AS COUNSEL​

• Represented a retailer of high-fashion clothing and accessories in a dispute with a competitor under Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act and state law defamation

• Represented an Italian franchisor of high-fashion clothing and accessories in a dispute with a multi-state franchisee seeking millions of dollars in damages and injunctive relief for breach of contract and alleged franchise law violations

• Prosecuted claims of Spanish oil drilling company against Venezuelan affiliate by attaching bank account found in New York

• Represented New York hotel owners in various lawsuits brought by a French bank claiming to hold a valid mortgage loan in excess of $200 million

• Represented convertible securities broker-dealer sued for its role as placement agent against claim brought by various hedge fund investors in private placement

• Represented hedge fund against claim by investor concerning SEC approval of Standby Equity Distribution Agreements

• Represented a Polish national television network in a dispute with its American distributor

• Represented an Israeli surveillance systems manufacturer in a dispute with a former vendor of an encoder over vendor's failure to meet contractual milestones

• Represented an Ecuador-based airline in a contract dispute arising from the lease of multiple aircraft from US-based aircraft sub-lessors

• Represented a senior executive accused of breaching restrictive covenants

• Represented a European government in a dispute under Bilateral Investment Treaty concerning forestry services

• Represented the purchaser in a supply contract price re-opener dispute under UNCITRAL rules

• Represented the  purchaser of all shares of a corporation engaged in a chemical business in a claim to recover damages for allegedly unanticipated tax liability

• Represented a company in an arbitration brought under stock re-purchase agreement where the parties disputed the valuation of the company

• Defense of management against a claim by an executive seeking severance on ground that he resigned with "good reason"

• Represented company against a finder's fee claim alleging assistance in selling weapon systems to Arabian Gulf states

​

AS ARBITRATOR​

Have sat as arbitrator in over 100 cases through award, including procedural matters such as jurisdiction, non-signatories, interim measures, summary determination, bifurcation, and partial awards

 

Sole arbitrator

• Dispute over failure to close acquisition of bank holding company

• Dispute between technology consulting firm and alternative asset manager over scope of work

• Dispute over the loss of mining concession in Central America

• Dispute between investment bank and its customer over the failure market Rule 144A an emerging markets high-yield debt offering

• Dispute over the sale of commercial real estate in Central Europe

• Dispute between Australian fashion house and American distributor

• Dispute between Israeli and US co-venturers in renewable energy (biogas) projects over drag-along rights

• Dispute between litigation funder and funded party over division of settlement proceeds

• Arbitration that followed from the conduct of a Hatch-Waxman ANDA lawsuit

• Claim by a local exchange carrier against a billing aggregator for indemnity relating to consumer class action

• Claim by a medical practice against health insurance carrier contesting doctors’ termination as participating providers in the carrier’s Medicare Advantage plan

• Claim by an aircraft operator against TV station for breach of electronic news-gathering agreement

• Dispute between software developer and marketing enterprise concerning the license of data collection technology

• Determination of fair market value of distribution rights under New York's Alcohol Beverage Control Law

• Claim by investment banker against former employer for damages where employer failed to deliver vested stock awarded to the Claimant

​

Presiding Arbitrator

Chair of the tribunal in cases including disputes between:

• Venture funds and former law firm for legal malpractice

• Payee and maker over which version of a promissory note controls

• Property owner and designer over amounts due

• Educational testing service and software developer that designed and hosted web-based testing application over minimum guaranteed fees

• Hotel owner and its European franchisor arising out of termination of license and management agreements and the Minnesota Franchise Act

• Luxury food manufacturer and its multi-unit franchisee under agreements and the Michigan Franchise Investment Law

• Parties who owned the same trademark in different regions of the world in a dispute over termination of a license agreement

• Compiler of data on recycled automobile parts and manufacturer of automobile part information systems alleging business torts

• Parties to hotel management agreement where manager was alleged to have interfered with the owners' attempt to sell the property

 

Co-arbitrator

• Dispute between venture capital firm and crypto intermediary over default interest

• Dispute between hedge fund and former partner over removal from management

• Dispute between hedge fund and its former CIO over clawback obligations

• Dispute regarding listing cryptocurrency on trading exchanges

• Payor-provider dispute involving Medicare Part 340B.

• Dispute over commodity accumulator contracts

• Dispute between biotech company and contract research organization concerning the implementation of a phase IIa study

• Indemnity claim under asset purchase contract for hospitals

• Indemnity claim under §§ 84-92c of the German Commercial Cod

• Dispute between investors in merchant cash advance business under New Jersey law

• Dispute between mining company and its representative in the South Caucasus

• Dispute between a bank and its customer over loan agreements to fund power plant development

• Dispute over patent license agreement for DVR process

• Warranty disputes concerning aircrafts involving primarily warranty limitations and exclusions