Richard F Ziegler

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Richard F. Ziegler is an experienced arbitrator, having served as chair, sole or co-arbitrator in more than 100 arbitration proceedings, administered by the major institutions worldwide and ad hoc. His experience as arbitrator, and previously in practice, has involved matters in the financial services, technology, aerospace, pharmaceutical, life sciences, energy, intellectual property, insurance, manufacturing and distribution sectors. Mr. Ziegler is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and the College of Commercial Arbitrators and serves on CCA's Board of Directors; he previously served on the Boards of CPR and CPR Dispute Resolution Services. He is a member of the “Tech List” panel of arbitrators of the SVAMC. Before becoming a full-time arbitrator, Mr. Ziegler was General Counsel of the 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he led a department of more than 150 lawyers in 24 countries. Previously he was a partner at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, serving as coordinator of its litigation practice in New York. After 3M he joined Jenner & Block as co-chair of its international arbitration practice and managing partner of the New York office. In 2019 he co-founded AcumenADR LLC with arbitrator Noah Hanft, former GC at MasterCard International. More at www.acumenadr.com