EXPERTISE

James Hosking has some 17 years of international dispute resolution experience. Immediately prior to joining Chaffetz Lindsey, he was a partner in Clifford Chance’s New York litigation department, focusing primarily on international arbitration.

James has handled arbitrations under the rules of all the leading arbitral institutions. His recent cases have involved international commercial contracts, corporate acquisitions, insurance and reinsurance issues, licensing, energy/power projects, JV/shareholder disputes, construction/engineering, political risk, and investment treaty claims. In the past year, he has represented clients in cases involving more than a dozen countries and claims totaling several billion dollars.

James also represents clients in U.S. commercial litigation and has argued cases in all levels of the New York courts, as well as in federal court in New York and elsewhere. His current cases range from claims involving a few million dollars to several billion dollars; and involve licensing/distribution agreements, banking law, judgment/award enforcement, foreign sovereign immunity issues and public international law.

James regularly writes and speaks on international arbitration issues. Most recently, he co-authored Gusy, Hosking and Schwartz, A Guide to the ICDR International Arbitration Rules (Oxford University Press, 2011), the first stand-alone commentary on the American Arbitration Association’s International Rules. He has taught at law schools in the U.S. and New Zealand and is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. James is frequently quoted in the media on matters relating to international arbitration and public international law.

James previously co-chaired the ICDR young practitioners group and in 2007 received a Distinguished Service Award from the American Arbitration Association. He has been a delegate to the UNCITRAL working group on international commercial arbitration and is a member of the International Commercial Disputes Committee of the New York City Bar. He is also a member of, amongst others, the American Society of International Law, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Swiss Arbitration Association, and is on the Advisory Board of the Institute for Transnational Arbitration.

James’s expertise in international arbitration and cross-border litigation has been recognized in such publications as Who’s Who of International Commercial Arbitration, Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Chambers Latin America and PLC Which Lawyer.  In 2011, he was one of only 10 US-based lawyers selected in Global Arbitration Review’s ranking of the “top 45 under 45” arbitration lawyers worldwide. Clients describe him as “a wonderful lawyer who produces a top-notch work product” (Chambers USA 2010), an “exceptionally good lawyer” (Chambers Latin America 2011) and a “fine, smart lawyer with a great future” (Chambers Global 2011).

James earned his LL.M. from Harvard Law School in 2000. He attended the University of Auckland from 1990-1994, receiving B.A. and LL.B. (with honors) degrees. He is admitted to practice in New York and previously practiced in New Zealand.