Dispute Resolution: Arbitration (International Firms)

Withers has a leading international arbitration practice, with more than 30 arbitration lawyers worldwide based across London, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York, Milan, and the British Virgin Islands. We advise on sensitive disputes involving regions all over the world, with practitioners drawn from leading law firms and academia.

Our dedicated team represents multinational corporations, international organisations, investors and governments on complex, high-value and strategically significant disputes under all the major arbitration rules as well as ad hoc arbitrations.

Our work covers the entirety of arbitration cases, from initial case analysis through to successful enforcement of awards. We represent a number of governments and Sovereign States, as well as companies engaged in disputes with States. This includes commercial disputes involving sovereign immunity issues, investment treaty disputes and enforcement of awards against States. We regularly assist clients in relation to complex multi-jurisdictional enforcement of awards.

Our multilingual team members are fluent in numerous languages including French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Hindi, Turkish, Mandarin and Russian, and are admitted to practice in many jurisdictions around the globe and qualified in both common and civil law jurisdictions, with extensive experience working in international organisations and emerging markets. We also serve as arbitrators and are prominent as thought-leaders in the field.