Profile: John L Gardiner

Commercial Arbitration

Biography: Commercial Arbitration

John L Gardiner represents clients in commercial disputes in both federal and state courts in the United States, as well as before domestic and international arbitral tribunals such as the International Chamber of Commerce and the American Arbitration Association. Mr Gardiner was selected for inclusion as one of the best lawyers in the field of international arbitration by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2005 to 2007).

Among the varied cases Mr Gardiner has handled, a great number have involved allegations of fraud, breach of contract, theft of trade secrets and other related matters. Mr Gardiner has litigated such cases both as plaintiff's counsel and as defendant's counsel. From an industry perspective, Mr Gardiner has represented clients in auditing and accounting disputes, energy and project finance litigation and arbitration and telecommunications and securities matters.

Mr Gardiner has advised clients in complicated corporate litigations, including takeover contests and related shareholder litigation, and also has participated as defence counsel in various class actions involving alleged violations of the federal securities laws. Mr Gardiner has represented clients in investigations before the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

In addition to his general corporate litigation experience, Mr Gardiner has handled multimillion-dollar disputes before the Surrogate's Courts of New York. Mr Gardiner is co-chair of the Practising Law Institute panel on current developments in federal civil practice, a member of United States Council for International Business and a past member of the council on judicial administration of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. He speaks frequently at seminars on a variety of litigation topics.