ALI council member and President of the International Bar Association David W. Rivkin of Debevoise & Plimpton co-opened the inaugural meeting of the Independent Lawyers’ Association of Myanmar (ILAM). The launching of the ILAM, Myanmar’s first national, independent professional lawyers organization, is the result of a three-year effort initiated by the IBA’s Human Rights Institute.
Mr. Rivkin was named Litigation Trailblazer and ADR Champion by the National Law Journal, and is currently an Adviser for the Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration project.