At Mishcon de Reya, we do more than just securing your successful result from an arbitration award; we guide you through the entire journey of an arbitration. This holistic approach sets us apart, offering a full service for arbitrations, from winning or defending an arbitration and obtaining an award, to succeeding or defending an award if challenged in an English Court, to securing arbitration injunctions, tracing assets, and, most importantly, enforcing awards and securing final recovery. Our arbitration specialists work closely with one of the largest teams of international injunction specialists in the UK and Hong Kong, and our global International Fraud Group network, to ensure that your primary objective - to either recover funds or to protect funds - remain central to our strategy at every stage of the arbitration.
Our seasoned arbitration lawyers bring extensive experience across all major arbitral institutions, including ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, GAFTA, LMAA and others, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under UNCITRAL rules and investor-state arbitrations before ICSID.
Three core elements of our arbitration group:
- Specialist arbitration and disputes expertise: we handle high-value, complex international and domestic arbitration proceedings, ensuring you achieve a favourable arbitral award.
But the award is often only part of the journey; it is followed by:
- Post-arbitral award challenges: Our team is adept at navigating domestic courts to challenge awards or resist challenges, providing you with robust legal strategies. We are regularly instructed by clients for award challenges where other lawyers were involved in the arbitration proceedings to obtain the award.
- Award enforcement and asset recovery: We excel in enforcing awards and tracing assets, leveraging our recognised expertise to secure your entitlements.
We represent clients in international and domestic commercial and investment arbitrations seated all over the world. We have particular expertise in disputes in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America and Iberia, Russia and the CIS, the Middle East and the Caribbean. Our sector focus includes:
- Energy and Infrastructure: Our dedicated teams provide comprehensive support for all Energy and infrastructure matters.
- Technology and IT Projects: Our Technology lawyers expertly manage the lifecycle of large, complex projects, addressing technical and regulatory challenges.
- Construction: we have a specialist team of construction experts with knowledge of the sector, including delay and disruption arbitrations.
- Private Wealth Arbitrations: Our Private Commercial Litigation team offer premium services for high net worth individuals seeking confidential solutions.
Having acted in nearly 20 investment treaty arbitrations, particularly in the energy sector, our lawyers also advise on investment treaty rights and public international law.