies under the U.S. Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, and securities and commercial litigation in a variety of U.S. federal and state courts. Mr. Blackman regularly lectures at professional conferences and is widely published on various aspects of international litigation, securities litigation and letters of credit.

United States

Expertise

International ArbitrationSecurities LitigationForeign Sovereign Immunities ActCommercial Litigation

Education

Harvard Law School, J.D., magna cum laude, 1977
Harvard College, undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, 1974

Admissions

New York Bar
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. Court of International Trade