Peter Pettibone

Independent Arbitrator since 2010. Previously, I was a coporate lawyer and the managing partner of the Moscow office of Hogan & Hartson (now Hogan Lovells), and I resided in Moscow for 20 years. I arbitrate commercial and corporate disputes in English or Russian.

Experience

I have arbitrated more than 25 cases in Sweden, Moscow, Kyiv and New York. Half were conducted in Russian. I have served as tribunal chair, party-appointed arbitrator, sole arbitrator and emergency arbitrator.

Work History

Retired partner, Hogan Lovells 2010-present. Partner, Hogan & Hartson, 2000-2010. Partner, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, 1994-1999. Partner, Lord Day & Lord Barrett Smith, 1974-1994. Associate, Cravath Swaine & Moore, 1967-1974.

Cases

Matters have included contract interpretation, shareholder disputes, employment issues, real estate, construction defects and damages, tariff issues, breaches of representationa and warranties in acquisition agreements, insolvency issues, supply contracts, aircreaft leases, franchise agreements, consulting agreements, oil field drilling agreements.

Training

I have attended many AAA/ICDR and other CLE programs focused on arbitration. In addition to being a Fellow in the College of Commecial Arbitrators, I am a Fellow in the Chrtered Institute of Arbitrators.

License(s)

Admitted to practice in New York State, 1968

Education

LL.M, NYU Law School, 1971 JD, Harvard Law School, 1964 AB, Princeton University, 1961

Publications

Co-author \"An Examination of Institutioinal Arb-Med-Arb Protocols and Practices\", American Arbitration Association Dispute Resolution Journal, Vol. 76, No. 1 (2022); author \"Due Process Considerations in Expedited Arbitrations, Indian Journal of Arbitration Law\",, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2022); Co-author \"The Death, Disability or Disqualification of an Arbitrator\", Commercial Arbitration, No. 2(4), July-December 2020: author \"The Prague Rules on the Efficient Conduct of Proceedings in International Arbitration: are they an Alternative to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration\", Asian Dispute Review, January 2019.

Panels

AAA/ICDR, HKIAC Panel of Arbitartors, SIAC Panel of Arbitrators, qualified arbitrator at the Dubai International Arbtration Centre (DIAC), on the list of arbitrators at the International Arbitration Centre at the Astana International Finance Centre (Kazakhstan)

Associations

ICCA, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, ABA Section on Dispute Resolution, New York State Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, New York City Bar Association International Commercial Disputes Committee and ADR Committee, International Arbitration Club of New York, Council on Foreign Relations

Miscellaneous

I am also an independent mediator. Most of my mediations have involved court appointments. I am a Special Master at the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court, and I am on the panel of mediators at the Commercial Division of the New York State Supreme Court. Several of my mediations have involved international parties and issues such as the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards, the effect of sanctions, insolvency issues and claims of fraud.