Michael Schwimmer

Michael Schwimmer mediates commercial disputes with the background of a litigator and business acumen of a seasoned executive, having spent more than two decades as the CEO, President, and EVP responsible for structuring, negotiating, and resolving complex matters at prominent media and technology companies. His combined legal and executive experience give him a genuine command of what is really at stake for every party in the room.

Michael began his career as a commercial litigator before moving into an international transactional practice with Baker McKenzie in the São Paulo and New York offices, latertransitioning into in-house counsel roles at high-growth technology startups and a publicly traded Fortune 500 company. Drawn to the business impact of his legal work, Michael moved into executive management, spending more than two decades leading both start-up and large-scale organizations in senior executive roles at companies including Dish Network, Sling TV, TelevisaUnivision and Fuse Media.

Across that career, he negotiated hundreds of deals and guided his organizations through complex commercial matters spanning M&A, intellectual property licensing and distribution, investments, partnerships, finance, corporate governance, and employment. The breadth of that career, and the judgment it built across every stage of a dispute, deeply informs Michael’s work with counsel and clients throughout the mediation process.

Michael’s approach is anchored in three main principles: (1) deep preparation; (2) focused consideration and curiosity; and (3) relentless pursuit of resolution. He works to create settlement opportunities based on economic, strategic and emotional risk/reward, keeping the parties’ sense of choice intact because cases settle when people come to their own determination that it’s in their best interests.

Now at Signature Resolution, Michael brings the full weight of a career spent at the center of how businesses make, negotiate, and resolve their most consequential decisions. For attorneys and their clients navigating difficult commercial disputes, he delivers the credibility, candor, and staying power that resolution demands.

Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese, with deep experience in Latin America, Michael also offers a multicultural and international dimension to his mediation practice.