Ms Mira Vats-Fournier ACAN, CEDR, FICA, MCIArb

Mira is a multi-lingual, internationally Certified Arbitrator, Mediator, Strategy & Trial Counsel focused on complex commercial, patent, trade secret, trademark, and technology disputes. She brings in-the-trenches experience, creativity, and grit to crafting lasting solutions to resolve disputes and prevent future ones. Mira leverages her AmLaw100 litigation experience in the US Federal Courts and the USPTO, expertise in financial damages analysis, IP infringement analysis, negotiating settlement agreements, federal court jury trial experience, as well as E-Discovery management, and business experience to execute a global strategy for a lasting solution.

Mira has been selected as a JAMS Fellow, class of 2026, and a Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Neutrals, class of 2025. She was previously named as "Ones to Watch in America" and "Top Attorney" in Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Intellectual Property Litigation, and Patent Litigation by Best Lawyers®, the oldest, most esteemed, and peer-reviewed publication in the legal profession.

Certified in Global Arbitration Law and Practice at the Queen Mary University of London School of Law, London, Mira further honed her Dispute Resolution expertise with Certification in Advanced IP/Tech Mediation and Arbitration at Stanford Law School, and Certification in International Mediation by the Center for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR) and is Qualified by the International Mediation Institute (IMI).

Mira is a Fellow of the Forum for International Conciliation and Arbitration and serves as Delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Dispute Resolution. Mira is also a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb), a member of the NY Int'l Arbitration Center (NYIAC), the Silicon Valley Arbitration and Mediation Center (SVAMC) and SVAMC’s Asia and Oceania Working Group. She has previously been appointed to the International Trademark Association's (INTA's) ADR Committee.

Mira's seminars, presentations, and webinars include: Taking of Evidence in International Litigation and Arbitration, UIA 70th Annual Congress, Merrakech, Morroco (upcoming, October 2026), Advantages of Arbitration in IP & Tech Disputes at the World Intellectual Property Law Forum in Bangaluru, India; Arbitration A to Z: Things to Do and Not to Do at the Hearing, 2023 ADR Institute, Minneapolis, US; Critical Cultural Factors in Mediation and Arbitration, Minneapolis, US; Legal and Regulatory Framework for Biotechnology and Genomic Engineering Technology at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China; Comparative Arbitration Practices in the US and the EU, Minneapolis, US; the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020, Minneapolis, US; Litigating Under the Defend Trade Secrets Act; Singapore, Singapore.