Practice areas

We act on a broad variety of domestic and international arbitrations, principally under the LCIA, ICC or UNCITRAL rules. We represent clients from many countries, both in international arbitrations in London, and in arbitrations in other jurisdictions which are subject to English law.

We have acted for clients based in many jurisdictions, including France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Switzerland and the US and are therefore well versed in assisting non-UK clients in dealing with arbitrations under English law or subject to English procedural rules. Our corporate litigation team is also increasingly involved in transaction-related disputes in which the parties have chosen London as the seat of arbitration, despite no obvious connection with England for either the parties or the place of performance.

We have also undertaken High Court proceedings in support of or in relation to arbitrations. For example, we acted for the successful party in the leading Court of Appeal case of Checkpoint Limited v. Strathclyde Pension Fund which concerned the ability of the English courts to review allegations of unfairness and procedural irregularity pursuant to section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.

We work closely with foreign law firms in assisting UK clients who are parties to international arbitrations in other jurisdictions. We have recently been involved in a substantial matter determined in Rotterdam under the summary procedure of the Netherlands Arbitration Institute and in a number of inter-related American Arbitration Association cases currently pending in New York and Connecticut.

Our excellent links with the London bar mean that we work with and are well known to many of the leading arbitrators and arbitration specialists in London.

Types of disputes upon which we have recently acted include:

• commercial contract disputes;
• complex and substantial oil and gas disputes;
• construction claims;
• engineering contracts;
• financial services issues; and
• sports arbitrations.