Professional Biography

Steve Koh Partner

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Overview

Experience

News

Insights

  • 04.2012
    International Commercial Arbitration in Washington: The Need for the Model Law
    Articles

    Washington State Bar News, Volume 66 Number 4, Page 30

    The piece posits that our state will be a more desirable venue for international arbitrations if it adopts the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration, as have our neighbors (California, Oregon, British Columbia).
  • Winter 2011
    The Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration in Context
    Articles
    Imagine that you are an in-house lawyer for Builder, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in California. Builder has been sued in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware by a German company, Deutsche AG (DAG), seeking to enforce an arbitration award it obtained in London against Builder.
  • 04.05.2011
    Check Your Sources
    Articles

    Law360

  • 03.18.2011
    Boeing Exposes Securities Plaintiffs for Misuse of Confidential Source
    Articles
    Association of Corporate Counsel Newsstand
  • Winter 2011
    The Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration in Context: Enforcement Actions
    Lawyer Publications

    In-House Litigator, Volume 25, Number 2

    American Bar Association
    Steve Koh, Jared Hager, and Jeremy Ross recently authored an article for the ABA Committee on Corporate Counsel's newsletter, the In-House Litigator.  The article, "The Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration in Context,"  discusses recent progress on the American Law Institute's Restatement of the U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration and analyzes Chapter 5 of the tentative draft in a hypothetical context.  The Restatement will be formulated over the next several years and promises to eventually assist in addressing the complexities of international arbitration.
  • 04.14.2014
    When Problems Arise
    Speaking Engagements
    World Space Risk Forum Focus Group / Dubai, UAE
  • 12.08.2011
    International Arbitration Seminar
    Seminars
    Perkins Coie / Seattle, WA
    Presenters include renowned international arbitrators and commercial users of international arbitration who will share their experience and discuss key aspects of the practice.
  • 10.26.2010 - 10.27.2010
    ABA Air & Space Law Conference
    Speaking Engagements
    ABA Air & Space Law Forum 
    2010 Annual Meeting and CLE Program
    FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, Alaska Air Group CEO Bill Ayer, and Boeing Commercial Airplanes CEO Jim Albaugh will be the keynote speakers. Tom McLaughlin served on the planning committee and will be moderating a panel discussion on air-crash litigation. Steve Koh will be moderating a panel discussion on international arbitration of satellite disputes. Perkins, Boeing and Alaska are gold sponsors and are hosting jointly the Gala Reception and Dinner at the Museum of Flight.
  • 09.09.2009
    International Commercial Arbitration
    Seminars
    Perkins Coie /  Seattle, WA
    The seminar provided roundtable discussion and guidance, from drafting an effective clause to enforcing an international arbitration award.

RELATED INFORMATION

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Washington
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Washington
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Education

  • Yale Law School, J.D., 1992, Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal
    Coker Fellow
  • University of Washington, B.A., Business Administration, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1989