Mr. Davidson is a retired senior litigation partner of a major international law firm and the Executive Director of JAMS Arbitration Practice. He has been practicing full-time as an arbitrator since 2004. He is widely recognized as one of the world's leading international arbitrators and has been consistently ranked as such (Tier 1) in Chambers USA and Chambers Global. Mr. Davidson has acted as sole arbitrator, chairman or member of a tripartite panel in numerous international arbitrations conducted under the rules of various institutions including, CIETAC , the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre. the ICC,  JAMS International, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute, the LCIA, CPR  and the ICDR (AAA).. He has also sat in ad hic cases conducted under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules, A graduate of the Univ. of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and Columbia School of Law, he specializes in complex commercial cases which include, among others, IP disputes, construction matters and insurance coverage disputes.