Arbitration Experience
 James
M. Gaitis is an academic and domestic and international arbitrator
with broad experience in the resolution of commercial and energy/oil
& gas disputes. In addition to teaching international arbitration to
LLM students and professionals at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum &
Mineral Law & Policy at the University of Dundee, Scotland, he
frequently speaks and writes on a variety of arbitration topics and
has served as a testifying expert witness of the application of the
FAA and state arbitration law. He as served as an arbitrator in over
80 arbitrations involving such matters as::
- intellectual property/patents
- noncompete agreements
- restraint of trade
- requirements contracts
- asset acquisitions
- natural gas contracts (e.g., re quantity, deliverability, commitment, pricing, measurement, pressure maintenance, engineering, take-or-pay obligations)
- joint operating agreements (e.g., re COPAS, joint interest accounting)
- oil and gas drilling operations (e.g., re horizontal, multilateral, and underbalanced drilling, completions)
- oil and gas drilling production (e.g., re production sharing, gas gathering)
- unitization
- natural gas marketing (e.g., re supply commitments, open price terms, price redeterminations, indexed pricing)
- natural gas processing
- natural gas, NGL, and flowing oil measurement
- coalbed methane measurement and gathering
- cogeneration supply contracts
- fiduciary duties/agency
- sales of goods
- construction
- pollution
- accounting, finance
- homeowners associations
- partnerships
- service agreements
- real estate contracts, covenants, leases
Arbitration & Risk Analysis
Mr.
Gaitis has attended a diverse variety of mediation, arbitration, and
risk analysis training seminars and programs sponsored by private
domestic and international organizations, state bar associations,
the American Arbitration Association, the Chartered Institute of
Arbitrators, the ICC, the IBA, etc., and has been qualified to serve
as an arbitrator in both domestic and international arbitrations.
For detailed information on Mr. Gaitis' experience in the following
areas, please click on these links:
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