International Arbitration: Arbitrators
UK-wide
6 years ranked
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Dominic Spenser Underhill
UK 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
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Practice Areas
Dominic is an international arbitrator with particular experience in banking, finance and project finance disputes. (He is on the specialist finance panel of HKIAC, for example.)
As well as the usual, regular commercial cases, Dominic also has considerable experience arbitrating disputes in agency & distribution, joint ventures, (de)mergers & acquisitions, pharmaceuticals (big and small), real estate, international sale of goods, telecoms, and defence contracting (military vehicles and other equipment).
Career
1989 - 2001: Rowe & Maw (Partner in 1996)
2001 - 2004: Mayer Brown (then called Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP) (Partner and head of international arbitration in London & Paris)
2004-2006: Spenser Underhill
2006 - present day: Spenser Underhill Newmark LLP (founding member)
Professional Memberships
Member of the Law Society of England & Wales
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Publications
Dominic has published widely. Details on application.
Personal
Dominic is an Honorary Professor of the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London. He convenes a module called 'Ethics in International Arbitration'.
He is a former Visiting Professor of the University of Turin, Italy, where he continues to lecture on international arbitration law.
Dominic is a member of the International Advisory Board of UNIDROIT, Rome.
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Strengths
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Dominic is a superb chairman; he keeps an arbitration moving.
International Arbitration: ArbitratorsChambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionHe approaches the panel with a lot of gravitas and authority.
International Arbitration: ArbitratorsChambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionDominic is a first-rate arbitrator.
International Arbitration: ArbitratorsChambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionHe is very thorough.
International Arbitration: ArbitratorsChambers Guide to the Legal ProfessionHe is extremely experienced and has very sound judgement, excellent procedural and tactical handling of arbitrations, both as chairman of an arbitral channel and as a nominated arbitrator.
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