PRACTICE

International Disputes

Overview

Our international disputes team includes board certified specialists in international arbitration and international law. Based in Miami, New York City, and Washington D.C., we counsel clients worldwide and handle a broad range of matters, including international commercial and treaty arbitration, public international law, and litigation ancillary to arbitration such as enforcement and interim measures. Equally diverse is the team’s industry experience, which spans energy and natural resources, manufacturing, logistics, agriculture, food & beverage, blockchain/cryptocurrency, and many others.

Pierson Ferdinand’s structure is particularly suited to international dispute resolution and our collaborative culture allows clients to enjoy the Firm’s full resources seamlessly across different jurisdictions and practice areas. Our attorneys are fluent in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian, and licensed in both civil and common law jurisdictions, which allows them to work on cases crossing the continents.

  • Trial-Tested Litigation Prowess

    Our Litigation team excels in discerning the critical aspects of a case and collaborates closely with our clients to ensure that litigation is managed in a manner that advances their ultimate objectives.  We work diligently to resolve immediate issues and help our clients avoid similar challenges in the future, while at the same time striving to provide value-add to our clients in an effective representation.

  • Bench Strength and Industry Experienced

    PierFerd Litigation partners provide clients across various industries globally with comprehensive commercial litigation and dispute resolution services. From coast to coast, in state and federal courts, our experience spans from appellate to high-stakes commercial and corporate fraud litigation, to IP and Insurance related disputes, with the ability to scale up for our clients as and when necessary. 

  • Client-Focused Approach to Disputes

    We view our seasoned litigators as an extension of our clients' in-house legal teams, working collaboratively to achieve optimal outcomes through strategic partnership, early intervention, and a comprehensive approach to dispute resolution.

  • Team-Orientated, Comprehensive Strategies

    We seamlessly collaborate with other PierFerd practice groups to leverage and bring to bear the appropriate industry experience wherever necessary, ensuring litigation strategies are comprehensively addressed, including matters related to banking and financial services, cyber-risk, healthcare, insurance, intellectual property, employment and labor, real estate, among others.

Capabilities

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.