International Arbitration and Litigation
FITCH has successfully represented clients from around the world in complex, high-stakes international litigation and international arbitration. Our clients’ complex disputes frequently involve issues under both common law and civil law systems, and we work closely with local lawyers and legal experts to ensure successful application of governing substantive and procedural laws. We have represented clients from across the globe, including Brazil, China, Columbia, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Israel, South Africa, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Some of our attorneys working in international disputes are fluent in Spanish, French, German, Russian, Polish, and Italian.
The highly experienced attorneys at FITCH assist international clients in developing winning strategies for cases in an environment that is both unfamiliar and seemingly inaccessible to the outsider. Our attorneys have practiced extensively as counsel in international commercial arbitrations before the leading international arbitral institutions. We have handled disputes under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, the American Arbitration Association and its international division, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, as well as under the UNCITRAL Arbitral Rules.
Our complex litigation practice extends beyond the borders of the United States, and we regularly represent U.S. and foreign individuals and corporations in civil litigation arising from activities in foreign jurisdictions. We represent our international clients in both federal and state courts in the United States, and also coordinate with local counsel in foreign jurisdictions to advise on foreign trials that have potential U.S. repercussions. Our attorneys have experience litigating issues of foreign service of process, U.S. discovery in support of foreign litigation and arbitration under Section 1782, and foreign sovereign immunity. We also regularly address issues of enforcement of foreign judgments in the United States.
FITCH attorneys are experienced representing both international investors and foreign states in international treaty arbitrations, with a focus on international investment disputes, including those before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington, D.C. We have advised clients on their investment rights under such treaties as the North American Free Trade Agreement, the Energy Charter Treaty, and numerous bilateral investment treaties.
As part of our divorce and family law practice, we handle international jurisdictional disputes over divorce, property division, custody, and support. We also litigate international removal cases and negotiate cross-border parenting plans. When one parent has wrongfully removed a child from their home country, or wrongfully retained a child in a foreign country, we have used the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction to help reunite families.
Controversie e Arbitrato Internazionale
Internationale Streitigkeit und Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit