Ranking Table

International Arbitration

Chambers UK ranks the best lawyers and law firms advising on international arbitration proceedings. This includes disputes brought at major seats of arbitration around the world, such as the ICC, the ICSID and the LCIA, as well as ad hoc proceedings. The solicitors we rank handle arbitrations concerning both private commercial disputes and those that arise between sovereign states and investors, including claims brought under bilateral and multilateral investment treaties. Some handle a mixture of both while others have more specialised practices. Several of the top ranked individuals here also have exceptional practices in the broader field of Public International Law, for which we have separate rankings. Please note that there is also a separate table dedicated to the most noted arbitrators in the UK.

How rankings work?

Star Individual
Star Individuals
Constantine Partasides KC
Three Crowns LLP
19 years ranked
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Gary Born
King & Spalding International LLP
29 years ranked
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Band 1
Band 1
Gaëtan Verhoosel KC
Three Crowns LLP
16 years ranked
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Jeffrey Sullivan KC
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
15 years ranked
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Kate Jackson-McGill KC
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
14 years ranked
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Reza Mohtashami KC
Three Crowns LLP
10 years ranked
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Sophie Lamb KC
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
19 years ranked
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Stephen Fietta KC
Fietta LLP
19 years ranked
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Stephen Jagusch KC
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
24 years ranked
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Sylvia Noury KC
Freshfields
14 years ranked
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Tom Sprange KC
King & Spalding International LLP
18 years ranked
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Band 2
Band 2
Andrea Menaker
White & Case LLP
7 years ranked
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Anthony Sinclair
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
19 years ranked
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Charles Claypoole
Latham & Watkins
14 years ranked
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Christopher Harris KC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
3 years ranked
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Daniel Gal KC
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
14 years ranked
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David Herlihy SC
A&O Shearman
16 years ranked
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Mark A Levy KC
A&O Shearman
14 years ranked
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Matthew Weiniger KC
Linklaters
22 years ranked
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Penny Madden KC
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
15 years ranked
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Philip A Clifford KC
Latham & Watkins
22 years ranked
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Robert Volterra
Volterra Fietta
23 years ranked
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Ruth Byrne KC
King & Spalding International LLP
11 years ranked
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Steven Finizio
WilmerHale
23 years ranked
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William Thomas KC
Freshfields
9 years ranked
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Band 3
Band 3
Alejandro Escobar
Baker Botts UK LLP
20 years ranked
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Andrew Cannon
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
7 years ranked
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Craig Tevendale
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
19 years ranked
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Epaminontas Triantafilou
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
11 years ranked
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Franz Schwarz
King & Spalding International LLP
19 years ranked
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Hussein Haeri KC
Withers
7 years ranked
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James Freeman
A&O Shearman
10 years ranked
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Johannes Koepp
Baker Botts UK LLP
15 years ranked
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John Savage KC
King & Spalding International LLP
6 years ranked
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Marie Berard
Clifford Chance LLP
10 years ranked
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Mark Beeley
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
15 years ranked
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Markus Burgstaller
Hogan Lovells
12 years ranked
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Patrick Taylor
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
8 years ranked
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Stuart Dutson
Stephenson Harwood LLP
18 years ranked
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Band 4
Band 4
Andy Moody
Baker McKenzie
14 years ranked
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Christopher P. Moore
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
5 years ranked
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Dipen Sabharwal KC
White & Case LLP
3 years ranked
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Dominic Roughton
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP
10 years ranked
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Duncan Speller
Duane Morris LLP
5 years ranked
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Edward E Poulton
Baker McKenzie
17 years ranked
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Garreth Wong
Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP
7 years ranked
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George Burn
CMS
20 years ranked
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Greg Fullelove
Osborne Clarke LLP
9 years ranked
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Jeremy Wilson
Covington & Burling LLP
14 years ranked
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Jessica Gladstone
Clifford Chance LLP
14 years ranked
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Jonathan Leach
Eversheds Sutherland
9 years ranked
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Kamal R Shah
Stephenson Harwood LLP
13 years ranked
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Matthew Hodgson
Linklaters
3 years ranked
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Matthew Saunders
Ashurst
18 years ranked
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Michelle Bradfield
Jones Day
5 years ranked
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Oliver Browne
Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP
10 years ranked
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Philip Chong
Ashurst
19 years ranked
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Robert Lambert
Clifford Chance LLP
29 years ranked
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Samantha Rowe
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
5 years ranked
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Sherina Petit
Stewarts
13 years ranked
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William Hooker
Alston & Bird LLP
5 years ranked
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Band 5
Band 5
Alejandro Garcia
Stewarts
3 years ranked
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Alex Panayides
Clifford Chance LLP
22 years ranked
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Ben Carroll
Linklaters
3 years ranked
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Benjamin Knowles
Keystone Law
12 years ranked
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Charlie Caher
WilmerHale
5 years ranked
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Charlie Lightfoot
Cooley LLP
7 years ranked
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Chris Parker KC KC
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
5 years ranked
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Daniel Wilmot
Stewarts
5 years ranked
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David Goldberg
Pinna Goldberg
19 years ranked
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Genevieve Poirier
