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 "Miami's cultural diversity has led to its emergence as a world-class international city." Because of its vast multilingual professional workforce, Miami has the human capital necessary to support international arbitration proceedings. Beginning with the immigration of large numbers of Cuban professionals in the early 1960s, Miami has benefited from the immigration of many professionals from throughout Latin America and Europe. As a result, Miami has become a truly world-class international city where Latin Americans and Europeans feel welcome and comfortable due to Miami's cultural diversity.
Miami's professional workforce includes countless bilingual and multilingual attorneys and other professionals who serve as experts in accounting, finance, engineering, construction, and many other disciplines. Because of the growth of international arbitration in Miami and the many local conferences and academic programs that focus on this area, these professionals have acquired extensive knowledge and experience relating to international arbitration. Miami also has many skilled bilingual professionals that provide support for international arbitration proceedings, such as certified interpreters and translators. Another important component of the local workforce is the large number of bilingual and certified court reporters available to transcribe arbitration proceedings verbatim and provide real-time or daily transcripts to attorneys and arbitrators participating in these proceedings. Arbitration practitioners conducting hearings in other jurisdictions which do not have such an advanced and regulated court reporting system are faced with the unenviable choice of either paying all of the expenses associated with transporting a court reporter to a foreign jurisdiction, or using a less reliable and accessible means of attempting to transcribe the proceedings. |