Nicole Smith

Nicole is an experienced practitioner in the field of international arbitration and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. Her recent cases include acting for a Russian pharmaceutical company on its claims against an English pharmaceutical company; acting for a Russian investor in a dispute over a property shareholding and acting for a Ukrainian oil bunkering company. She has previously acted for owners of a large Russian oil refinery and a European government defending enforcement proceedings in relation to a military sales dispute. She has appeared as advocate in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and before all leading institutions including the ICC and LCIA. · Keystone Law

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Nicole Smith is an experienced practitioner specialising in international arbitration and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, with substantial advocacy experience before ad hoc tribunals and major institutions including the ICC and LCIA. Her recent matters include representing Russian and Ukrainian commercial clients (pharmaceutical and oil-bunkering companies), a Russian investor in a property shareholding dispute, owners of a large Russian oil refinery and a European government in enforcement proceedings arising from a military sales dispute.

Practice areas

International ArbitrationAlternative Dispute ResolutionLitigation

Office

England

Keystone Law · Nicole is an experienced practitioner in the field of international arbitration and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. Her recent cases include acting for a Russian pharmaceutical company on its claims against an English pharmaceutical company; acting for a Russian investor in a dispute over a property shareholding and acting for a Ukrainian oil bunkering company. She has previously acted for owners of a large Russian oil refinery and a European government defending enforcement proceedings in relation to a military sales dispute. She has appeared as advocate in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and before all leading institutions including the ICC and LCIA.

England

Expertise

PharmaceuticalsOil & Gas / EnergyInvestment disputesEnforcement proceedingsProperty / Real EstateGovernment / Sovereign disputes

Admissions

Trained at Simpson Grierson; qualified 1993
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Fellow (Arb) of AMINZ
Member of the IBA working group on a Model Statute on Climate Change Remedies
Recognised by Best Lawyers (UK) 2018–2024 in International Arbitration