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Michael Stepek

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+44 20 7011 8754 mstepek@winston.com

Work Department

International Arbitration

Position

Partner (Chair of International Arbitration)

Michael J. Stepek – International Arbitration | Winston & Strawn

Michael Stepek focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation, investment treaty arbitration, and complex, high-value disputes. He advises on matters involving the control of corporate entities, foreign direct investment, concession agreements, major infrastructure projects, and joint ventures.

Michael is chair of Winston’s International Arbitration Practice and he appears regularly before the leading international forums throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. He represents clients before numerous international forums in arbitrations conducted pursuant to all the major institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SCC, and UNCITRAL. Michael has over 30 years of experience in international law conducted pursuant to various institutional rules as well as ad hoc. He also appears as an arbitrator in such disputes.

Licensed to practice in both England & Wales and in the United States, Michael has a particular focus in the energy, power, mining, telecommunications, and transportation industries. He is a member of the firm’s Videogame, Gaming and Esports Group dedicated to providing comprehensive legal solutions to companies in these industries.

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Michael Stepek – Winston & Strawn LLP

Winston & Strawn LLP’s ‘international arbitration team is absolutely first-rate‘. The firm’s London office acts as the coordinating hub for major international disputes across Europe and the Middle East, as well as the US, Latin America and Asia. International arbitration chair Michael Stepek is ‘the standout partner without a doubt‘; Matthew Bate is a US-trained trial lawyer with longstanding experience as counsel in international arbitration proceedings; Ben Bruton is ‘a first-class lawyer‘; and Daniel Meagher acts in both commercial and investor-state arbitrations. Suzanne Labi, Jake White, Freya MacCormack, Juliette Huard-Bourgois and Agustin Spotorno are the associates to note.

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