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Alternative Dispute Resolution

Jul. 17, 2026

Stop outsourcing your disputes

California companies do business around the world. Their disputes should stay here.

Giorgio Sassine

Partner and Chair of the International Arbitration Practice
Gavrilov & Brooks

Email: G.Sassine@musickpeeler.com

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Stop outsourcing your disputes
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When California companies negotiate international contracts, they spend months fighting over price, delivery schedules, intellectual property and regulatory risk. Then, in the final days before signing, they spend perhaps 10 minutes on one of the most consequential provisions in the entire agreement: where and how future disputes will be resolved.

Too often the answer is New York. Or London, or Singapore. I have spent my career representing California co...

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