South Florida is a center of international commerce, whether it is trade between the U.S. and Latin America, Europe and Latin America, or even China and Latin America. Billions of dollars per year in goods transit the Port of Miami, Port Everglades, along with Miami International Airport and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. Because of the large amount of financial institutions with international operations located here to facilitate trade, South Florida is also a major banking center. When disputes arise between the parties to international trade from different nationalities, especially with the recent passage in Florida of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model International Commercial Arbitration Law, Miami is often chosen as the location within which to arbitrate those disputes. Furthermore, Miami is the location of the regional offices of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) and its state-of-the-art hearing center.
Both Federal and State law strongly favor the arbitration of disputes where the contractual relationship between the parties expressly provides for arbitration over litigation in the courts. Arbitration is often less costly, with more rapid decisions provided by arbitrators with expertise in the relevant industry of the parties. When your dispute is subject to arbitration, the lawyers at Fuerst Ittleman have the experience and skills necessary to take your arbitration from inception to award and enforcement.
In addition, by molding our arbitration experience to the areas of law in which our firm concentrates, such as customs law, food & drug law, anti-money laundering, trademark law, tax law, and litigation of commercial disputes involving shipping, transportation, trademark infringement, and fraud along with other intentional torts, we bring to the table a team with the knowledge of unique and specialized areas of the law which will maximize your ability to prevail in international commercial arbitration.
Our arbitration team is fully versed in the rules and procedures governing arbitration before the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and UNCITRAL. We possess a great amount of experience representing clients in disputes regarding international trade, Customs, intellectual property, Food & Drug matters and taxation. We have represented parties from all over the world in arbitration proceedings from South America, the Caribbean Basin, Central America, Europe, the Middle East, to Africa and Asia. Our team’s focused analysis of your claims, coupled with our decades of trial and arbitration experience, yields an efficient and persuasive presentation of your case in a manner calculated to obtain a maximum arbitral award in your favor.
