Mark Cymrot is a first-chair attorney who handles complex international and commercial arbitration and litigation, and is a member of esteemed international arbitration panels. Mark leads BakerHostetler's International Arbitration and Litigation team, which Chambers Global ranks as Band 1, Highly Regarded, and co-leads the Global Fraud and International Asset Tracing and Recovery team, which has been recognized by Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal.
He is an adviser at the American Law Institute, Restatement (Fourth) of Foreign Relations Law; and a member of the Advisory Board to the President, CPR International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution. Mark is the author of Squeezing Silver: Peru’s Trial Against Nelson Bunker Hunt, and he has published more than 30 articles on litigation and arbitration issues, such as "Going First Makes A Difference: Decision-Making Dynamics in Arbitration" (Transnational Disputes Management, Oct. 2014), "Cross-Examination in International Arbitration" (Disputes Resolution Journal, 2007), and "Barricades at the IMF: Creating a Municipal Bankruptcy Code for Foreign States" (The International Lawyer, 2002).
Mark was Special Litigation Counsel in the Civil Division of the Justice Department. He is ranked in Chambers Global and The Best Lawyers in America® (International Arbitration – Commercial and Governmental) and is listed in Who's Who in America.
Arbitration
- Served as chair or neutral on arbitration panels in a trademark dispute between a U.S. franchisor and Australian franchisee, a credit insurance dispute between a German bank and U.S. insurer, contract disputes between a Japanese company and a Latin government, an expedited settlement dispute between British and American defense contractors, an inventory dispute between a major private equity fund and a Swedish trucking company, a fee dispute between a U.S. law firm and a Saudi client, and between a major U.S. defense contractor and its Slovak local representative, among others.
- Serving as counsel, arbitrated a dispute between a London private equity fund and U.S. placement agent, a corn sales contract dispute between a UAE buyer and an Argentinian supplier, franchise disputes by Singapore and Ecuador franchisees against a major payment card issuer, a shipping dispute for cargo transported between Russia and China, a securities dispute for a market maker against a brokerage firm, and a London reinsurance dispute arising from a plane crash in Peru.
Commercial and Financial Lawsuits
- Served as worldwide lead counsel to the Republic of Peru in $10 billion in lawsuits in eight countries brought by major international banks seeking repayment of sovereign debt and obtained unprecedented decisions regarding the restructuring of sovereign loans.
- Tried and won a $197 million jury verdict against a Texas billionaire and others for an international conspiracy among major brokerage houses, a Swiss bank and individual investors to manipulate silver prices.*
* Does not guarantee similar results in comparable matters.