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Paul D.A. Piquado

In November 2004, Paul Piquado was appointed by Governor Edward G. Rendell to be the Executive Director of the Office of Trade Policy for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.  In this position, Mr. Piquado is responsible for coordinating international trade and investment policy for the Commonwealth, and—among other things—helping to ensure that Pennsylvania businesses and citizens have the opportunity to compete fully in global markets and benefit from national and international trade and investment rules.  Mr. Piquado serves as a cleared advisor on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee on trade (“IGPAC”).

From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Piquado worked in private practice in the international business and dispute resolution groups of the law firms of Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, and Powell Goldstein Frazer & Murphy where he advised parties on treaty interpretation matters, investment measures, international business transactions, global trade policy, and export control and sanctions rules.  During this period Mr. Piquado counseled parties in disputes before the World Trade Organization, International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, ad hoc UNCITRAL tribunals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.  Among other things, he has served as counsel and appeared before the World Trade Organization in a dispute involving the sale of regional aircraft, and has advised parties in disputes with the governments of Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and India.

Mr. Piquado received a J.D. from the New York University School of Law where he was a staff editor of the Journal of International Law & Politics, and an M.A. in Law and Diplomacy with a focus on international business and international technology policy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University where he was a DACOR-Bacon House award recipient.  Mr. Piquado received his B.A. from Williams College.

Mr. Piquado has spent over sixteen years overseas in Egypt, Indonesia, Brazil, Iran, Lebanon, and Canada.  He is a member of the District of Columbia, New York, Massachusetts, and U.S. Supreme Court bars.