Lawrence Northmore-Ball > Carter-Ruck > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Lawrence Northmore-Ball
Work Department
International Law Group
Position
Lawrence is a Senior Associate at Carter-Ruck. He acts for both claimants and defendants across Carter-Ruck’s core practice areas, international law, media and commercial disputes. He advises domestic and international clients on international commercial arbitration, investment arbitration and litigation before the courts of England and a variety of other jurisdictions.
His practice focuses on international litigation and arbitration matters, including ICSID, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and other investment-treaty and commercial arbitration. Lawrence also has experience of managing overseas litigation on behalf of clients.
Lawrence also has considerable experience advising clients on issues with an international law dimension, including complaints under the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and advising on television broadcast licensing and regulatory arrangements in the EU and EEA post-Brexit.
As a Russian speaker, Lawrence frequently advises on matters with a Russia/CIS dimension.
Lawrence has advised on commercial litigation cases in the English Courts and has considerable experience of advising on media and defamation matters.
Languages
Russian
Education
Lawrence graduated with a First in Modern and Medieval Languages (Russian and German) from Cambridge University. He spent a semester teaching English at the St Petersburg Classical High School and a semester as a student at Novosibirsk State University in Russia.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Housing ‘a strong team with some outstanding individuals‘, Carter-Ruck acts for states and investors, under a range of arbitral rules, in major investment treaty cases. Senior partner Cameron Doley is ‘an outstanding figure in this field‘; Guy Martin is a public international law, European law and human rights specialist; and Miranda Rushton is experienced in investor-state and international commercial arbitrations. At senior associate level, Lawrence Northmore-Ball and François Holmey are ‘very intelligent and insightful‘.
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
Carter-Ruck‘s PIL department is widely respected for its advice on human rights, targeted sanctions, extradition, and INTERPOL notices. The team is also experienced in diplomatic protection, state and diplomatic immunity, and statehood recognition. International department head Guy Martin is a renowned specialist in challenges to targeted sanctions; senior partner Cameron Doley is ‘the outstanding figure in this field‘; Miranda Rushton advises on matters featuring international law aspects; and Charles Enderby Smith is at partner level since May 2023. Other key advisers include ‘phenomenal‘ consultant Alasdair Pepper, along with ‘extremely good‘ senior associates François Holmey and Lawrence Northmore-Ball.
Lawyer Rankings
- Public international law London > Dispute resolution
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution