English Arbitrator in USA

FIDIC Disputes Explained: Why Construction Contracts So Often End Up in Arbitration

FIDIC contracts, the standard forms published by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, govern more cross-border construction and infrastructure projects than any other family of contracts in the world. The Red, Yellow and Silver Books sit behind everything from a single power plant to a multi-billion-dollar rail concession, and nearly all of them route disputes

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Sovereign Disputes vs Commercial Disputes: Why the Arbitrator’s Experience Matters

Two companies disputing a supply contract and an investor disputing a license revocation with a national government may both end up in arbitration, but the resemblance largely ends there. A commercial dispute is bounded by the four corners of a contract and the commercial law the parties chose to govern it. A sovereign dispute adds

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Five Signs Your Cross-border Dispute Needs an Investment Treaty & Sovereign Dispute Arbitrator

Not every dispute with a foreign government belongs in ordinary commercial arbitration. Many investors only discover this once a regulatory decision has already reshaped their project, by which point the more useful question is no longer “was our contract breached?” but “does international law give us a separate route to relief?” Recognizing that shift early,

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The Work of a Metal & Mining Dispute Arbitrator

Few sectors generate disputes as varied, technically dense or geopolitically charged as metals and mining. A single mine may sit at the intersection of a state concession, a joint venture agreement, an offtake contract, an environmental permit and a bilateral investment treaty, and a dispute arising from any one of these instruments can ripple through

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How to Appoint an International Arbitrator in the United States

When a cross-border contract goes wrong and the parties turn to arbitration rather than the courts, the single most consequential decision they will make is not where the hearing takes place or which rules apply. It is who sits as arbitrator. In the United States, where parties routinely draw on both domestic and international frameworks,

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One Arbitrator, Many Industries: The Quiet Rise of the Generalist Specialist

There is a peculiar assumption in cross-border dispute resolution that expertise must be narrow to be credible. Such a shipping dispute needs a maritime dispute arbitrator who has spent a career dealing with charterparties and bills of lading. A dispute over a stalled highway or a half-built refinery needs a construction dispute arbitrator fluent in FIDIC clauses and delay analysis. A

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Sole Arbitrator or Member of an Arbitral Tribunal! Choosing the Right Structure Before Accepting Appointment

One of the earliest and most consequential decisions parties face, whether at the contract-drafting stage or once a dispute has already arisen, is whether to proceed before a sole arbitrator or a three-member tribunal. The choice shapes the cost, duration and texture of the entire proceeding, yet it is often relegated to a single boilerplate

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