Acting for leading global companies and financial institutions in complex and strategically significant arbitrations, Slaughter and May‘s ’international arbitration practice goes from strength to strength’. The group’s sector expertise ranges from energy and infrastructure to healthcare and financial services. The team is co-led by James Stacey, whose ‘client management skills and strategic acumen are superb’, and infrastructure and energy sector specialist Damian Taylor. The practice further includes Efstathios Michael, who regularly acts in ICC, LCIA and SIAC arbitrations, and dispute resolution expert Jonathan Clark. Other names to note are infrastructure, energy and natural resources disputes practitioner Peter Wickham, and commercial dispute resolution specialist Megan Sandler.
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‘Ability to manage complexity without compromising excellence. Slaughter and May's international arbitration practice goes from strength to strength. Often involved in the highest value and most high-profile arbitrations, they have excellent lawyers at every level.’
- ‘Ability to manage challenging clients and adversaries with professional excellence and courtesy. They have very bright and able lawyers and they throw themselves fully into everything. Clients get the full benefit of the abilities of all the lawyers involved, including the full value of partner involvement.’
- ‘Has grown the arbitration practice to the point where it is now a core feature of their disputes work - and they are excellent at it.’
‘James Stacey is amazing. His ability to understand what is happening in every jurisdiction that is involved in a case, and how it affects the arbitration, is unique.’
‘James Stacey’s client management skills and strategic acumen are superb.’
‘James Stacey is an excellent partner choice - highly recommended and a highly-intelligent lawyer. Relatively senior, but still gives clients the full benefit of his acumen by involving himself in the detail of the litigation. He is very much a class act.’
- ‘Damian Taylor - very good lawyer, highly intelligent, on top of the detail, and dogged in pursuing points to ensure everything is covered.’
‘Nick Ames is a very strong international arbitration counsel. He is a great team leader, excellent at communicating with clients, and very sensible.’
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Practice head
James Stacey; Damian Taylor
Other key lawyers
Efstathios Michael; Jonathan Clark; Peter Wickham; Megan Sandler; Smriti Sriram; Nick Ames; Tahlia Brysha-Pullen; Carla Corben; Richard Swallow