Lalive
3 years ranked
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Greg Falkof
Mishcon de Reya LLP
5 years ranked
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Ioannis Alexopoulos
Signature Litigation LLP
14 years ranked
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James Carter
DLA Piper LLP
8 years ranked
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James Langley
Dentons
6 years ranked
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James Stacey
Slaughter and May
5 years ranked
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Jon Tweedale
Addleshaw Goddard LLP
8 years ranked
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Karel Daele
Winston Taylor LLP
4 years ranked
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Kieron O'Callaghan
Hogan Lovells
16 years ranked
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Leilah Bruton
Three Crowns LLP
2 years ranked
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Louise Woods
Vinson & Elkins RLLP
5 years ranked
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Matthew Coleman
Steptoe International (UK) LLP
15 years ranked
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Melanie Willems
Haynes and Boone, LLP
18 years ranked
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Naomi Briercliffe
Squire Patton Boggs
8 years ranked
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Nicholas Peacock
Peacock Arbitration
9 years ranked
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Oliver Marsden
Freshfields
3 years ranked
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Patricio Grané Labat
Arnold & Porter
5 years ranked
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Shai Wade
RPC
5 years ranked
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Simon Sloane
Fieldfisher
5 years ranked
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Steve Abraham
Baker McKenzie
14 years ranked
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Sylvia Tonova
Pinsent Masons
7 years ranked
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Timothy Foden
Boies Schiller Flexner (UK) LLP
2 years ranked
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Tom Canning
Milbank LLP
10 years ranked
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Tomas Vail
Vail Dispute Resolution
5 years ranked
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David Foster
O'Melveny & Myers LLP
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Band 6
Band 6
Alexandra Underwood
Fieldfisher
1 year ranked
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Aloke Ray KC
White & Case LLP
2 years ranked
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Álvaro Nistal
Arnold & Porter
3 years ranked
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Ben Giaretta
Fox Williams LLP
9 years ranked
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Ben Holland
K&L Gates
15 years ranked
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Chiraag Shah
Morrison Foerster
5 years ranked
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Chloe Carswell
gunnercooke
5 years ranked
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Christophe Bondy
Steptoe International (UK) LLP
2 years ranked
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Conway Blake
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
4 years ranked
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Daniel Hayward
Fieldfisher
5 years ranked
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David Edwards
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
1 year ranked
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David Reed
Arnold & Porter
9 years ranked
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Deborah H Ruff
Pillsbury
15 years ranked
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Dharshini Prasad
Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
3 years ranked
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Duncan Bagshaw
Norton Rose Fulbright
4 years ranked
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Egishe Dzhazoyan
Gresham Legal
7 years ranked
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Evgeniya Rubinina
Enyo Law LLP
3 years ranked
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Gautam Bhattacharyya
Reed Smith LLP
18 years ranked
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Guled Yusuf
A&O Shearman
4 years ranked
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Hannah Ambrose
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
3 years ranked
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Hendrik Puschmann
Trowers & Hamlins LLP
5 years ranked
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James Barratt
Vinson & Elkins RLLP
4 years ranked
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James Rogers
Jenner & Block LLP
2 years ranked
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Jiries Saadeh
Saadeh Rahman
5 years ranked
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John Gilbert
Bracewell (UK) LLP
7 years ranked
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Jonathan Lim
WilmerHale
3 years ranked
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Laura Rees-Evans
Fietta LLP
4 years ranked
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Lucy Winnington-Ingram
Reed Smith LLP
5 years ranked
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Mark Howarth
Eversheds Sutherland
5 years ranked
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Maurice Kenton
Hunton Andrews Kurth
5 years ranked
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Michael Darowski
Reed Smith LLP
1 year ranked
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Michael Davison
Hogan Lovells
18 years ranked
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Nathan Searle
Hogan Lovells
3 years ranked
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Nick Storrs
Winston Taylor LLP
5 years ranked
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Philipp Kurek
Haynes and Boone, LLP
5 years ranked
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Richard Bamforth
CMS
21 years ranked
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Rovine Chandrasekera
Stewarts
3 years ranked
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Rupert Reece
Gide Loyrette Nouel LLP
1 year ranked
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Sophie Eyre
Bird & Bird
19 years ranked
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Thomas Innes
Steptoe International (UK) LLP
8 years ranked
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Tracey Wright
Fieldfisher
5 years ranked
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Ben Sanderson
Sanderson Arbitration
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Claire Morel de Westgaver
ONTIER LLP
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Jean Paul Dechamps
Dechamps International Law
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Up-and-coming Individual
Up and Coming
Arish Bharucha
Howard Kennedy LLP
7 years ranked
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Basil Woodd-Walker
Simmons & Simmons LLP
2 years ranked
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David Hunt
Boies Schiller Flexner (UK) LLP
1 year ranked
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Elizabeth Montpetit
Winston Taylor LLP
2 years ranked
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Emma Johnson
Ashurst
4 years ranked
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Jawad Ahmad
Mayer Brown International LLP
4 years ranked
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Jide Adesokan
Stephenson Harwood LLP
1 year ranked
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Judith Mulholland
Baker McKenzie
2 years ranked
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Katia Finkel
Eversheds Sutherland
4 years ranked
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Max Rockall
Squire Patton Boggs
2 years ranked
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Piers Plumptre
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
1 year ranked
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Rachael O'Grady
Mayer Brown International LLP
2 years ranked
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Tim Smyth
Boies Schiller Flexner (UK) LLP
2 years ranked
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Associate to watch
Associates to watch
Bart Wasiak
Arnold & Porter
2 years ranked
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Maximilian Szymanski
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP
2 years ranked
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Thomas Lane
Latham & Watkins
2 years ranked
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