Regularly working alongside arbitration colleagues in Paris, Washington DC, Singapore, Hong Kong, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East, Clifford Chance LLP‘s London office fields a ’first-rate team in the arbitration sphere’. The team is consistently mandated by corporations, financial institutions and energy and construction clients to act in high-stakes arbitrations. Current LCIA board director Marie Berard ‘consistently impresses on all fronts’; Rob Lambert has particular expertise in the defence, energy and infrastructure sectors; Alex Panayides’ track record includes matters involving the UK, Korea, China, Nigeria, Italy, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Brazil and Qatar; Sachin Trikha is ‘extremely competent’; and Jessica Gladstone’s caseload includes international commercial and investment arbitration. The group further showcases Sam Brown, who acts in arbitrations in a number of jurisdictions; shareholder dispute specialist Anna Kirkpatrick; and energy, commodities and construction-related conflict practitioner, Melissa Hollenders-Brown. Christina Cathey Schuetz left the firm during 2024.
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Melissa Hollenders-Brown
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Rob Lambert; Alex Panayides; Sachin Trikha; Jessica Gladstone; Sam Brown; Anna Kirkpatrick; Melissa Hollenders-Brown; Jonathan Price