International Disputes

Tailored in approach, cost-effective, and ready to adjust to fluctuating conditions, our team can efficiently meet the full range of client needs, from bet-the-company arbitration under the Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to complex shareholder disputes. Importantly, our lawyers also have long-standing relationships within the litigation funding market and often work with clients seeking third-party funding support.

Our International Disputes practice includes:

• Cross-border commercial disputes

• Cross-border intellectual property disputes

• Fraud litigation

• International commercial arbitration (institutional and ad hoc)

• Investor-state arbitration

• Enforcement of commercial and investment arbitral awards and foreign judgments

• Evidence-gathering in cross-border disputes (including Section 1782 proceedings in the United States and Hague Convention requests)

• International asset recovery

• U.S. Chapter 15 Bankruptcy proceedings

• Litigation involving the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

• Disputes under the U.N. Convention for Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)

• Cases under the UNIDROIT rules

• International matters involving the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA)

• Actions under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air (the Montreal Convention)

• Cases under the Shipping Act of 1984

Our international disputes group strives to efficiently resolve international disputes, including cross-border litigation, international commercial arbitration, and investor-state disputes. Our lawyers frequently act as arbitrators in addition to their role as counsels and advisors to our clients, giving them as strategic advantage as counsel. Pierson Ferdinand’s attorneys represent both investors and states in international arbitration cases involving bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, long-term energy concessions, securities, hospitality, and energy projects.