James Carter

Arbitrator in more than 140 international commercial and investment disputes

Experience

Arbitrator in more than 140 international commercial and investment disputes

Work History

Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell, 1977-2010; International Arbitration Coordinator
Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf, 2011-2012; co-head of International Disputes Group
Senior Counsel, WilmerHale, 2012-2022; Independent Arbitrator, 2022-present.

License(s)

Admitted to NY bar

Education

Graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, attended Cambridge University as a Fulbright scholar.

Publications

Co-Editor, International Commercial Arbitration in New York (Oxford University Press); Editor, The International Arbitration Review (Law Business Research, issued annually); author of more than 50 articles and book chapters on arbitration topics.

Awards

Chambers Global Guide: ’Band 1’ international arbitrators globally
Best Lawyer: NY City International Commercial Arbitratiion ’Lawyer of the Year,’ 2012 and 2014
Expert Guides Best of the Best: among 30 leading commercial arbitration attorneys worldwide

Panels

AAA Commercial and International Panels; CPR National Panel; Court of Arbitration for Sport; Japan Commercial Arbitration Association panel

Associations

Former Chair, New York International Arbitration Center. Past Chair of the American Bar Association Section of International Law and Chair of its Committee on International Commercial Arbitration. Past Chair of both the International Affairs Council and the Committee on International Law of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, as well as the International Law Committee and the International Dispute Resolution Committee of the New York State Bar Association. Past Chairman of the Board of the American Arbitration Association and past member of the London Court of International Arbitration and Vice President of its North American Council. Member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Past President of the American Society of International Law.