Toby Landau KC

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Toby Landau KC was called in 1993, and is also a member of the Bar of Singapore (the first QC/KC to be permanently called), New York, the BVI, and Northern Ireland, and registered in the DIFC. He practises in London and in Singapore from Duxton Hill Chambers (previously a member of Essex Court Chambers for 27 years). As Counsel, he specialises in international commercial, investor-State and inter-state arbitration. He is a member of the Panel of Advisors to the Attorney-General of Singapore. As Arbitrator, he has extensive experience in commercial and investor-State disputes in multiple jurisdictions and is a member of the ICSID Panel. He is Vice President of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC); Member of the Governing Board of ICCA; Fellow of the CIArb and Chartered Arbitrator; Vice-Chairman of the Saudi Center for Commercial Arbitration; and a Middle Temple Bencher. He has previously been UK delegate to the UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration (1994- 2013); a Director and Court Member of the LCIA; and Visiting Professor at Kings College London. He was one of the drafters of the English Arbitration Act 1996. He holds a first-class law degree and a first class BCL from Oxford University (Eldon Scholar), and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School (Kennedy Scholar).

Twice awarded Chambers and Partners’ International Arbitration Silk of the Year (2023 and 2012), and shortlisted for Legal 500’s Arbitrator of the Year 2025. His clients say, “Toby Landau is the leading international arbitration barrister of his generation.”