Robert Bedford

Rob is a partner and solicitor in our commercial dispute resolution practice. Rob has deep expertise in resolving complex, high-value, cross-border disputes; often involving thorny conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues and requiring the assembly and tight co-ordination of teams of foreign counsel and specialists.

He oversees a number of the firm’s largest cases, including acting for the claimants in Stati & Ors v Republic of Kazakhstan, a multi-jurisdictional action to enforce a US$500 million arbitral award resulting from breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty.

Other recent instructions include a EUR900 million investment arbitration against the Republic of Moldova and a complex civil fraud and asset recovery action in which worldwide freezing orders were obtained against 29 defendants and Chabra respondents across five jurisdictions. Rob has a growing reputation in relation to crypto disputes and was named as one of Citywealth’s Top 50 Crypto Professionals 2023.

Rob regularly advises a range of clients on sanctions compliance and has led internal investigations into alleged sanctions breaches, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of suspicious payments.

Solicitor, Senior Courts of England and Wales, 2008

Solicitor, Roll of Solicitors of Ireland, 2019

Young International Arbitration Group

University of Wales, Swansea

LLB with Hons

2000 - 2003

College of Law, London

LPC

2004 - 2005