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Sophie Palmer

Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Sophie is a senior associate in Dentons’ London office, working in the Dispute Resolution practice. She has extensive experience in commercial litigation and international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, both institutional and ad hoc, under many of the major arbitration rules (ICSID, LCIA, ICC, LMAA, UNCITRAL, etc). Sophie has worked on disputes in a number of fields including energy, infrastructure, construction and real estate development and finance, and on cases involving shareholder disputes, breach of contract, fraud, negligence, property and debt recovery, enforcement and complex conflict of laws issues.
Sophie is a fluent Russian speaker and frequently acts in disputes involving Russian-speaking parties and Russian language documentation. She has published articles and has also spoken on a number of topics in English and Russian.
Career
- Senior Associate – Dentons (formerly Salans), London (2009 to present)
- Associate – Salans, London (2002-2009)
- Trainee Solicitor – Salans, London (2000-2002)
- Paralegal – Salans, London (1995-1999)
Languages
French, Russian
Memberships
- London Court of International Arbitration
- British-Russian Law Association
- Russian and CIS Arbitration Network
- Arbitral Women
- Women in the City
Education
BPP Law School, 2000, Legal Practice Course
BPP Law School, 1999, in Law
University of Cambridge, 1992, BA (Hons), in Russian
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport