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Matthew Vinall
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Having joined Dentons in 1994 as a trainee lawyer and qualified into its Dispute Resolution practice in September 1996, Matthew is now counsel specializing in energy disputes, including price reviews and major construction, infrastructure and engineering disputes. He has significant experience operating under all the major international arbitration rules and has been involved in hearings in several countries.
Matthew often works closely with clients and independent technical experts in fields including economics, forensic accountancy, design and engineering, project planning and quantity surveying, and has developed a good working knowledge of each of these areas.
As well as major arbitrations, Matthew has also worked on a wide range of commercial disputes in the High Court and before regulatory tribunals. He has been involved in several mediations and expert determinations.
Matthew also has an active non-contentious practice, focusing on dry shipping, international trade and aviation-related advice.
Education
- The College of Law, 1993
- University of Warwick, 1992
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
‘A go-to firm for international arbitration‘, Dentons regularly represents energy corporations in major commercial and investor-state arbitrations. The practice also has a strong track record in the telecoms, infrastructure, financial services, sports and hospitality sectors. Dan Bodle, whose work usually involves Africa, the Middle East or Asia, recently took over from energy commercial arbitration specialist Liz Tout
as litigation and arbitration practice head. James Langley acts in both commercial and investor-state matters; Dominic Pellew is experienced in disputes involving Russian and former Soviet Union parties; and counsel Matthew Vinall and senior associate Catherine Gilfedder are also active group members.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- 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
- 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
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- 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
- 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) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- 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
- 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
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport