Philip Devenish

Global Disputes

Philip Devenish dedicates his practice to resolving the most challenging, complex, and high-value international disputes. Over the past eight years, he has won or settled 100 percent of his cases.

Philip has secured billions of dollars for global corporations and financial institutions in some of the largest and most important cross-border disputes of the past decade, as ranked by The American Lawyer and Global Arbitration Review. His landmark victories include a US$1.1 billion damages award against Russia over the expropriation of banking investments in Crimea. On the defence side, he successfully settled a US$2 billion dispute for Saudi Arabia on a drop-hands basis during the Qatar diplomatic crisis.

Philip has conducted arbitrations under every major institution (including the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, SCC, DIAC, AAA, and ICSID) spanning all the leading global arbitration hubs (London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Geneva, Zurich, The Hague, Stockholm, Dubai, New York, and Washington D.C.). He also handles complex multijurisdictional litigation, with a particular focus on major fraud, asset tracing, and enforcement.