Risk Management and Assessment

The North American Litigation Practice Group provides services that extend beyond simply appearing in court or before arbitration tribunals. Our approach is to handle every matter with the client's business interests foremost in mind. This includes selecting the resolution mechanism best suited to the dispute and analyzing the risks and potential rewards of pursing litigation. Our lawyers work closely with our clients to develop strategies that minimize or remove the risk of liability when litigation is threatened. When litigation is necessary, our clients are provided the tools to make fully-informed decisions regarding their legal and financial exposure with risk/reward and cost/benefit analysis. Our extensive trial experience has given us the ability and expertise to tailor our services to be efficient, practical and creative; and, when needed, aggressive.

Our lawyers also regularly assist the Firm's clients and our commercial lawyers with risk analysis and assessment in commercial transactions. This work includes drafting, opining on and negotiating arbitration clauses, indemnity agreements, releases, warrantees and any other clause in commercial contracts where risk management and analysis is of importance to the client.