Arbitration lawyers

Richard Swallow

Partner; Richard is Head of our Disputes and Investigations Group. Areas of particular expertise include corporate crime and sanctions investigations, group/class action litigation (competition, mass tort and securities claims), and banking litigation and investigations. With over 25 years of experience of a wide range of complex and substantial disputes and investigations, Richard has represented clients in high-value, multi-jurisdictional, proceedings and significant global regulatory and criminal investigations. Richard spent three years working in our Hong Kong office advising on a range of commercial disputes throughout the South East Asia region. He is admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and as a Solicitor of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Slaughter and May

Richard Swan

Partner

Bennett Jones LLP

Richard Wade

Richard heads Blake Morgan’s Construction group. Specialising in construction law, Richard’s practice combines both non-contentious work and dispute resolution. He advises on procurement strategies, construction disputes (litigation, arbitration, adjudication and ADR), contract drafting and negotiation for stand-alone and complex property agreements. He also gives advice on the drafting and preparation of development agreements, building contracts, professional appointments and all related documentation. His clients include a wide range of developers, funders, contractors and professional designers and suppliers, as well as special purpose vehicles, for projects across a variety of sectors (including commercial, retail, leisure, housing and not-for-profit organisations such as schools, colleges and trusts).

Blake Morgan LLP

Richard Wiedis

Partner

Diaz Reus International Law Firm

Richard Wilenski

Partner

Thomsons

Richard Wilmot

Consultant

Tanner De Witt

Richard Zelichov

Partner

Katten

Richard-Jan Roks

Partner

Kennedy Van der Laan

Rick Williams

Partner and National Business Leader, Environmental, Municipal, Expropriation and Regulatory Group

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Rikke Sofie Karstoft

Andersen Partners

Rimantas Simaitis

Professor Dr Rimantas Simaitis is Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution Department. Professor Dr Simaitis holds a Doctor’s degree of Social Sciences (Law) from Vilnius University, Lithuania. He is an Associated Professor at Vilnius University faculty of Law, recommended arbitrator at Vilnius Court of Commercial Arbitration and has been designated to the ICSID Panel of Conciliators by the Lithuanian Government. He has been, and remains, an active member and/or head of various working groups formed by the Ministry of Justice, the Judicial Council and the Parliament of Lithuania, and the Council of Europe.

Cobalt

Risto Sipilä

As a senior counsel in Bird & Bird's international Dispute Resolution group in Helsinki, Risto Sipilä has a wealth of experience advising on dispute resolution matters as well as on construction and real estate law issues. Advising his clients on dispute resolution in various fields of law and across all business sectors, Risto specialises in matters, disputes and pre-dispute management. He also acts on behalf of our clients in energy & utilities, and as an arbitrator. His main area of expertise is construction and real estate law. Typically Risto represents construction parties and related projects in arbitration and litigation proceedings. He has also represented clients in court proceedings on other areas of business law, such as delivery agreements and assets deals.

Bird & Bird

Rita Clemente

Rita Clemente joined the firm in September 2017. She has gained significant experience in pre-litigation and litigation, including arbitration, in civil and commercial law, specializing in complex disputes in corporate, financial, and banking matters (in particular, M&A transactions, securitizations, challenges to corporate resolutions, shareholders’ agreements, liability of issuers and intermediaries, liability actions against corporate bodies and for management and coordination, banking, financial, and insurance contracts). She also deals with issues of inheritance law and asset management, as well as issues that cut across the Firm’s other practices. She provides advice in civil and corporate matters, mainly to companies and collective investment undertakings. She graduated with honors in March 2001 with a thesis in corporate law from the University of Bari and was admitted to the bar in October 2004. She is currently a member of the Milan Bar Association.

Gatti Pavesi Bianchi Ludovici

Rita Gouveia

Partner

CMS

Rita Jaballah

Partner, Head of International Litigation

Al Tamimi & Company

Riya Sinha

Associate

MRP Advisory LLC

Rob Hoffman

Partner

DLA Piper LLP (US)

Rob Lawrence

Partner

HFW

Robert Carroll

Partner

Goodwin

Robert Ganpatsingh

Robert is a highly experienced commercial disputes lawyer with broad-ranging experience in resolving complex and multi-layered disputes. As a seasoned litigator, Robert has extensive expertise in all forms of dispute resolution, including mediation, arbitration, and adjudication with the aim of settling before court litigation. When litigation is required, he regularly handles cases before the courts, including those involving worldwide freezing injunctions in high-value disputes. In addition to advising clients across a wide range of commercial disputes, Robert has specialist knowledge and experience in relation to intellectual property and disputes affecting shareholders and company boards. His expertise in intellectual property disputes includes High Court litigation and wider advice relating to design rights, trade marks, copyright, database rights, passing off and patents. Robert also has specialist knowledge and experience of construction disputes, including advising on high-value adjudications.

Keystone Law

Robert Gilroy

Senior Associate

Dentons

Robert H Thomas

Bob Thomas is a former Co-Chair of the firm’s Energy Section. His practice principally consists of representing domestic and international oil and gas companies in all phases of the energy business, with emphasis on the upstream and midstream segments. Although Bob is principally involved in energy transactions, his practice includes representation of energy companies involved in disputes, whether mediation, arbitration, or litigation, including serving as an expert witness in complex energy cases. His practice also includes the following: Acquisition, divestiture, and financing of midstream and upstream assets Mergers and acquisitions Acquisition and development of gas storage facilities Upstream and midstream agreements including drilling agreements, marketing agreements, gas, liquids and crude oil purchase, transport, and gathering agreements Farm out and participation agreements, farmout of general and limited partnership agreements, seismic shoot agreements, data acquisitions and seismic licenses, executive compensation agreements, surface and subsurface easements, and oil and gas leases Drop-down transactions for upstream and midstream master limited partnerships Prior to joining Porter Hedges, Bob was Division Attorney for Mesa Petroleum Co. in Houston, Texas and in-house counsel for Gulf Oil Corporation in Midland, Texas and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Porter Hedges LLP

Robert H. Pees

Bob Pees’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and domestic and international arbitration arising from securities offerings and corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in the area of class actions, including securities class actions, derivative actions and multidistrict litigation and has served as counsel in many large, complex lawsuits, including high-profile, multidistrict litigation and significant arbitration. His clients include Fortune 500 corporations, financial services firms, broker-dealers, insurance industry intermediaries, investment funds, and real estate limited partnerships. He also frequently counsels investment funds and others regarding counter party risks. To learn more about Bob, please visit his full profile: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/robert-h-pees.html

Akin

Robert Hamburg

Partner

Mayer Brown