New US law firm Pierson Ferdinand launches

The founding partners are Tiffany Comprés and Gene M. Burd.

Tiffany Comprés represents clients as an advocate in international arbitration and litigation, and serves as an arbitrator. She also guides companies in assessing and managing international business risks. Her experience encompasses a range of disputes, and she has extensive experience particularly in the international agriculture, food, crypto/DeFi, distribution, construction, and energy sectors. 

Tiffany is one of only three attorneys board-certified as experts in international law and international arbitration and litigation by The Florida Bar. She has been recognized as an expert on the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) and the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). 

Tiffany regularly works in English, Spanish, and French. She practices in all of the world’s major arbitration centers and under all the major rules. She also handles all forms of international discovery, international enforcement, and collection.

For his part, Gene M. Burd is an international disputes lawyer and has represented domestic and foreign clients in US courts and international arbitrations, assisting clients with recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, discovery in the US for use in foreign proceedings, obtaining injunctions and attachments, and Chapter 15 bankruptcy proceedings. 

He has expertise in litigation under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act involving states and state-owned companies and also counsel clients on risk assessment, indemnification, and limitation of liability. My clients include companies operating in the financial, energy, biotechnology, and fintech sectors.

The new firm will be co-led by co-chairmen Michael Pierson and Joel Ferdinand, while the lawyers from FisherBroyles are expected to join over the next three months. 

Pierson Ferdinand will operate as a distributed firm in which all of its lawyers are partners. The firm describes itself as full service and said its lawyers cover more than 80 practice areas across its corporate, litigation and intellectual property departments. 
Headquartered in New York, the firm has a physical presence in 15 US states plus Washington, DC, while a London office is anticipated in the first quarter of 2024, according to the firm’s website.