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Alastair Livesey
Work Department
International Arbitration
Position
Counsel
Career
Alastair Livesey is a Counsel in the International Arbitration practice.
He acts as counsel in business-critical international commercial disputes across a variety of jurisdictions and industries. Al has acted for clients both in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations, as well as complex multi-jurisdictional litigations, governed by a wide variety of national laws and institutional rules. In particular, he has significant experience acting as counsel in international arbitrations arising out of situations of fraud, regulatory breaches and other compliance issues.
Al also advises multi-national corporates on a range of board-room legal and compliance risks. He has extensive experience in internal investigations, corporate governance issues and multi-jurisdictional risk management. He offers strategic guidance to clients in responding to crisis situations, drawing on his experience advising on investigations into allegations of bribery and corruption, anti-trust issues, sanctions breaches, money laundering, fraud, human rights violations and other forms of wrongdoing.
Al has significant experience both in Europe and in emerging markets, working with clients across Africa, South America, the Middle East, CIS region and Southeast Asia. His experience spans disputes relating to mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder agreements, mining & natural resources, aviation & defence, major infrastructure projects, construction, telecommunications & technology, and financial services. He has also trained several government departments on arbitration and international law investment protections.
Languages
English, French, German, Portuguese
Memberships
Admissions
Solicitor Advocate, England and Wales
Paris (foreign qualified lawyer)
Education
Oxford University, MA in Law with Legal Studies in Europe
Queen Mary, University of London, LLM in International Dispute Resolution
University of Law, Accelerated Legal Practice Course
Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas, Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
Firm Rankings
- Finance > High yield
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency