WilmerHale

WilmerHale offers one of the world's premier international arbitration and dispute resolution practices. Our international arbitration group has been involved in more than 500 proceedings in recent years. We have successfully represented clients in four of the largest institutional arbitrations and several of the most significant ad hoc arbitrations to arise in the past decade. We also pride ourselves on consistently achieving our client's objectives in less sizable cases, through efficient staffing and the use of in-house know-how and precedents. The firm's international arbitration practice is headed by Gary Born, one of the world's preeminent authorities in the field. Mr. Born is ranked by Global Counsel as one of the World's Top Ten International Arbitration experts and by Euromoney and Chambers as one of the three leading international arbitration practitioners in London; he was also recently selected as the world's best international litigator in a survey of in-house counsel and practitioners. Mr. Born is the author of International Commercial Arbitration (2d ed. 2000 Kluwer/Transnational Publishers) and International Arbitration and Forum Selection Agreements (1999 Kluwer)¿and International Civil Litigation in United States Courts (4th ed. 2006 Aspen). Steven Finizio, Wendy Miles, Franz Schwarz and John Trenor¿all in our London office¿are also consistently ranked among leading international arbitration practitioners, as is John Pierce, in our New York office. Our multinational team consists of nearly 70 US, English, Continental and other lawyers, all of whom practice principally in the international arbitration field. Centered in the London office, the practice has additional offices in New York, Washington, Beijing, Palo Alto, Brussels and Berlin. Many members of our team are dedicated entirely to international arbitration, with a number of lawyers offering specialization in particular fields (such as oil and gas, insurance, joint venture and M&A). Our counsel and associates include highly talented younger lawyers with specialized training. Lawyers in our various offices routinely work closely together on disputes, as well as with local counsel when appropriate. Our international arbitration group includes both common and civil law practitioners, and prides itself on working together as an integrated team. Our international arbitration practice has been uniformly lauded for its exceptionally high quality. One source reports that our practice is "renowned the world over as a centre of excellence." Another recently described our practice as boasting "highly intelligent lawyers at every level," and "highly sophisticated and powerful advocates." Other publications report that the team is "astute" and "truly innovative in its submissions," with a "genuinely international team." Gary Born recently has been recognized as an "awesome," "outstanding," "stellar" and "inimitable" advocate (Chambers Global), a "prolific and extremely experienced counsel" with a "huge reputation" (Chambers UK), and "one of the world's foremost experts in arbitration" (Legal 500). The firm's arbitration group maintains a comprehensive database of know-how and documentation under all leading institutional rules and national laws. This includes model submissions, precedents and research materials on both procedural and substantive issues. Our lawyers also have extensive experience in all aspects of the arbitral process, including trial advocacy and presentation. In appropriate cases, our lawyers also serve as arbitrators, mediators and expert witnesses on issues of international dispute resolution.

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