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Provided by Miriam Schmelzer
Miriam is a specialist in international and cross-border disputes, with a strong focus on commercial litigation and international arbitration. She has extensive experience across a wide range of sectors, including banking and finance, renewable energy, property development, hospitality and telecoms.
Her arbitration practice encompasses commercial arbitration as well as investment treaty arbitration and a substantial part of her court practice is focused on arbitration-related applications and arbitration enforcement proceedings before the English courts. Miriam also appears before the DIFC Courts and is a DIFC Court Part II Registered Practitioner.
In addition to her counsel work, she also regularly sits as an arbitrator and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Prior to joining Chambers in 2011, Miriam qualified as a solicitor at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (2003-2005) and then spent six years practising in the dispute resolution departments at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Olswang.
Provided by Chambers
Miriam Schmelzer is a solid junior frequently instructed to act commercial arbitrations under ICC and LCIA rules. She is also well versed her in Investment Treaty arbitrations. She also sits as an arbitrator.
Provided by Chambers
She is a breath of fresh air, incredibly good at the details and analysis, and is very thoughtful.
Her work quality is outstanding, written and oral advocacy is top end, she is highly intelligent, calm, methodical and clear.
She is a breath of fresh air, incredibly good at the details and analysis, and is very thoughtful.
Her work quality is outstanding, written and oral advocacy is top end, she is highly intelligent, calm, methodical and clear.