A&O Shearman
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A&O Shearman’s ‘international arbitration practice is packed with extremely talented lawyers’. Handling commercial and investor-state arbitrations, the practice also covers arbitration-related court proceedings. With enviable energy disputes credentials, the group is particularly well known for gas price arbitrations. It further acts in arbitrations involving banking, finance and complex financial products, along with infrastructure, construction, life sciences, TMT, and shareholder and post-M&A conflicts. Energy dispute expert Mark Levy KC is ’well respected by peers and arbitrators’; Matthew Skinner has longstanding arbitration experience; James Freeman acts in finance sector arbitrations; and Guled Yusuf is an international commercial and investment treaty arbitration specialist. The team also includes Alex Bevan, who focuses on the Middle East; David Herlihy, who works between London and Dublin; and construction and engineering project dispute practitioner Daniel Garton. Additional names to note are Katrina Limond, Alastair Livesey and Sarah Morreau. Matthew Hodgson left in May 2025.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
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‘A&O's international arbitration practice is packed with extremely talented lawyers, who are passionate about the law and dedicated to their work.’
‘Their attention to detail and ability to understand the big picture are remarkable.’
Key clients
- BG
- Reliance Industries
Work highlights
Representing BG and Reliance Industries in a London-seated arbitration against the Government of India under the UNCITRAL Rules 1976, in relation to claims arising under two oil and gas production sharing contracts.