With ‘real in-depth knowledge’, Wordley Partnership was recently mandated to act in high-value ICC disputes. The practice comprises former HFW lawyers, namely: Paul Wordley, whose track record includes ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SCC and LMAA arbitrations; Costas Frangeskides, who is ’particularly well regarded for international arbitration’; national and international dispute resolution specialist Graham Denny; and Alison Proctor, an expert in cross border-disputes involving energy, property, natural resources and casualty risks. The team further includes insurance dispute lawyer Joseph Leonard.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The Wordley team is full of individual practitioners with real in-depth knowledge of the industries in which they practice.’

  • ‘They are market savvy, experienced, client friendly and flexible, both in terms of billing and in terms of the teams they put together for specific cases.’

  • ‘They have considerable expertise, not just in London, but also the Middle East, the Far East and South America.’

  • ‘Paul Wordley is a real doyen of the insurance and reinsurance markets.’

  • ‘Paul Wordley has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the market and is a very astute lawyer.’

  • ‘Costas Frangeskides is excellent with clients, and is particularly well regarded for international arbitration and reinsurance disputes.’

Practice head

Paul Wordley; Costas Frangeskides; Graham Denny; Alison Proctor

Other key lawyers

Joseph Leonard; Victoria Tait; Arnas Urbutis; Solomiya Boyar