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James Carter joined the Firm in 1970 and became a partner in 1977. He is a member of the Litigation, Antitrust, and Project Finance Groups and is Coordinator of the international arbitration practice. He previously headed the Intellectual Property Group.

Mr. Carter is a widely recognized authority on international arbitration, with 35 years of experience as arbitrator or counsel in more than 100 cases, typically involving joint ventures or international trade or investment disputes. He is a leading exponent as well as a practitioner of international law and dispute resolution. Featured in The Lawdragon 500 Leading Judges in America (2006), Mr. Carter is singled out as being "on the short list of must-have international arbitrators."

Long active in the American Arbitration Association (AAA), of which he is immediate past Chairman of the Board, Mr. Carter chaired or served as sole arbitrator in several cases in 2006-07, involving: 1) a dispute between U.S. and European aerospace companies regarding a weapons system workshare agreement; (2) a dispute between a law firm and its client over adequacy of legal services; (3)a distribution agreement for electronic products in Ecuador; and (4) a dispute involving equipment supplied to a power project in Australia.

Mr. Carter also serves as counsel in arbitration proceedings. In 2006-07 he was counsel to a mineral investor in a dispute with a foreign sovereign. Mr. Carter also represents a Dutch subsidiary of the largest mobile operator in Sweden and Finland in two International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) arbitrations in Europe related to the client's efforts to purchase a Turkish cellular phone company.

In addition, he serves as counsel in U.S. litigation involving commercial, corporate, antitrust, securities, and intellectual property matters.

Selected Cases

• Microsoft v. NVIDIA (Microsoft) — Contract dispute involving Xbox gaming console graphics chips
• Lubrizol v. Exxon (Exxon) — Motor oil patent infringement claim
• DataTreasury v. Small Value Payments Co. (NY Clearing House) — Electronic check clearing patent dispute
• College Board v. Pataki (College Board) — Copyright claim challenging NY State regulation of standardized testing
• Sanderson v. Instinet (Instinet) — Arbitration involving electronic trading market definition
• IMS Health v. Nielsen Media Research (IMS Health) — Contract claim arising from spin-offs of businesses from Dun & Bradstreet
• Hunt v. BP (BP) — Litigation over Libyan oil production rights
• Paiton Energy v. PLN/Government of Indonesia (Paiton) — Indonesian electric utility contract dispute
• Brightpoint v. Philips Electronics (Philips) — Cell phone manufacturing contract dispute
• Forest Laboratories v. Pharmacia (Pharmacia) — Dispute over rights to new pharmaceutical product
• Exxon Valdez Shareholder Litigation (Exxon) — Purported class and derivative actions
• Halcion® Shareholder Litigation (Upjohn) — Purported class and derivative actions concerning drug project liability and disclosures
• Global Crossing v. Softbank (Softbank) — $80 million contract claim concerning undersea cable usage
• Sugar Antitrust Litigation (AMSTAR) — Purported class antitrust litigation involving Domino Sugar
• Capital Market Decisions v. Reuters (Reuters) — Electronic data contract dispute
• Exar v. ST Microelectronics (ST) — Computer chip manufacturing dispute
• Magazine Subscription Litigation (Conde Nast) — Purported class action antitrust litigation
• Tambrands v. Lloyds Underwriters (Tambrands) — Political risk insurance claim (Ukraine)
• Cameco v. Government of Kyrgystan (Cameco) — Gold mine concession agreement arbitrations
• Caltex/BP Singapore (BP Singapore) — Contract dispute over right to sell interest in a refinery
• BP Alaska/Sohio Alaska Arbitration (BP Alaska) — North East Prudhoe ownership dispute
• Highfields Capital v. SCOR (SCOR) — Alleged fraudulent sale of reinsurance investment interests

Rankings and Recognition

Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution

• Woodward/White, The Best Lawyers in America, 2006, 2007
• Chambers USA, 2003-2007
• Chambers Global, 2000-2007
• The Legal 500, US Volume III, 2007
• Euromoney, Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008
• Euromoney, Best of the Best, 2005
• Euromoney, Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration, 2002, 2004, 2006
• Law Business Research, An International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitration, 2005, 2007
• Law Business Research, An International Who's Who of Commercial Arbitrators, 2001
• Law Business Research, The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers, 2002-2004, 2006, 2007
• Practical Law Company, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, 2007
• Practical Law Company, Global Counsel Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2002, 2005
• Practical Law Company, PLC Cross-border Dispute Resolution Handbook, 2006/2007, 2007/2008
• New York Super Lawyers, 2006, 2007

Litigation

• Euromoney, Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008
• Euromoney, Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, 2002
• Euromoney, Guide to the World's Leading U.S. Litigation Lawyers, 2005
• Mondaq, Guide to the World's Leading Litigation Lawyers, 2000

• Practical Law Company, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, 2001-2006

Professional Activities and Community Involvement

• Immediate Past Chairman of the Board, American Arbitration Association (AAA)
• Immediate Past President, American Society of International Law (ASIL)
• Member, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)
• Chaired the International Law and Practice Section of the American Bar Association, the International Law Committee and the International Dispute Resolution Committee of the New York State Bar Association, and the International Affairs Council of the New York City Bar Association
• Former member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)