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Audley Sheppard KC
Work Department
Arbitration; Banking and financial services; Commodities and international trade; Energy and infrastructure; Public international law
Position
Audley Sheppard KC has extensive experience of major disputes arising out of infrastructure and energy projects, and international trade and investment.
Audley joined Twenty Essex in June 2024 after 38 years at Clifford Chance (28 as a partner), where he was the co-Head of the International Arbitration and International Law groups.
He has been appointed as an arbitrator under the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, Bucharest IAC, LMAA and UNCITRAL Rules (including an investment treaty arbitration).
He is on the EU List Suitable for Appointment as Arbitrators (Trade).
Audley is a vice president of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration. He is a former chair of the Board and vice president of the Court of the LCIA, New Zealand member on the ICC International Court of Arbitration and Arbitration Commission, co-chair of the IBA Arbitration Committee, and rapporteur of the ILA Arbitration Committee.
He has a prominent role in sports arbitration, currently serving as chair of the Board of Sport Resolutions.
He has New Zealand and Ireland nationality.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
Twenty Essex is widely regarded as ‘one of the pre-eminent international arbitration sets’ which houses an ‘excellent set of arbitrators’. Members of the set sit as arbitrators in disputes spanning banking, oil and gas, shipping and trade, construction and share purchase. Michael Tselentis KC is often appointed on disputes in Asia or Africa, while Michael Lee is particularly active on Asia and Europe-based disputes, and members of the set have an excellent reputation for their expertise in arbitrations in various seats across the globe adhering to the full spectrum of arbitration rules. Bernard Rix continues to be a pre-eminent name in the space, and Clare Ambrose is noted for her expertise in shipping and commercial arbitration; both are among the set’s full-time arbitrators. Audley Sheppard KC – former co-head of international arbitration at Clifford Chance LLP and a solicitor-advocate KC – joined the set in June 2024.