International and UK litigation and arbitration

Our dedicated international litigation and arbitration team is located in London which remains the world’s foremost dispute resolution centre. We specialise in resolving disputes for international and UK-based clients via the English court system and in multiple jurisdictions overseas – from Central America and the Caribbean to Europe, Asia and the Far East.

In the UK we represent a broad spectrum of clients – ranging from leading corporates to high net worth individuals - in the London High Court, Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Recent cases abroad have included proceedings in the US State, Appeal and Supreme Courts as well as in Martinique, the British Virgin Islands, Russia, India, Thailand and Singapore. We are frequently involved in disputes across several jurisdictions simultaneously, working alongside foreign lawyers with expert knowledge of each locality through our close links with overseas firms and our membership of Multilaw and the European Law Group.

Our team has particular expertise in resolving international commercial contractual, financial, business and cybercrime, and trade and commodities disputes, complex jurisdictional issues, matters relating to offshore trusts, and the enforcement of both domestic judgments overseas and international judgments in the UK. This can involve investigations of global assets. Our lawyers are technically excellent with a pragmatic and commercial focus.

We are regularly appointed to resolve disputes under the international arbitration rules of arbitral institutions such as the ICC, LCIA, ICSID and UNCITRAL. These institutions offer a flexible means of resolving disputes on neutral ground, under agreed rules, through suitably qualified individuals or panels of arbitrators. An international enforcement treaty signed by most countries means that awards made by these bodies are also easier to enforce than foreign court judgments.

With a long track record of successful cases, our dispute resolution specialists, some of whom are dual-qualified, have the resources and expertise to represent parties in all aspects of arbitration. They are supported by lawyers from our corporate, commercial, intellectual property and technology teams.

A number of our partners play leading roles in various international committees and associations such as the International Bar Association, American Bar Association, International Association of Young Lawyers and Indian Maritime Association. They are regularly invited to give seminars on their specialist areas and to write articles for legal publications.