Jonathan Leach > Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

With ‘great experience across international arbitration’, Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP‘s London team, which has a strong track record in state-to-state and investor-state arbitrations, also acts for blue-chip clients in high-value commercial arbitrations. The practice regularly acts before a range of arbitral institutions, including LCIA, ICC, SIAC, SCC, CIETAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID, as well as appearing in ancillary proceedings before the English courts. Global co-chair of the firm’s international arbitration group, Jonathan Leach, is ‘a superb leader’. Energy disputes group head Mark Howarth acts as both counsel and advocate before international tribunals. Richard Little is an experienced commercial dispute resolution practitioner and Sheena Buddhdev acts in international arbitrations under all the major arbitral rules. The practice further includes experienced international arbitration lawyers Kate Lomas, Luisa Zukowski in Manchester, and Leeds-based Alex Cook. During 2023, the London office notably bolstered its credentials through the recruitment of commercial and investment treaty arbitration specialist Katia Finkel from Baker McKenzie LLP in September, while infrastructure, energy and renewables sector expert James McKenzie and Wilson Antoon, who acts in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations, both joined from King & Wood Mallesons in November.

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP houses experts in public international law, as well as investor-state and state-to-state arbitrations. The team additionally covers boundary disputes, business and human rights, and arbitration award enforcements. The track record of Jonathan Leach, the global co-chair of the firm’s international arbitration group, includes appearing as lead counsel in several investment arbitrations; and Mark Howarth  is energy disputes head. The ‘excellent’ commercial and investment treaty arbitration expert Katia Finkel and investor-state arbitration and public international law specialist Wilson Antoon are late 2023 hires from Baker McKenzie and King & Wood Mallesons, respectively. In August 2023, Cameron Forsaith left the firm.