Arbitration
A private, organized process grounded in the contract and the record, with a schedule built around the parties.
Learn moreArbitration · Mediation · Facilitation
Business disputes resolved with judgment.
Disputes cost more than money.
- Marco G. DeSanto brings decades of experience as a General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, so he knows how contracts, operations and compliance work.
- Arbitration, mediation and facilitation with a fair, private process, a firm schedule and a decision the parties can act on.
- They pull leaders away from the business and strain relationships that took years to build.
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Remote sessions available · Scheduled around the parties' calendars
Mediation
A structured setting for the parties to test their positions and look for a business-minded resolution.
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Neutral support for difficult negotiations, multi-party discussions and decisions that need to move forward.
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Where business experience matters most.
Lead areas
- Cross-border supply chain, tariff and sale-of-goodsTariff-driven supply disputes, informed by OEM and aftermarket supply contract work at Federal-Mogul and New Tenneco.
- Commercial supply and distributionOEM supply, purchase order, warranty and distribution disputes.
- International commercialCompliance programs across China, India, South America and Russia, and legal teams in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai.
- Sanctions and export controlsCommercial disputes where sanctions, export controls or ITAR shape performance.
- M&A, shareholder and joint ventureLegal work on major acquisitions at Federal-Mogul and Sotheby's; former M&A Counsel at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.
Specialties
- Dealer and franchiseDealer network and franchise matters as General Counsel of Mercedes-Benz USA.
- Financial services and leasingLeveraged lease portfolios and asset-backed transactions at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services.
- AviationAircraft lease returns, redelivery, maintenance and sales.
- Art marketAuthenticity and provenance risk as Global General Counsel of Sotheby's.
Human judgment · AI-assisted process
Human judgment, AI-assisted process.
DeSanto Arbitration is built with efficiency and accuracy in mind, and to achieve those goals relies on AI to be able to handle scope and scale with tremendous accuracy. Marco works with an AI collaborator to keep the process organized and moving: scheduling, organizing and indexing submissions, and transcription of sessions the parties have agreed in writing to record.
Every decision is Marco's own. AI tools are never used for decision-making, and any ruling, finding, award or recommendation reflects his independent review of the record.
- 01 / AI-assistedScheduling and administrationCalendars, notices and logistics handled quickly.
- 02 / AI-assistedOrganization of the recordSubmissions indexed and searchable, checked against the source.
- 03 / SafeguardedConfidentialitySecure, access-controlled tools only; no case materials in public AI tools.
- 04 / Human onlyEvery decisionMade by Marco, on the record, in his own judgment.
Why a former General Counsel?
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer experience means time spent on the business side of disputes: weighing cost, risk, relationships and timing. That perspective shapes a process designed to be efficient, proportionate and respectful of the parties' resources.
- Experience with global automotive, manufacturing, financial services and art-market businesses
- Trained in arbitration law, procedure, award drafting and ethics through a Georgia Office of Dispute Resolution-approved program
- Private proceedings, confidential by agreement of the parties and the applicable rules
- No public court filings or public docket
- Fully remote sessions and hearings available
- Scheduling built around the parties' calendars
- Based in Atlanta, Georgia; available nationwide
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Marco G. DeSanto separately offers legal process and AI implementation consulting through Strategic Risk Advisory LLC. Consulting is not a DeSanto Arbitration service.