Dina R. Jansenson, Esq. has twenty-five years of experience mediating and arbitrating complex disputes involving commercial, employment, construction, franchise, professional liability, intellectual property, and international matters. She is a recognized expert in the field, and is a frequent speaker about mediation and alternative dispute resolution for corporations, universities, and organizations in the United States and abroad, in countries including Spain, Italy, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and Colombia. She has lived in Argentina and Israel, and speaks fluent Spanish and Hebrew and has mediated in these languages on request. Download Dina Jansenson's biography in Spanish.
Ms. Jansenson is an external, third party, ombudsperson for Bertelsmann and its subsidiaries and affiliates in North and South America. She is a co-Chair of the Committee on International Arbitration and ADR, New York State Bar Association, International Section, and in September 2012, Ms. Jansenson became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ("CIArb"), one of the most prestigious organizations involved in international arbitration, based in London.
Representative Matters
- Arbitrated a multi-million dollar dispute arising out of contracts entered into in the former Soviet Union
- Mediated (in Spanish) a construction matter in Cordoba, Argentina
- Mediated (in Spanish) various employment disputes in Puerto Rico
- Mediated a multi-million dollar complex commercial dispute between and among a European lending institution and several corporations over trademark and lender liability matters
- Mediated in Puerto Rico (in Spanish) a multi-party dispute between and among governmental agencies and various contractors involving debris removal efforts after a major hurricane
- Mediated a complex matter involving an alleged breach of joint venture agreement entered into by an American company engaged in the business of providing television programming in Latin America and an Argentine TV producer
- Mediated a claim for commissions payable under a consulting and services agreement between a South American distributor and a beverage company
Ms. Jansenson has also conducted numerous professional trainings internationally, including the following:
- Taught commercial mediation (in Spanish) for Bar Associations in Valencia, Alicante, and Mallorca, Spain
- Lectured about mediation (in Spanish) at the Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain
- Conducted negotiation trainings (in Spanish) for the United Nations in Mexico and Chile
- Lectured in Costa Rica (in Spanish) about dispute resolution for the United States Information Service
- Taught negotiation and mediation (in Spanish) to judges and lawyers in Argentina through Fundacion Libra
- Lectured about dispute resolution and taught mediation and negotiation (in Spanish) for the Chamber of Commerce in Santiago, Chile
- Taught various advanced mediation and, negotiation courses (in Spanish) for the University of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
- Taught commercial mediation (in Spanish) at the University of Barcelona, Spain
- Taught advanced mediation (in Spanish and English) at Bologna School of Law, Italy