Fully-dedicated arbitrator. Perennial Recipient of elite level peer review ranking in Chambers Global and Chambers USA as leading international arbitrator. Active writer, speaker and teacher on arbitral law and practice. Creator/author of Arbitration Commentaries “blog” (http://arbblog.lexmarc.us), where he has written essays on arbitral law and practice since 2009.
Experience
Now in his 20th year as a neutral focused on complex business disputes, international and domestic, Mr. Goldstein has served in more than 120 cases as an arbitrator and more than 100 cases as a mediator. Since 2012 he has been peer-review ranked each year as one of America’s leading international arbitrators in Chambers Global and Chambers USA, and is also peer-recognized in 2025 (as in all prior years since 2010) as a leading US-based international arbitrator in the rankings of Who’s Who Legal (now Lexology), which has also bestowed its coveted Thought Leader recognition. Mr. Goldstein is also recognized annually by New York Super Lawyers and Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Goldstein’s arbitration experience includes service as Chair, Sole Arbitrator, Co-Arbitrator and Emergency Arbitrator in cases under CPR, ICC, LCIA, ICDR, and AAA Commercial Rules.
Work History
Founded independent practice with emphasis on service as arbitrator and mediator in 2007 after leading the international arbitration practices in New York at two international firms. Prior affiliations: 1980-2003: Proskauer Rose LLP (New York). 2004-2007: Hodgson Russ LLP (New York and Toronto).
Cases
Chair ICDR Tribunal in $350m case re minority shareholder corporate governance rights based on private equity investment; ICDR Sole Arbitrator of $17m M&A shareholder earnout case (enterprise software); Chair LCIA Tribunal in Life Sciences Pharma Patent/Regulatory Royalty Dispute; ICDR Co-Arbitrator in >$1 billion joint venture put option valuation dispute (food and beverage industry); Chair of ICC Tribunal in $130m case re infrastructure project (mining); ICC Tribunal Co-Arbitrator in Project Finance national utility infrastructure development case (electric power); Chair ICDR Tribunal in >$50m energy section electric power delivery case; Co-Arbitrator CPR Non-Administered >$100m Life Sciences Pharma Patent License Royalty case; Co-Arbitrator ICDR ~50m Joint Venture Trade Secrets case (clean energy plant 30 E. 33rd Street New York, NY 10016 fax +1.212.949.8859 Powertrak Report Viewer - https://cprportal.netprm.com/...PR_MSCRM/contact_portal_bio&orgname=CPR&CRM_contact=0e217d61-d57d-e011-b1bf-00219ba6ba46[4/12/2018 12:06:53 PM] engineering); Chair ICDR Tribunal Life Sciences Pharma Licensing Development antitrust patent indemnification case; Sole Arbitrator ICDR Life Sciences medical device distribution case (cardiovascular procedures); Co-Arbitrator >400m ICC engineering EPC contract case (oil exploration equipment); Emergency Arbitrator CPR Int\"l Law Firm Partnership case (partner comp); Chair ICC Tribunal >50m Life Sciences Joint Venture Pharma Manufacturing case.
