Amanda Laurel Gayer
Amanda Laurel Gayer is an attorney in the Business Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s New York office.
Amanda advises clients through all phases of litigation, arbitration and mediation, and works closely with clients to align dispute resolution strategy with broader business goals. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state court, and before arbitral bodies, including renewable energy disputes, contract and business disputes, distressed debt, real estate and commercial foreclosures, and securities matters.
Amanda maintains an active pro-bono practice, with an emphasis upon constitutional civil rights matters such as race and gender discrimination, searches and seizures, freedom of religion, and prisoners’ rights. Amanda has also represented individuals navigating U.S. citizenship and naturalization processes. Amanda’s commitment to civil rights also is a focus of her civil practice, where she has worked with clients to promote equality and address workplace harassment and discrimination.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Experience
- Morrison Foerster (2016 - 2022)
Qualifications
- BA (2013)
- JD (2016)
Education
- NYU School of Law (2016)
- University of Michigan (2013)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Conflicts of interest in international arbitration: challenges to appointments, disclosure obligations, repeat appointments, dual roles and professional links with counsel and experts
This Practice Note examines conflict of interest objections to arbitral appointments in international arbitration proceedings. It should be read alongside Practice Note: Conflicts of interest in arbitration—applicable principles.
What are the main types of conflict of interest that pose a challenge in arbitration proceedings?
Advocates and arbitrators from the same barristers’ chambers or law firm
It is relatively common for advocates and arbitrators affiliated with the same barristers’ chambers and/or law firms to appear in a single matter, which can prompt a conflict of interest challenge.
The International Bar Association Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration (the IBA Guidelines, 2024 para 3.) include an ‘Orange List’ addressing the ‘Relationship between an arbitrator and another arbitrator or Counsel'.
Orange List items must be disclosed to the parties, as they may give rise to justifiable doubts about an arbitrator’s impartiality and independence; however, they do not, of themselves, automatically disqualify the arbitrator.
Although English barristers are often called ‘counsel’, the term ‘counsel’ in the IBA Guidelines denotes a party’s lawyer and therefore covers both barristers and solicitors.
Such situations may, depending on the circumstances, prompt scrutiny of relationships between tribunal members and party representatives to assess potential conflicts properly.
Examples...
Arbitration
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