Christopher Valente
Christopher Valente is a partner in the Boston and Washington, D.C. offices of K&L Gates. Mr. Valente represents global clients in the construction and infrastructure, financial services, manufacturing, and biotech sectors. His practice focuses on complex commercial disputes in state and federal court throughout the United States and in domestic and international arbitration under institutional and ad hoc arbitration rules, including those of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Mr. Valente serves on the K&L Gates’ innovation committee (the “IDEA Group”) and leads the firm’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Solutions Group, which has been tasked with tackling AI solutions both internally at K&L Gates and externally for its clients. He regularly speaks internally and externally on the opportunities, challenges, and risks of AI and, in particular, generative AI. Mr. Valente is also certified in legal project management (LPM) and is seeks to leverage LMP strategies, tools, and concepts to drive innovation and efficiencies across his practice.
Mr. Valente is a member of the firmwide Diversity Committee, co-chair of its LGBTQ+ Subcommittee, and co-chair of the K&L Gates Boston office’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee. Chris is a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow. He is also a member of the Boston International Arbitration Council.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2009
Education
- Boston University School of Law (2009)
- Tufts University (2005)
1 Contributions by Christopher Valente
PRACTICE NOTES
Technology in Arbitration: Practical guidance on AI, e-disclosure, cybersecurity and data protection, remote and hybrid hearings, digital case management and enforcement throughout the arbitral lifecycle
For many years, technology has, to varying degrees, been used at every phase of arbitration. The coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis, with its travel bans and lockdowns, forced a sharper emphasis on how practitioners and arbitrators could deploy technology to ensure fair and efficient proceedings across the globe. In addition, swift advances in tools adopted by clients and the legal sector (including developments in artificial intelligence (AI)), coupled with rising cost and ESG pressures on practitioners, have thrown a clear spotlight on the manner in which technology is applied in arbitration. Historically, when speaking about technology in arbitration, people have tended to think chiefly of e-discovery, electronic bundling, and remote or hybrid hearings. Yet technological considerations should, and do, permeate almost every facet of an arbitration, from the arbitration agreement and assessment of the relevant laws and procedural rules, to the choice of arbitrator, to case management and presentation, and even through to enforcement of the final award. Alongside efficiency and cost, cybersecurity, data protection, and procedural fairness are of overriding importance. In its first consultation on reform of the Arbitration Act 1996 (AA 1996), the Law Commission considered the...
Arbitration
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