Training
Attendee annually for past 30 years at substantive conference sessions on arbitration law and practice of numerous organizations including the College of Commercial Arbitrators, International Bar Association Committee D, ICC North America and ICC Canada, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association/International Centre for Dispute Resolution
License(s)
New York
Education
University of Pennsylvania (BA magna cum laude); University of Virginia Law School (Board of Editors, Virginia Law Review)
Publications
Founder (2009) of Arbitration Commentaries website. Published more than 250 essays on contemporary issues in law and practice of international commercial arbitration. Other Treatise Chapters and Articles (non-exhaustive list): Practicing Law Inst., Arbitrating Commercial Disputes in the United States (2d ed. 2020 and 1st ed. 2018), Ch. 4 \"Arbitrability & Jurisdiction\"; \"The Daesang Decision: New York\"s Manifestly Misunderstood Law on Vacating Awards,\" ICC Disp. Res. Bull. Winter 2018-19; \"Deciphering DeGusa: The Enforcement in U.S. Courts of International Arbitration Awards Against Alter Egos of the Award-Debtor,\" Vol. 29 No. 4 Am. Rev. Int\"l Arb. (2018); \"A Glance Into History for the Emergency Arbitrator,\" 40(3) Fordham Int\"l L.J. 779 (2017); \"Living (or Not) with the Partisan Arbitrator: Are There Limits to Deliberations Secrecy?\", 32(4) Arb. Int\"l 589 (2016); \"A Model Federal Arbitration Summons to Testify and Present Documentary Evidence At an Arbitration Hearing,\" (Project of the Int\"l Commercial Disputes Comm. and the Arbitration Comm. of the NYC Bar Ass\"n - - Principal Author), 26 Am. Rev. Int\"l Arb. 3 (2015); \"Annulled Awards in the U.S. Courts: How Primary Is \"Primary Jurisdiction\"?\"; 25 Am. Rev. Int\"l Arb. 1 (2014); \"Application of the Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens in Summary Proceedings for the Recognition and Enforcement of Awards Governed by the New York and Panama Conventions: Report of the International Arbitration Club of New York\" (with Prof. Linda J. Silberman), 24 Am. Rev. Int\"l Arb. 1 (2013); \"Should the Real Parties in Interest Have to Stand Up? -- Thoughts About a Disclosure Regime for Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration.\"
Awards
Lexology Thought Leader (2025); Peer-review ranked by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Lexology, Best Lawyers in America, as leading international arbitrator in the USA. Inclusion annually in rankings of each of these peer review publications at least each of the last 12 years.
Panels
ICDR; AAA Large and Complex Case Panel; AAA Specialized Commercial Panels (3): Aviation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Commercial Sports; CPR Distinguished Panels of Neutrals (4): Cross-Border, National, Entertainment & Sports, Accounting Banking & Finance; Vancouver International Arbitration Centre; Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (International Panel, Emergency Arbitrator Panel, Financial Services Panel); Asia International Arbitration Centre; Korea Commercial Arbitration Board; Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association. Also listed in ICC US National Committee Arbitrator Database and in the website of the Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society.
Associations
Professional and Community Memberships: Honors Conferred: Lexology Thought Leader (2025); Peer-review ranked by Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Lexology, Best Lawyers in America, as leading international arbitrator in the USA. Inclusion annually in rankings of each of these peer review publications at least each of the last 12 years. Elected: American Law Institute (Members\" Consultative Group for Restatement (Third) of The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration, 2010-2020, project completed); International Arbitration Club of New York; International Institute for Conflict Resolution (CPR) Arbitration Committee; Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Centre; Committee on International Commercial Disputes, New York City Bar Association (2011-2017, 2019-present); College of Commercial Arbitrators (Fellow); Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Fellow); London International Arbitration Club; Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society; American Bar Foundation (Fellow), National Association of Distinguished Neutrals. Voluntary: London Court of International Arbitration (North American Users\" Council); International Council on Commercial Arbitration; International Chamber of Commerce (US Arbitration Committee); International Bar Association (Committee D - Arbitration); Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Dallas; Advisory Board); Swiss Arbitration Association; Institute D\"Arbitrage Internationale. Non-Profit Affiliations: Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center; Perlman Music Program; American Friends of Israel Philharmonic; American Jewish Committee
Miscellaneous
Recent Speaking and Teaching: California International Arbitration Week Panel on Award Drafting Best Practices (March 2025); New York Arbitration Week Program on Non-Party Evidence in Arbitration (Nov. 2024); College of Commercial ArbitratorsAnnual Conference, Moderator of Program on Arbitral Subpoenas and related Presentation to International Subcommittee (Oct. 2024); College of Commercial Arbitrators Webinar Panelist: \"Getting It Right: Issues on Legal Research By Tribunals\" (June 2024); Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Prof\"l Dev. Program, Nov. 2023 (Arbitrator Selection); Canada Keynote Address of Canada Arbitration Week: \"Arbitrators Under Attack\" (Oct. 2023); Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society Annual Meeting Panel: Arbitral Power to Impose Sanctions (May 2023); Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society \"Gold Standard\" Training Program, Nov. 2022 (Case Management); (Cross Examination); College of Commercial Arbitrators Program on Arbitration Procedures (May 2022)