Mark C. Morril
Global Guide 2024
Band 2 : International Arbitration: Arbitrators
Band 2
About
Provided by Mark C. Morril
Practice Areas
Sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator, or chair in more than sixty-five international and domestic arbitrations, including complex commercial contracts, patents, distribution/licensing agreements, insurance, telecom, pharmaceuticals, oil/gas, construction, M&A, commodities, partnerships, joint ventures, copyrights, trademarks, media/entertainment, executive employment, Internet domain names, technology. Numerous merits hearings and full reasoned awards; has served as emergency arbitrator. Disputes ranging from medium-sized to those exceeding $1 billion. Also serves as mediator in high-stakes commercial disputes.
Career
Earlier, General Counsel, Simon & Schuster; Deputy General Counsel, ViacomCBS, (television, motion pictures, large legacy industrial operations); Senior disputes lawyer and extensive business experience as a senior manager at ViacomCBS, Simon & Schuster Executive Committee, manager of ViacomCBS's worldwide law department and outside counsel; law firm litigation partner, worked in public policy, and as a judicial law clerk.
Professional Memberships
ICC Commission on Arbitration/ADR
NYC Bar Arbitration, International Commercial Disputes Committees
College of Commercial Arbitrators
Silicon Valley Arbitration/Mediation Center
AAA-ICDR Council
Publications
A Call to Cyberarms: International Arbitrator's Duty to Avoid Digital Intrusion, 40Fordham ILJ 981(2016)(co-author)
ICCA-NYC Bar-CPR Protocol on Cybersecurity in International Arbitration (working group)
ICC Leveraging Technology for Fair, Effective, Efficient International Arbitration (working group)
Artificial Intelligence and Arbitration, IBA Dispute Resolution Journal 2022 (co-author)
Personal
Columbia Law School/Kent Scholar, Law Review
Tufts University
Chambers Review
Global
Mark Morril is an experienced arbitrator and a popular choice for commercial disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's gotten some terrific appointments, he's always very well prepared and is a good person to get on the panel."
"He has a really strong business sense and he has a great demeanor as an arbitrator."
"He is a former GC to two major American corporations and then became an arbitrator and mediator. He's so smart, so knowledgeable, and also very pleasant."
"He's gotten some terrific appointments, he's always very well prepared and is a good person to get on the panel."
"He has a really strong business sense and he has a great demeanor as an arbitrator."
"He is a former GC to two major American corporations and then became an arbitrator and mediator. He's so smart, so knowledgeable, and also very pleasant."