International Trade

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Philip D. Robben | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Editor: Please tell our readers about your background and your practice. Robben: My work covers a wide range of subject matters. For the past ten years, a large part of my practice has been representing clients in international arbitrations. I handle both commercial disputes between...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Charles C. Adams | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Editor: Please tell our readers about your background and your practice. Adams: I am firmwide head of Akin Gump’s global international arbitration practice group. I’ve lived and worked in Geneva for the last 25 years as managing partner of four different U.S. firms. Akin Gump’...

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

Anthony Candido | Clifford Chance

As arbitration clauses have become more common in commercial contracts, many parties have discovered that arbitration is not as streamlined or as inexpensive as they had hoped. Among other things, arbitral panels in the United States are increasingly willing to permit wide-ranging discovery from...