Rachel Gupta has joined JAMS in New York
With twenty years of commercial and legal experience complemented by an education in psychology and interpersonal acumen, GDR specializes in mediating, arbitrating, and resolving complex and legally intensive disputes. GDR helps businesses and individuals manage and resolve conflict more quickly and less expensively than they can in litigation. GDR recognizes the need for parties to retain control, find practical solutions, and most importantly, get back to business.
Rachel Gupta is a former commercial litigator and in-house counsel with extensive and diverse experience ranging from managing high-stakes financial and securities litigation to advising small to mid-sized businesses. She is a natural problem-solver who has managed bet-the-company and other complex commercial litigations that have resulted in settlements exceeding $3 billion. Her professional experience, business intellect and interpersonal skills uniquely position her to overcome competing interests and challenging dynamics to help parties resolve their disputes in a manner that addresses what is important to them.
Having spent almost a decade as in-house counsel for a public company, she has firsthand experience with managing and implementing corporate objectives and understands the factors that must be addressed to make a resolution workable for a company. She has learned that legal disputes can be resolved efficiently and economically without the need for expensive and protracted litigation. Her business law expertise covers a wide range of subject matters, ranging from securities class actions to employment disputes making her well-positioned to help businesses of all sizes navigate their way through conflict and towards resolution.
“Thank you for all your hard work yesterday! I really didn’t think that one was going to get done and was pleasantly surprised. I know how hard you had to work this one and I really appreciate it.”
-Lauren A., Commercial Insurance Claims Manager
“She did a fabulous job . . . and [the client] was very impressed. I thought there was about a 5 percent chance we would settle. Keep her in mind going forward.”
– Ken D., Partner, Law Firm New York Metropolitan Area
“Rachel has excellent interpersonal skills and has a great ability to get a read on people almost instantly. This type of emotional intelligence gives Rachel an edge in any setting. She is especially good at dealing with challenging personalities and trying to find areas of common interest. She would be effective in very tense and acrimonious negotiations.”
– Partner/Co-Chair, New York Law Firm
Gupta Dispute Resolutions LLC provides ADR services, including mediation, arbitration, and consulting to businesses and individuals seeking to prevent conflict, manage conflict, or overcome an impasse in negotiations. In the wake of COVID-19, mediation and arbitration have become necessary dispute resolution options for businesses and individuals rather than “alternatives.” Specializing in disputes involving complex legal issues, GDR mediates and arbitrates commercial and personal disputes and currently offers online mediation and arbitration covering a wide range of practice areas including but not limited to, breach of contract, financial services, securities, real estate , insurance, cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, employment, and tort claims. GDR also offers litigation consulting services, including mock arbitrations and negotiation strategies.
Mediation
There are many benefits to mediation, including the ability to eliminate the uncertainty and expense that comes with litigation. Mediation is a voluntary process whereby the parties retain control over the outcome and have an opportunity to negotiate a resolution that meets their specific needs.
Arbitration
Many companies prefer arbitration over litigation because it provides the parties a more streamlined process and faster timeline to resolution. Ms. Gupta has been the company representative responsible for managing high-stakes commercial disputes and understands that each arbitration requires an individualized process and specific attention to case management.
Consulting
There are many ways that companies can take proactive steps to help streamline their dispute resolution processes. From drafting dispute resolution provisions companies can insert into their contracts, to helping companies develop the right dispute resolution strategy once a dispute arises, to serving as arbitrator in a mock arbitration, GDR can help companies find the right solution.