Avocats en Commercial Litigation

Kwon Lee

Partner - Real Estate Global Head of Korea Practice

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Kye Handy

Partner

Balch & Bingham LLP

Kyrylo Sudnyk

Corporate Solicitor

Sterling Law

LaDawn Burnett

Associate - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Laila Sivonen

Partner Laila Sivonen is specialized in commercial dispute resolution as well as corporate compliance and ethics. Laila’s practice covers arbitration, civil and administrative litigation as well as alternative dispute resolution. Laila has experience of international and domestic arbitration under various arbitration rules, including the ICC, FAI, SCC, and AAA as well as ad hoc arbitration. She has been involved in disputes relating to joint ventures and shareholders’ agreements, energy-related matters, service agreements, IT services, construction, litigation funding, employment law, insolvency, and competition law. She also regularly assists clients in enforcing arbitral awards and foreign judgments. Laila has had a key role in several complex, multi-jurisdictional investigations relating to suspicions of white-collar crime. She regularly advises clients on anti-corruption, whistleblowing, and sanctions-related matters. Laila has also conducted several compliance risk assessments in connection with transactions.

Roschier

Lara Kahn

Partner

Webber Wentzel

Lara Moore

Partner in the Commercial Disputes team and leads the Marine team.

Ashfords LLP

Larry Elliot

Regional Managing Partner, Ottawa

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Laura Clarke

Laura is an Associate within the Dispute Resolution and Litigation department. Laura works on a wide range of dispute matters including supply of goods and services, data privacy, professional negligence, consumer rights and protections and general contractual disputes. Laura’s recent work includes: advising international manufacturers, national retailers and regional distributors in matters relating to consumer rights and protection successfully obtaining urgent injunctive relief for a leading vehicle recovery firm representing a global education provider throughout a variety of complex and cross-border contractual and contested insolvency proceedings. defending a leading car manufacturer against a £17 million multijurisdictional breach of contract claim. Laura joined Shoosmiths as a trainee in 2019, having studied Geography at the University of Southampton before completing her Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course.

Shoosmiths LLP

Laura Foutti

Associate

A.G Erotocritou LLC

Laura Hoffstetter

Attorney - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Laura Jenkins

Partner Laura is a highly skilled and experienced lawyer who has been assisting clients in resolving disputes for over 15 years. She acts for individuals and corporations in complex commercial litigation, including alternative dispute resolution procedures such as mediation. The focus of Laura’s work is high value, complex, multi-party disputes. Laura has experience of representing companies, asset managers, funds, liquidators, directors and high net worth individuals across a wide range of industry sectors. Her cases have included claims arising in or relating to breaches of contract, securities claims, debt actions, insolvency-related issues, fraud claims and cross border enforcement as well as breach of confidence disputes. She has significant “big case” experience acting for both claimants and defendants, with particular expertise in managing and structuring group and multi-party litigation, often alongside external stakeholders such as litigation funders. Laura spearheads the firm’s Shareholder Disputes practice. Publishable matters on which Laura has acted include: Acting for a large public institution in fraud claims exceeding £1bn against over 40 defendants based around the globe. This dispute was listed as one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2025 and will, by its conclusion, be the longest running commercial court trial. Acting for defendants to the c. £1.2bn fraud claim brought by the Danish tax authority (SKAT) arising from SKAT’s historic payment of withholding tax refunds. This dispute was listed by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases of 2021 and 2024. Acting for the BVI and Cayman liquidators of Stanford International Bank Ltd (in liquidation) in a £120m negligence claim against HSBC Bank plc arising out of a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme. This dispute was listed by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases of 2021. Acting in a multi-million pound joint venture dispute relating to the acquisition of investments in ground rents which settled following mediation in 2023. Acting for the liquidators of two BVI SPVs in their claim against Deutsche Bank and others, for in excess of £500m, which involved cross border insolvency applications and High Court proceedings. Successfully settling a contract dispute arising between a multi-national manufacturing company and a producer of machines necessary for its manufacturing processes.

