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Keystone Law Offices
48 CHANCERY LANE
LONDON
WC2A 1JF
England
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Nicole Smith
Work Department
International arbitration and litigation.
Position
Nicole is an experienced practitioner in the field of international arbitration and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. Her recent cases include acting for a Russian pharmaceutical company on its claims against an English pharmaceutical company; acting for a Russian investor in a dispute over a property shareholding and acting for a Ukrainian oil bunkering company. She has previously acted for owners of a large Russian oil refinery and a European government defending enforcement proceedings in relation to a military sales dispute. She has appeared as advocate in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and before all leading institutions including the ICC and LCIA.
Career
Trained Simpson Grierson, qualified 1993; senior associate Clifford Chance, 1997-2006; Keystone Law, 2006.
Memberships
Recognised by Best Lawyers (UK) from 2018 – 2024 in the practice area of International Arbitration
Member of the IBA working group on a Model Statute on Climate Change Remedies
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
Fellow (Arb) of AMINZ
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Senior executives
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Finance > Islamic finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Transport > Travel
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Personal injury: defendant
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: defendant
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Private client > Agriculture and estates