Contact:
Cedric C. Chao or
Craig I. Celniker
Morrison & Foerster's litigation practice extends to disputes adjudicated by arbitrators in non-courtroom settings. The firm's
litigators are highly experienced at representing clients in arbitration cases before both U.S.-based (the American Arbitration
Association (AAA) and JAMS) and international arbitral tribunals.
The firm has successfully represented scores of clients in arbitration cases across many major industry sectors, including
technology, life sciences, software, financial services, energy, construction and insurance, regarding issues such as commercial
contracts, power and infrastructure projects, insurance coverage, patent and intellectual property license agreements, securities
transactions, antitrust, environmental contamination, land use and real estate, and employment. The firm's arbitration clients
have included Bank of America, Chiron, Fujitsu Kyocera and Panasonic Mobile Communications.
The firm approaches arbitration from a litigation perspective, applying its substantial advocacy expertise to the successful
representation of clients in arbitration proceedings. The firm's trial lawyers have significant experience working within
the more relaxed procedural rules of arbitration, such as conducting successful on-your-feet cross-examinations of witnesses
who have not been the subject of pre-hearing deposition or discovery.
Morrison & Foerster has a great deal of experience at litigating pre-hearing disputes, such as conflicting arbitration clauses
and other arbitration issues that require a court of law to resolve. The firm has also advised many clients regarding the
drafting and interpretation of arbitration clauses invoking all the major providers of international arbitration services.
In addition to U.S.-based arbitration cases, Morrison & Foerster has served as counsel in numerous transnational arbitration
cases. The firm ranks as one of the most active in the world, having arbitrated cases before such major international arbitration
centers as the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the London Court of International Arbitration, the Singapore International
Arbitration Centre, the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC), the Japan Commercial Arbitration
Association (JCAA) and before ad hoc arbitration tribunals operating under the UNCITRAL Rules.
