Steven Certilman

Mr. Certilman has been an arbitrator for more than 35 years and has served in more than 350 domestic and international cases across a wide range of commercial areas. He is a member of arbitration and mediation panels worldwide, a former Adjunct Professor of Law teaching international arbitration at Fordham University School of Law for five years, is a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators, a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Life Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Experience

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Work History

More than thirty-five years of experience as a general corporate and commercial attorney, engaging in matters across a wide range of areas including: corporate governance, investor agreements and disputes, acquisitions and divestitures, both asset and equity, lender financing transactions and collateralization; rent arbitration, private investment capital raises; transaction due diligence; drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements such as marketing and distribution agreements, trademark and copyright licenses, technology license and service agreements, computer services agreements, software development; preparation and negotiation of commercial leases and real property development agreements such as architect, project manager and contractor agreements; business operating agreements and joint venture agreements with both domestic and international application. Experience is particularly extensive in the technology law and business process outsourcing fields. Significant projects have included: Representation of vendors and clients in more than 200 computer services and business process outsourcing transactions. Transactions have included engagements for IT department outsourcing from 10 to 19,000 seats, desktop and network migrations, technology refresh of both hardware and operating systems, general acquisition and asset management services, desktop and network maintenance services, help desk and call center services, enterprise software licensing, and professional consulting services Drafting and negotiation of agreements including e-commerce, online marketing, software, content and technology development agreements, licenses, maintenance agreements and distribution agreements, website development and hosting agreements, online publishing agreements and consulting agreements Legal review and assistance preparing and responding to IT services RFP’s; Domain name disputes; Trademark prosecutions including TTAB appeals.

Cases

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Training

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License(s)

Licensed to practice law in NY, CT, DC and MA (USA)

Education

BA, Connecticut College (1978); JD, Hofstra University School of Law (1981).

Publications

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Awards

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Panels

Panel member ICDR, AAA (large, complex case, M&A, technology, employment and mediation panels), SVAMC, CAfA, CPR and other domestic and international panels.

Associations

CCA (Fellow), CIArb (Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator), NADN.

Miscellaneous

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