Cornerstone Barristers

Planning and Environment, Commercial, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Natasha Peter is a versatile commercial and civil law practitioner. Clients appreciate her ability to provide pragmatic, results-driven strategic and legal advice, her incisive drafting of factually and legally complex written submissions, and her effective oral advocacy.

Natasha has experience of acting for the private and public sector in a broad range of fields, including agency and distribution, commodities, construction, consumer goods, environmental, financial services, infrastructure, joint ventures, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, natural resources, nuclear, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, power, public procurement, renewable energies, sale of goods, technology, telecommunications and transport.

A hallmark of her approach is her combination of creative problem-solving with logical, persuasive drafting and careful attention to detail. This blend of skills has led to notable successes – for example, the widely publicised grant, at first instance, of an interim injunction to prevent the Bell Hotel from being used to accommodation asylum seekers in Epping Forest District Council v Somani Hotels Ltd (led by Philip Coppel KC).

An established arbitration practitioner who has acted in disputes conducted under all the major arbitration rules (including LCIA, ICC, DIAC, ICSID and ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules), Natasha regularly sits as an arbitrator and as a construction adjudicator. She is also a Crown Court Recorder and a Deputy District Judge on the South-Eastern Circuit.

Natasha has been listed in Best Lawyers for Arbitration and Mediation since 2023.

She is a dual Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (International Arbitration and Adjudication). She is also a visiting lecturer at the Paris II Panthéon-Assas University, where she teaches drafting and written advocacy skills, and regularly publishes articles and gives seminars on topics relating to commercial/ contract law, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution, including as a contributor to Atkins Court Forms on “Bonds“.

Natasha has a particular interest in renewable energy and environmental law, and is a member of Cornerstone Climate, Chambers’ cross-disciplinary practice group for climate litigation and advice.