PRACTICE 02

Disputes & Arbitration

Disputes & Arbitration

Disputes & Arbitration

We take the cases we think can be won, and we say on the first call what the odds and the costs look like. Jane argues every hearing herself; nothing is handed to a junior.

Commercial and shareholder disputes before the New York courts, AAA and ICC arbitration, enforcement of foreign awards and urgent injunctions. Where a settlement is the better outcome we say so early, in writing.

Courtroom in New York — disputes and arbitration practice

LED BY

Jane Hale, partner, disputes and arbitration

FEES

Merits memo fixed-fee; proceedings hourly with an agreed ceiling.

30 minutes, free. Conflict check first.

LED BY

Jane Hale, partner, disputes and arbitration

30 minutes, free. Conflict check first.

WHAT WE DO

Commercial and shareholder disputes

AAA and ICC arbitration

Enforcement of foreign awards

Injunctions

SPECIALTIES

Merits memo in five business days

Costs and funding advice

Mediation

SELECTED MATTERS

2026/018

Defense of a Cleveland manufacturer in an $18M supply-chain arbitration (AAA)

$18M

DISMISSED

Defense of a Cleveland manufacturer in an $18M supply-chain arbitration (AAA)

2026/018

$18M

DISMISSED

2025/097

Executive dismissal dispute, New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division

14 months’ salary

SETTLED

Executive dismissal dispute, New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division

2025/097

14 months’ salary

SETTLED

2024/126

Shareholder dispute in a family manufacturing group

Buy-out at our expert’s valuation

SETTLED

Shareholder dispute in a family manufacturing group

2024/126

Buy-out at our expert’s valuation

SETTLED

2025/063

Defense of a construction group in an ICC arbitration seated in Vienna

$8.4M

SETTLED

Defense of a construction group in an ICC arbitration seated in Vienna

2025/063

$8.4M

SETTLED

They told us on day two what the case was worth and what it would cost to find out. Nobody else did.

CFO, industrial group, Cleveland

QUESTIONS

How quickly can you tell me whether the case is worth running?

Do you take cases on a success fee?

State court or arbitration?

Can you enforce a foreign award here?

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