Arbitrators

Kyle Lawson

Kyle Lawson

Position

Kyle Lawson is a leading commercial junior. His practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and international arbitration. He has appeared in numerous high-profile, heavy-weight commercial disputes, including cases featured in The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases” of 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2024. Across Chambers & Partners UK and The Legal 500 Kyle is identified as a leading junior in six different areas of practice: (1) Commercial Dispute Resolution; (2) Banking and Finance; (3) Civil Fraud; (4) Energy; (5) Professional Negligence; and (6) International Arbitration (Counsel). In addition to undertaking led work as part of large litigation team, Kyle is increasingly instructed a sole counsel and he has appeared unled in the Court of Appeal, in all of the civil divisions of the High Court in which members of Chambers regularly appear (including the Commercial Court, Chancery Division and King’s Bench Division), and in international arbitration (under a variety of different institutional rules).

Career

Called 2012; Lincoln’s. Pupillage Brick Court Chambers 2012-13, tenant 2013 to date. Publications of note: contributing author to ‘SIAC Rules: An Annotation’ – Lexis Nexis, 2014; ‘The Remoteness Rules in Contract: Holmes, Hoffmann and Ships that Pass in the Night’ – King’s Law Journal, April 2012.

Memberships

COMBAR; London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association.

Education

Pembroke College, University of Cambridge (BA (Hons) Law (Double First)); Harvard Law School (LLM); Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College, Edinburgh.

Leisure

Kyle is a keen sportsman, having played golf for the Cambridge University ‘Stymies’ (2nds) and rugby for Pembroke College and the Harvard Business School.

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