Steve Davidson

Partner

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Steve Davidson is a partner with the Washington office of Steptoe & Johnson LLP, where he is a member of the Litigation and International Departments.  His practice focuses primarily on the litigation, negotiation, arbitration, and mediation of a wide range of complex commercial disputes and torts (particularly cross-border disputes), as well as bankruptcy, white collar criminal defense, and insurance coverage matters.  He is head of Steptoe’s commercial litigation group.

He has handled numerous jury and bench trials in district, state and bankruptcy courts.  He has also handled various proceedings before arbitral bodies organized by, among others, the International Centre for Resolution of Investment Disputes, the International Chamber of Commerce, and the Zurich Chamber of Commerce. 

In particular, Mr. Davidson has represented Motorola in its claims against the Uzan family, which formerly owned the Turkish telecom company Telsim, concerning fraudulent conduct in connection with a $2 billion loan.  He and his team obtained a world-wide freezing order in the London commercial courts, which was affirmed by the English Court of Appeals; froze and liquidated assets worldwide (including New York real estate,  aircraft in Bermuda, France and the US, real estate in the United Kingdom and Germany, Swiss bank accounts and a yacht in Israel); and obtained a fully-contested fraud judgment for $2.13 billion in compensatory damages in federal court in New York City.  This judgment was recently affirmed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court.  In addition, Mr. Davidson led the arbitration team which obtained a $2 billion award in favor of Motorola and against Telsim following contested evidentiary proceedings before the Zurich Chamber of Commerce.  The Steptoe team then successfully enforced the arbitral award in various countries in Europe and in the United States.  

Noteworthy & Success Stories

• Steptoe Team Handles Motorola Case Against Uzan Family Worldwide

News, Seminars & Events

• Court Upholds $1 Billion Award to Steptoe Client Motorola
• Steptoe Earns First Place on Top Ten Arbitrations Scorecard
• Steptoe Launches Subprime Lending Litigation Team
• Steptoe Team Pursues Telsim Claim
• Supreme Court Affirms Uzan Judgment
• New York Office

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Focus Europe: Turkish Bath
  Winter 2007
• Steven Davidson on ICC Conference Panel, March 28, 2006