Nigel Blackaby KC
USA Guide 2023
Band 1 : International Arbitration: Counsel
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About
Provided by Nigel Blackaby KC
Practice Areas
International Arbitration; Investor-State Arbitration; Energy; Natural Resources; Manufacturing; Agriculture and Food Distribution; Aviation; Telecommunications.
Career
Nigel is a Washington, DC based partner, global Co-head of Freshfields' international arbitration group and Co-head of the Latin America group. Cited by clients as an “undisputed leader in his field”, Nigel is a civil and common law trained lawyer who has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 100 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, both commercial and investor-state in English, Spanish and French with a focus on natural resources and Latin America.
Nigel is widely recognized as a leading authority in international arbitration. He is recognized as a Global Elite Thought Leaders – and one of the US’s most prominent arbitration practitioners – by Who’s Who Legal. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for excellence in advocacy (only one of a handful of English solicitor advocates to receive that distinction).
Nigel serves as an adjunct professor of investment arbitration at American University Washington College of Law. He speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Court of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre; Board member of the Centro de Arbitraje de Mexico and of the international commission of the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid.
Publications
Nigel is the co-author of the leading texts "Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration" (fourth, fifth, and sixth editions, Oxford University Press), "A Guide to ICSID Arbitration" (first and second editions, Kluwer) , and "International Arbitration in Latin America" (Kluwer, 2003).