James Carter was a senior counsel in the New York office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. Mr. Carter had more than 40 years of experience as arbitrator or counsel in more than 150 international commercial and investment arbitration cases.

Mr. Carter represented European, US, Asian and other companies in arbitrations under leading institutional rules and in ad hoc arbitrations in all leading international seats. He had particular experience in joint venture, investor-state disputes, mergers and acquisitions, investment banking and other financial services, project finance, licensing, insurance and energy, as well as international sports law disputes. In addition, Mr. Carter had extensive experience as counsel in US litigation involving commercial, corporate, antitrust, securities and intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Carter was co-chair of the international arbitration and cross-border dispute resolution group at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. He was also co-chair of international arbitration, a position he held for more than 20 years, at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. 

Mr. Carter was a frequent guest speaker and the author of more than 50 articles and book chapters dealing with international disputes. He was the co-founder of the International Arbitration Club of New York and was a co-editor of International Commercial Arbitration in New York (2nd ed. 2016) and the editor of The International Arbitration Review (7th ed. 2016). 

Professional Activities

Mr. Carter is a former chair of the Board of Directors of the New York International Arbitration Center. He is a former chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Arbitration Association, a member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland and a former member of the London Court of International Arbitration, for which he also served as vice president of its North American Council. He was an advisor to the American Law Institute's reporters drafting the Restatement of the US Law of International Commercial Arbitration and is a former president of the American Society of International Law.

In addition, Mr. Carter chaired the American Bar Association's Section of International Law, as well as its Committee on International Commercial Arbitration, and served as the ABA's representative to the United Nations. He is a former chairman of the New York State Bar Association Committee on International Dispute Resolution and the International Affairs Council of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Mr. Carter also chaired the International Law Committee of the New York State Bar Association.