Tom Sikora
About Tom Sikora
Tom Sikora is a Senior Counsel specializing in international disputes at ExxonMobil and serves as Chair at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
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Tom Sikora holds the position of Senior Counsel for International Disputes. He is currently serving as the Chair of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.
Current Position and Experience
Tom Sikora currently works at ExxonMobil as the Senior Counsel for International Disputes in the Houston, Texas area. He has been with ExxonMobil since 2011, focusing on complex international legal challenges. Additionally, he has held the Chair position at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration since 2021, continuing his leadership and expertise in the field.
Previous Roles and Experience
Before his current roles, Tom Sikora served as Senior Vice Chair at the Institute for Transnational Arbitration from 2020 to 2021. He also brought his expertise to El Paso Corporation, where he was Senior Counsel from 2001 to 2011, and to Vinson and Elkins, where he served as an attorney from 1995 to 2001. His extensive experience in various corporate and legal roles underscores his depth of knowledge in international and corporate law.
Education and Expertise
Tom Sikora has an extensive academic background. He earned a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, studying from 1992 to 1995. Before that, he was a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Columbia University in the City of New York from 1987 to 1989. His academic journey began with an A.B. in History and Literature from Harvard College, completed between 1983 and 1987. This combination of high-level education in law and political science has contributed to his expertise in international disputes.