Michael A. Fernández is a Member in the New York office of Cozen O’Connor LLP and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Fordham University School of Law. 

Fernández has is a litigation and arbitration practitioner whose practice is focused on complex and cross-border commercial litigation, international commercial and investor-state arbitration, and corporate internal investigations. 

Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, he has experience representing foreign and domestic companies and individuals in matters covering a broad range of industries, such as Bitcoin and related technologies; commodities; construction and real estate; food and beverage; gaming; financial services; moving and storage; and oil and gas. 

Fernández has published articles and spoken on various topics pertaining to international commercial and investment arbitration. 

He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and is admitted to the arbitrator rosters for the American Arbitration Association (AAA), the Costa Rica Center of Conciliation and Arbitration (CICA), the Arbitration Center of Mexico (CAM), and the Conflict Resolution Commission of the Chamber of Industry of Guatemala (CRECIG). 

Fernández received his B.A. from Yale University in 2007, where he was awarded the Albert Bildner Yale Class of 1937 Prize for an outstanding essay on Latin America. He received an M.A. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University in 2012. Fernández received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2012, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and recipient of a Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law. He was also a managing editor for the Journal of Transnational Law and treasurer of the Latino Law Students Association.