Stewarts Law LLP

Laura Mackain-Bremner

Laura advises individuals and businesses on commercial disputes, contentious Wills, trusts and probate and agricultural property litigation. Laura is a Partner in the Commercial and Private Client Litigation Team specialising in commercial disputes, with a particular focus on agri-business, agri-tech and disputes which involve agricultural equipment and contracts. Laura advises both individuals and businesses in this regard. Laura’s commercial litigation practice is broad and includes advising individuals and businesses in all sectors on any number of contentious matters ranging from professional negligence to farming finance. The subject matter of these disputes is also wide, including anything from artificial insemination and genetics to disputed debts. Laura was the fee earner with conduct of a heavy-weight multi-party litigation matter involving 17 Claimants and 4 Defendants. Her determination has seen a successful settlement in this matter some 5 years after its issue. This was a major contributing factor in the firm winning NFU panel firm of the year and has been reported in the farming press. Laura is the main fee earner on numerous commercial matters and is training junior members of the team as this area expands for the team. Laura trained at Lester Aldridge, qualifying into its litigation team in London in 2013. Before moving back to Somerset to join Clarke Willmott she worked for a boutique litigation firm in London, joining Clarke Willmott in 2017. She is Vice President of the Executive Committee of Taunton Chamber of Commerce and also a member of the Agricultural Law Association. How Laura can help you Laura advises clients in all sectors on a wide range of contentious commercial issues including: Breach of contract or contractual disputes; Debt claims; Professional negligence; Defamation; Shareholder/partner disputes; Fraud; and Judicial review As a member of the Agriculture sector group, Laura is regularly instructed by agri-businesses in relation to any number of issues relating to matters such as food and drink or agri-tech. Laura also advises on a wide range of contentious agricultural property matters such as: Easements – including rights of way; Land drainage and flooding; Boundaries; Adverse possession; Trespass; Nuisance; Agricultural tenancies; Farming partnerships; Proprietary estoppel; and Co-owner property disputes including declarations as to ownership and/or claims for occupation rent. Laura also defends and brings claims: under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; contesting the validity of Wills (due to lack of testamentary capacity and/or want of knowledge and approval); against executors and trustees for breach of trust/maladministration; and against solicitors in relation to Will drafting and the construction of Wills or mistakes in Wills. Experience Acting for a group of milk producers and successfully defeating an application for an interim injunction brought against them by the processor who wanted to stop them from ceasing supply following termination of notice –Watson’s Dairies Ltd v AG Lambert [2020] 10 WLUK 45 Successfully defending a client’s use of a right of way in relation to a Court Claim brought against him. The claim sought an injunction preventing the client from using the right of way except for within certain parameters and/or damages in relation to the same. Assisting in successfully reclaiming property lost during a Group Company restructure. The client sought to recover property passed to the Crown (Bona Vacantia) on the dissolution of one of the companies within the Group. The Court held another company within the Group was beneficially entitled to the property.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Laura Matthews

Laura is a partner in RK’s Dispute Resolution Group. Laura has significant experience acting for lenders, financial institutions and loan servicers in the field of complex and high value professional negligence actions against valuers and solicitors, advising clients both pre-action and in High Court proceedings. Laura also has considerable experience in other areas of banking litigation, including the enforcement of personal guarantees, breach of trust claims and enforcement of mortgage terms and conditions. In addition, Laura deals with all forms of Commercial Litigation, including breach of contract claims and shareholder disputes. Laura has also handled complex real estate litigation on behalf of a wide range of clients including forfeiture proceedings, contested lease renewal proceedings and breach of restrictive covenant disputes.

Rosling King

Laura Miller

Seward & Kissel LLP

Laura Steinberg

Laura's practice involves federal and state civil (commercial) litigation and arbitrations throughout the United States, with an emphasis on complex regulatory and fiduciary issues. She has extensive experience in disputes involving shareholder and investor rights and relationships; application of the business judgment rule; and fiduciary disclosures, compliance and enforcement issues (often in a securities law setting). A significant component of her practice consists of counseling clients on how to minimize or avoid litigation exposure both contractually and through proactive conduct. As an integral part of her practice, Laura regularly conducts internal investigations, a number of which have addressed sanctions, FCPA and FCA matters. She has written and provided implementation advice and training for anti-bribery/anti-corruption policies that also address third-party due diligence issues. Laura has frequently arbitrated in many different forums, including the American Arbitration Association, the National Association of Securities Dealers, the New York Stock Exchange and specially tailored entities. Internationally, she has arbitrated under the auspices of ICSID, the London Court of International Arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce and similar organizations.

Sullivan & Worcester LLP

Laura Stocks

Laura is a professional indemnity defence lawyer who specialises in acting for Top 100 law firms in complex, high-value disputes, together with other professionals such as accountants and insurance brokers. She also advises insurers on coverage issues. Laura has defended law firms in a all aspects of private practice, including corporate, commercial property and development transactions, offshore trusts and tax, probate, family, employment, and lost litigation.

RPC

Laura van Gardingen

Partner (Supreme Court Litigation)

Houthoff

Laure-Astrid Wigglesworth

Senior Associate

Appleby

Lauren Bell

Lauren Bell is an associate in the Middle East Construction and Dispute Resolution practice. She has more than seven years’ experience, working as a paralegal before qualifying as a solicitor in 2022. Lauren has experience working on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious construction and engineering, energy and commercial litigation matters. Lauren's contentious experience includes representing clients in major disputes under a range of arbitration rules including the ICC, QICCA, DIAC and LCIA rules. She also has experience in mediation and expert determination. Lauren assists clients in high-value and complex arbitrations covering matters such as defective design and/or workmanship, delay and disruption, variations, loss and expense, payment disputes, debt claims and contract interpretation. Lauren's non-contentious experience includes providing legal advice on high-value complex projects across a range of different sectors including rail, major projects, infrastructure and development in Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Africa. She has vast experience of drafting and negotiating FIDIC contracts and bespoke contracts. Lauren has experience in all phases of the construction project life cycle, including advising several large developers in the Middle East on the application and impact of existing laws and regulations on new developments and in relation to export finance for large projects in Africa.

Dentons

Lauren Caisman

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Lauren Crosby

Director

Kain Lawyers

Lauren Moskowitz

Lauren A. Moskowitz is an accomplished litigator with deep trial experience, focused on general commercial, antitrust, securities and intellectual property litigation, as well as financial restructuring and reorganization matters. She has been recognized as a “great advocate with a great courtroom presence” who “has racked up wins in a number of high‑profile matters.” (Chambers USA; The New York Law Journal)

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Lauren Mullin

Attorney

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