Drafting Submission Agreements: Practical Considerations

Arbitration offers numerous advantages over court litigation for appropriate cases, including specialized adjudicators, confidentiality, global enforceability, as well as remote access, and parties need not have executed a pre-dispute arbitration clause to access those advantages. This program will offer practical tips for drafting submission agreements so that a pending or existing dispute that is not subject to an arbitration clause can nevertheless be resolved in arbitration.

Topics the program will examine include:

• Appropriate jurisdictional language and carve-outs;
• Arbitral administrators;
• Arbitral Seats and governing law; and
• Enforcement considerations

Speaker

James P. Duffy, IV, Esq. – Partner, Reed Smith LLP