Amanda Laurel Gayer

Lawyer, Haynes Boone

Amanda Laurel Gayer is an attorney in the Business Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s New York office.

Amanda advises clients through all phases of litigation, arbitration and mediation, and works closely with clients to align dispute resolution strategy with broader business goals. Her practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in federal and state court, and before arbitral bodies, including renewable energy disputes, contract and business disputes, distressed debt, real estate and commercial foreclosures, and securities matters.

Amanda maintains an active pro-bono practice, with an emphasis upon constitutional civil rights matters such as race and gender discrimination, searches and seizures, freedom of religion, and prisoners’ rights. Amanda has also represented individuals navigating U.S. citizenship and naturalization processes. Amanda’s commitment to civil rights also is a focus of her civil practice, where she has worked with clients to promote equality and address workplace harassment and discrimination.

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Conflicts of interest in arbitration—challenges to arbitral appointments

Practice Notes

This Practice Note discusses conflict of interest challenges to arbitral appointments, specifically advocates and arbitrators from the same barristers’ chambers or law firm, repeat appointments of the same arbitrator, and an arbitrator who is acting or has acted as advocate for one of the parties in another case. It considers an arbitrator’s duty of disclosure and the IBA Guidelines on Conflicts of Interest in International Arbitration and the IBA Guidelines on Party Representation in International Arbitration.

Arbitration