Now in his 20th year as a neutral focused on complex business disputes, international and domestic, Mr. Goldstein has served in more than 120 cases as an arbitrator and more than 100 cases as a mediator. Major business and industry sectors in Mr. Goldstein’s work as a neutral include aviation, banking and finance, construction-engineering, life sciences and information technology.

Mr. Goldstein had a 35-year career as an advocate in U.S. litigation and international arbitration, practicing and ultimately leading the international arbitration practices at Proskauer Rose (1980-2003) in New York and Paris and Hodgson Russ in New York and Toronto (2004-2007).

Mr. Goldstein is perennially peer-review ranked in Chambers Global and Chambers USA as one of America’s leading international arbitrators, and is also peer recognized in 2025 (as in all prior years since 2010) in the rankings of Who’s Who Legal (now Lexology), this year with Lexology’s coveted Thought Leader designation.

Chambers USA 2025 captured in its research peer assessments of Mr. Goldstein such as the following :

“Marc is one of the top international arbitrators in New York. He is someone that you would consider for the most challenging and sophisticated cases.”

“Marc has a super sharp mind, he is really analytical and able to dissect where the real issues are. In many respects, Marc thinks miles ahead of the parties.”

“Marc has such deep knowledge of arbitration law and practice. [He] is quick, writes and responds quickly. He is a very proactive arbitrator.”

Mr. Goldstein’s Arbitration Commentaries “blog” established in 2009 reaches a broad global audience with essays on developments in arbitration law and practice.