International Litigation and Arbitration Attorneys

Sally & Fitch LLP has extensive experience representing clients in international litigation and international arbitrations. We represent clients throughout the world, including businesses and individuals from China, Europe, The United Kingdom, Central America, South America and the Middle East. All of them have serious problems that, often by reason of a contractual provision, must be resolved in international arbitration or litigation in courts of the United States.

We have attorneys who are fluent in Spanish, French, German and Italian.  We are highly experienced in assisting our international clients develop winning strategies for cases in an environment that is both unfamiliar and seemingly inaccessible to the outsider.

The international cases we handle involve sizable commercial contract disputes, business-related torts, including claims for misrepresentation and fraud, admiralty and maritime matters, and actions for the enforcement of judgments rendered by foreign courts.

In representative matters from our international arbitration and litigation practice:

• We obtained a settlement of $18,250,000 for a client based in Hong Kong in arbitration proceedings before International Centre for Dispute Resolution. The settlement of this commercial contract case was reached after we won the liability phase but before the damages phase of the arbitration commenced.
   
• We successfully represented a group of Dutch entrepreneurs who brought suit regarding a failed joint venture with a Fortune 500 company in the U.S.
   
• We brought suit in federal court in Massachusetts and successfully gained recognition and enforcement of a judgment in Belgium.
   
• We obtained a very favorable settlement for a group of American portfolio managers seeking to break off from a U.K.-based corporation.
   
• We won an award of damages for an American company in an action arising from a failed business venture with a Swedish corporation.
   
• We represented the interests of a Swedish Credit Union that was defrauded by its former president in an elaborate Ponzi Scheme.
   
• We have advised a business based in Dubai with claims against two American companies for violations of joint venture agreements.
   
• We represent the interests of a Brazilian company in an action for breach of contract against a U.S. Corporation.
   
• In the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, we filed claims on behalf of a Brazilian company for damages caused by the failure of a Massachusetts company to maintain patent protection for certain technology products, as required under a license agreement.
   

Please contact partners Jonathan W. Fitch or Kurt S. Kusiak for assistance, or more information, with respect to any international arbitration or international litigation matter.