Sarah Biser

Practice Areas

Sarah Biser represents owners, contractors, EPC contractors, developers, architects and engineers, both in the United States and abroad, in all stages of the construction process.

As Co-Chair of the firm’s national Construction Law and International Arbitration groups, Sarah focuses her practice on large, capital-intensive construction projects, with a particular emphasis on drafting and negotiating contracts for complex and unique construction and infrastructure, as well as litigating disputes both in the courtroom and in domestic and international arbitration. She represents the Panamanian contractor that was part of the consortium that built the third lane (expansion) of the Panama Canal.

Sarah has been involved in the construction of industrial smelters; hydroelectric, coal-fired and biomass power plants,; waste ammonia recovery systems; solar power installations; museums; manufacturing facilities; gambling facilities; educational institutions; health care facilities; and large modular constructed projects. She defended a European construction company in connection with Defense Base Act claims arising out of the 1968 crash of a B-52 bomber carrying four nuclear warheads at an airbase in Thule, Greenland. Sarah prevailed in Administrative Law Court, at the Benefits Review Board, at the 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and at the U.S. Supreme Court.*

Sarah, who also co-chairs the firm’s Israel Practice Group, represented Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in connection with the Technion-Cornell joint venture, in the construction of a new applied science university and related facilities on Roosevelt Island in New York City. She was involved in the construction of InterActive Corporation’s futuristic headquarters and AOL’s headquarters, including the CNN newsroom, in the Time Warner building.

* Results may vary depending on your particular facts and legal circumstances.

Career

Prior to joining Fox, Sarah was a partner at an East Coast-based law firm. Sarah is a frequent lecturer on construction issues. She has served as an adjunct professor, teaching a course on high-growth corporate transactions, in Cornell Law School’s Technology Law LL.M. program. She is a member of the New Jersey Israel Commission, by appointment of former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Gov. Phil Murphy, and is fluent in conversational Hebrew.

Professional Memberships

American College of Construction Lawyers | Construction Lawyers Society of America | American College of Real Estate Lawyers | Dispute Review Board Foundation for Israel (Co-Regional Head) | American Bar Foundation (Fellow) | American Council of Engineering Companies, Legal Counsel Forum | American Bar Association, Project Finance Committee (co-chair) | New York County Lawyers’ Association, Construction Law Committee (former co-chair) | International Bar Association, International Project Committee/Dispute Resolution Subcommittee (former co-chair) | International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution (CPR), Construction Committee (co-chair) | International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists (board member) | New Jersey Israel Commission | New Jersey State Bar Association | New York State Bar Association | American Friends of Technion Society

Publications

Co-author, New York Construction Law Manual

Personal

New York University School of Law (J.D.) | Columbia University School of International Affairs (M.I.A.) |

Rutgers University (B.A., Phi Beta Kappa)

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Bar Admissions: New York, New Jersey