Ryan Reetz

Arbitration, Real Estate and Construction Disputes (ARC)

Partner - Litigation and Investigations Office Managing Partner - Miami

Ryan Reetz, the managing partner of the Miami office, is a board certified specialist in international litigation and arbitration. He draws upon his experience as both a U.S. trial lawyer and an international arbitration practitioner to provide clients with creative and effective advocacy across a wide range of tribunals. His international disputes practice focuses on cases involving one or more foreign companies, persons, or governments, as well as disputes involving other interests of foreign countries, such as enforcement of foreign judgments or arbitral awards, international discovery, and service of process abroad.  His practice also includes class actions, complex commercial litigation, and regulatory matters.  In addition to acting as counsel, he has served as an arbitrator in international commercial disputes. CIVIC INVOLVEMENT & HONORS

• Director, Kristi House, 2012-2018
• Director, Fair Havens Center Foundation, 1997–2000
• Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, 2009–2024; Lawyer of the Year, International Arbitration, Governmental (Miami), 2020-2023
• Listed, "The International Who's Who of Commercial Litigation Lawyers," 2006, 2008–2013; "Who's Who Legal: Litigation" (renamed) 2014-2022 (Who's Who Legal, UK)
• Listed, WWL Thought Leaders: Litigation 2020, 2022
• Listed, "Who's Who Legal: Arbitration," 2015-2023 (Who's Who Legal, UK)
• Listed, "Florida Super Lawyers," Law & Politics magazine, 2006–2022; "Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers," 2010–2018, "Top 100 Florida Super Lawyers," 2015-2017
• Listed, "Guide to the World's Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration," 2009, 2011, 2013; "Expert Guides: Commercial Arbitration" (renamed) 2014-2020 (Euromoney Institutional Investor); “Expert Guides: Best of the Best USA, Commercial Arbitration,” 2017, 2019, 2021
• Listed, "The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers" 2006–2013 (Who's Who Legal, UK); "Who's Who Legal" (renamed) 2014-2022
• Recommended Counsel, Dispute Resolution, PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook, 2007
• Listed, "Top Lawyers," South Florida Legal Guide, 2013-2022
• Finalist, "Most Effective Lawyers" 2014 (Arbitration), Daily Business Review
• Listed, Legal 500 Latin America: International Firms, International Arbitration 2019
• Listed, "Best of the Bar," South Florida Business Journal, April 2004
• Listed, "Legal Elite," Florida Trend magazine 2004 to 2007, 2011–2012, 2014-2017, 2021
• Listed, "Local Litigation Stars" (Florida), Benchmark Litigation 2009, 2010, and 2011
• Listed, Who’s Who Legal: Florida 2008

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Adjunct Professor, Transnational Civil Litigation and International Commercial Arbitration, Emory University School of Law, 2014–present
• Visiting Professor, Global Law Program, Universidad de Navarra Facultad de Derecho (Pamplona, Spain), 2011–present
• Adjunct Professor, Transnational Civil Litigation and Arbitration, University of Miami School of Law, 2003–2010
• Scholar-in-Residence, New York University School of Law, 2015
• Faculty Member, National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA), Florida Regional Programs, 2001–present, Building Trial Skills (Washington, D.C.), 2019
• Member, The American Law Institute, 2005–present; participant, Member Consultative Groups on Principles of Aggregate Litigation; Principles of Trade Law: The World Trade Organization; Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration; Restatement of the Law Fourth, The Foreign Relations Law of the United States; and Principles of the Law of Liability Insurance
• Founding Member, Miami International Arbitration Society, 2008-present; Member, Board of Directors, 2014-present; Chair-Elect, 2016; Chair, 2017; Immediate Past Chair, 2018
• Member, Florida Bar International Law Section; Chair, Legislative Committee, 2008–2010; Executive Council Member, 2009–2010; Treasurer, 2010-2011; Secretary, 2011-2012; Chair-Elect, 2012–2013; Chair, 2013–2014; Immediate Past Chair, 2014–2015
• Inaugural Member, Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Certification Committee, 2018-present; Vice-Chair, 2019-2020; Chair, 2020-2021
• Member, Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Certification Committee, 2018-present
• Member, Rules of Judicial Administration Committee of The Florida Bar, 2005–2011
• Member, Civil Procedure Rules Committee of The Florida Bar, 1999–2005
• Member, Advisory Committee on Mediation to the US District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1997–2007
• Director, Dade County Bar Association, 2006–2009; chair, Civil Litigation Committee, 2006–2008; chair, Federal Courts Committee, 2005–2006 (vice chair 2004–2005); chair, International Law Committee, 2001–2003 (vice chair, 2000–2001); chair, Corporate and Banking Litigation Committee, 1996–1998
• Member, ICC Task Force on Amiable Composition and Ex Aequo et Bono Arbitration, 2005–2007
• Member, ICC Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958, 2007–2008
• Member, ABA Task Force on International Trade in Legal Services, 2008–2011
• Vice-Chair, ABA Section of Litigation International Litigation Committee, 2012–13
• Member, International Trade Centre's Pro-Bono Committee on International Model Contracts for Exporting SMEs, 2009
• Volunteer Arbitrator, Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna, 2005–present
• Volunteer Coach, University of Navarra Vis Arbitration Moot Team, 2008–present
• Volunteer Arbitrator, Florida Pre-Competition for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Florida Bar International Litigation and Arbitration Committee), 2005–present
• Volunteer Judge, 4th Annual ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition, 2009
• Volunteer Judge, ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition, 2010
• Volunteer Arbitrator, Skadden Arps Foreign Direct Investment Moot, 2010–present
• Lecturer, Swiss Arbitration Academy, 2011, 2012
• Planning Committee Member, ICCA Miami 2014
• Member, International Bar Association
• Member, Union Internationale des Avocats
• Member, The American Society of International Law
• Member, Congress of Fellows, Center for International Legal Studies
• IBA/The College of Law International Practice Diploma, International Arbitration Law
• Fellow, American Bar Foundation since 2003
• Fellow, Florida Bar Foundation since 2004

Mr. Reetz frequently writes and lectures on arbitration and litigation topics. He teaches transnational civil litigation and arbitration as an adjunct professor at Emory University School of Law, and taught the same subject at the University of Miami School of Law from 2003 to 2010. He also serves as a visiting professor at the University of Navarra School of Law in Pamplona, Spain, and was a 2015 Scholar-in-Residence at New York University School of Law. Mr. Reetz is also an instructor for trial skills programs of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy and has lectured at the Swiss Arbitration Academy and at a number of law schools, including Doshisha University, Marmara University, Istanbul Bilgi University and Istanbul Kültür University. He is the co-author (with Pedro J. Martinez-Fraga) of Public Purpose in International Law: Rethinking Regulatory Sovereignty in the Global Era, published by Cambridge University Press. Mr. Reetz has served as chair of the Florida Bar’s International Litigation and Arbitration Board Certification Committee (2020-2021), the Miami International Arbitration Society (2017), and the Florida Bar International Law Section (2013-2014). He is active in numerous other professional organizations, including the American Law Institute, where he has served on member consultative groups for the Restatement of the Law, The U.S. Law of International Commercial Arbitration and the Restatement (Fourth), The Foreign Relations Law of the United States, among others.