Laurence Harris > Cooley (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Cooley (UK) LLP‘s London asset recovery team advises a wide range of private and public entities across a variety of sectors and jurisdictions, with work spread as far afield as the Caribbean, Europe, Asia and Africa. Headed by UK disputes head James Maton, the team’s work encompasses insurance, corruption, and debt recovery, amongst others. Other integral team members include Laurence Harris, business litigator Henry Stewart and Sascha Grimm, who leads the firm’s crisis management team.

Cooley (UK) LLP‘s London team is routinely mandated for matters involving oil and gas exploration work, licensing rights in the Middle East, technology licensing, and disputes involving life sciences sector clients. It is additionally sought out by blue-chip insurers and reinsurers from the UK, US, Bermuda, and continental Europe to assist with disputes. Henry Stewart acts in high-value arbitrations for life sciences companies, while James Maton is UK disputes head. Laurence Harris also has notable international arbitration experience.

Cooley (UK) LLP‘s London team acts across a broad spectrum of PIL matters. Its coverage ranges from investment treaty and international trade disputes, to providing Law of the Sea advice to coastal states. The group also assists with state responsibility issues, and has longstanding expertise in international asset recovery work. The PIL practice of London disputes head James Maton incorporates both investor-state arbitrations and treaty disputes; Laurence Harris is an expert in advising clients on their government asset recovery programmes; and Henry Stewart‘s PIL workload includes anti-corruption matters. The ‘absolutely superb‘ John Brown is a renowned consultant on Law of the Sea matters, who advises on maritime boundary delimitation issues, as well as freedom of navigation issues at geo-political levels; and associate Juan Nascimbene routinely acts in major PIL-related disputes.