Deborah Ruff > Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP Offices
Level 34
100 Bishopsgate
London
EC2N 4AG
England
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Deborah Ruff
Work Department
International Arbitration; Litigation; Real Estate & Construction; Board Advisory & Corporate Governance; Technology; Insurance Recovery & Advisory
Position
Deborah Ruff is Pillsbury’s International Arbitration Practice Group Leader. She has extensive experience in multi-jurisdiction disputes, with a focus on high-value and complex international arbitration in the energy, infrastructure and construction, telecommunications and financial sectors.
Deborah conducts international arbitration disputes often over JOAs, the construction of and off-take from refineries and petrochemical plants, as well as rig, energy trading and transport, and coal and nuclear power plant disputes. She also regularly represents clients in other infrastructure, shareholder and financial disputes. Deborah conducts arbitrations under the rules of all of the major institutions and rules including the LCIA, the ICC, DIAC, the Swiss, Stockholm, Hong Kong and UNCITRAL Rules. She has also represented both investors and states in BIT and ICSID cases.
Languages
French; German; Italian; Spanish
Education
M.A., Trinity College, University of Cambridge
Lawyer Rankings
London > Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
Praised for its ‘knowledge and experience of oil and gas matters’, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP continues to expand its expertise in handling energy transition mandates. Greg Hammond ‘combines a true bulldog spirit with a hawk’s eye for detail, and never fails to bring a sense of calm to proceedings’. Hammond jointly leads the team alongside Deborah Ruff 
, who is highly recommended for her adept handling of high-value, multi-jurisdictional disputes.
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
(Hall of Fame)Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP‘s London team has notable experience in energy disputes in the MENA and CIS regions. It also acts in international construction and shareholder-related arbitrations. Deborah Ruff is experienced in international arbitrations involving clients from the energy, infrastructure, construction, telecoms, banking, and corporate sectors. She also represents both investors and states in bilateral investment and multilateral treaty cases. Julia Kalinina Belcher assists with CIS, CEE, MENA and US-related disputes, while Charles Golsong is ‘responsive and reasonable‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution
- Oil and gas London > Projects, energy and natural resources
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Industry focus > TMT
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)