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Lord Peter Goldsmith KC

+44 20 7786 9088 phgoldsmith@debevoise.com

Work Department

Litigation, International Arbitration

Position

Lord (Peter) Goldsmith QC, PC, London Co-Managing Partner and Chair of European and Asian Litigation, joined Debevoise in September 2007. Lord Goldsmith served as the UK’s Attorney General from 2001-2007, prior to which he was in private practice as one of the leading barristers in London. Lord Goldsmith acts for a variety of clients, alongside his role as chair of the firm’s European and Asian litigation practices, in arbitration and litigation in the UK and other countries. He is a QC and appears regularly in court as well as in arbitration.

Career

Lord Goldsmith was admitted to the Bar of England and Wales in 1972 and New South Wales in 2010.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Lord Goldsmith is Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, on the panel of arbitrators for the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the International Advisory Board of the Association of Caribbean Corporate Counsel, and is closely connected with both the LCIA and the ICC. He recently co-chaired a Task Force on ICC arbitration involving States and State entities which recommended changes to the ICC rules of arbitration to take account of special issues faced by States in ICC arbitrations. Lord Goldsmith is a nominated member of the P.R.I.M.E. Finance Panel of Experts. P.R.I.M.E. is a panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance based in The Hague, established to assist judicial systems in the settlement of disputes on complex financial transactions.

Education

Lord Goldsmith was a graduate in law from Cambridge University with double first class honours and a Master’s from University College London.