CMS

Partner

Rob Wilson is a partner and Solicitor Advocate at CMS in the firm’s ICE Disputes Group (Infrastructure, Construction and Energy). He has led the Energy Disputes team at the firm since 2013.

Rob is dual qualified (Scotland and England & Wales). His practice covers dispute avoidance, litigation (both in England and Scotland), international arbitration (in particular, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL and LMAA) and mediation (acting both as mediator (he is CEDR Accredited) and in representing clients). Much of Rob’s work is of an international nature. He has advised clients around the world including the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, CIS Countries, the Middle East, Africa, South America and Asia.

• Member, Law Society
• Member, Law Society of Scotland
• Writer to Her Majesty's Signet
• ICC Commission on Arbitration: Task Force on National Rules of Procedure for Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Awards pursuant to the New York Convention of 1958
• Committee Member of Civil Justice Committees, Law Society of Scotland
• Member, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
• Member, International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
• Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Solicitors of the City of London
• Member, the Arbitration Court Users Group in Scotland
• Ambassador, the Scottish Arbitration Centre
• CEDR Accredited Mediator

• 2019 – CEDR Accredited Mediator
• 2018 – SRA Higher Rights (Civil Advocacy)
  2002 - ADR Group Accredited Mediator 2002
• 2001 - UK Oil and Gas Law Course, University of Dundee, Dundee
• 1999 - Admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales
• 1999 - Qualified Lawyers’ Transfer Test
• 1993 - Enrolled as a Solicitor and Notary Public in Scotland
• 1991 - Diploma in Legal Practice, Glasgow University, Glasgow
• 1990 - LLB (Hons), Glasgow University, Glasgow