As Managing Partner Sarah Reynolds is involved in every aspect of firm management, including business development and strategy, recruiting, marketing, as well as long-term planning. In her practice, Sarah acts as an arbitrator and represents technology and pharmaceutical companies before domestic and international arbitral bodies, including ICC, ICDR, AAA, JAMS, WIPO, HKIAC, and SIAC. Those disputes range from complex commercial supply agreements to IP licensing and technology development agreements. Sarah’s arbitration experience also includes representing parties in arbitrations as counsel and obtaining and defending against judicial review of arbitration awards and drafting and reviewing arbitration clauses in enterprise critical transaction agreements. Sarah is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is a Center for Conflict Resolution trained Mediator. Sarah is also named on the ICDR Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, the British Virgin Islands Arbitration Center Panel of Arbitrators and the Hong Kong Center for International Arbitration List of Arbitrators. Sarah is cross-licensed in the United States (Chicago and California) and in Ireland, England and Wales.
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ICC Commercial Arbitration seated in New York
Counsel for Respondent in a dispute arising from a patent license agreement in LED lighting sector in Japan.
AAA Commercial Arbitration seated in San FranciscoCounsel for Claimant in a dispute arising from a licensing agreement in pharmaceutical sector.
JAMS Commercial Arbitration seated in Las VegasCounsel for Claimant in a GCL insurance coverage dispute in gaming sector.
ICDR Commercial Arbitration seated in ChicagoCounsel for Respondent in a dispute arising under a service agreement in wind energy sector.
ICDR Commercial Arbitration seated in LondonCounsel for Claimant in a dispute arising from a professional services contract in legal sector.
ICC Commercial Arbitration seated in IndiaCounsel for Claimant in dispute arising from a software licensing agreement in banking sector.
SIAC Commercial Arbitration seated in SingaporeCounsel for Respondent in dispute arising from a trademark licensing agreement in retail products sector.
WIPO Arbitration seated in GenevaCounsel for Respondent in a dispute arising from a cross-border patent licensing agreement in microchip sector.
JAMS Commercial Arbitration seated in ChicagoCounsel for Respondent in a dispute arising from a patent licensing agreement in agricultural sector.
AAA Commercial Arbitration seated in ChicagoCounsel for Claimant in a dispute arising from a purchase and sale agreement in steel sector.
ICC Commercial Arbitration seated in ParisCounsel for Respondent in a dispute arising from a manufacturing supply agreement in automotive sector.
AAA Commercial Arbitration seated in ChicagoCounsel for Respondent in a dispute arising from a maintenance agreement in aviation sector.
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- Managing Partner, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum LLP
- International Arbitration Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
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- University of Chicago Law School (J.D.)
- University of Illinois—Chicago (M.A., Environmental Geography)
- University of Colorado—Boulder (B.A., Environmental Studies and Geography)
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US Supreme Court Holds That Lower Courts Proceedings Must Be Stayed Pending Appeal of Arbitrability, Corporate Disputes (Oct.-Dec. 2023)
Get It Right the Second Time: Remand of Arbitral Awards to Correct or Clarify Awards, Financier Worldwide, Financier Worldwide, April 2023
Arbitrability of Commercial Patent Disputes in the United States (Agenda)
United States Supreme Court Rules that New York Convention Does not Preclude Non-Signatories From Enforcing Arbitration Agreements (Subscription Required)
The Seventh Circuit Picks a Side in the Debate Regarding Section 1782(a)
Split Arbitration Clauses: An International Overview (Subscription required)
8 Ways ICSID Proposal Would Change Arbitration
California Opens The Door To International Arbitration
What You Should Know About Nevada’s Specific Authorization Rule for Arbitration Agreements
Control Costs in Arbitration (January 2014, First Chair)
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- Arbitration Ireland and Ireland For Law
- Shaun Zhang Selected as a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Fellow
- California International Arbitration Week 2023: The Future of California Arbitration and Best Practices for Drafting Technology Disputes Clauses
- Arbitration and mediation: keeping trade secrets disputes behind closed doors
- Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center (SVAMC) Announces New Leadership
- Equal Representation in Arbitration Launches USA Sub-Committee
- Paris Arbitration Week: Arbitration and Trade Secrets
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- State of California
- State of Illinois
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- Peace Corps Volunteer (Belize)