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Sophie Palmer

+44 20 7320 6165 sophie.palmer@dentons.com

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