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Philip Devenish dedicates his practice to resolving the most difficult, complex, and high-value international disputes. In recent years he has won billions of dollars for clients in cases around the world.

Philip has acted for and against commercial and State parties from more than 50 countries in some of the largest and most important cross-border disputes of the past decade, as ranked by The American Lawyer and Global Arbitration Review. These successes include a US$1.1 billion damages award against Russia over the expropriation of banking investments in Crimea.

He has managed arbitrations under every major institution (including the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC, SCC, DIAC, AAA, and ICSID) spanning all the leading global arbitration hubs (London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, Geneva, Zurich, The Hague, Stockholm, Dubai, New York, and Washington D.C.). He has also appeared before various trial and appellate courts in England, Australia, Dubai, and Europe, including the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and the European Court of Justice.

Senior Courts of England & Wales, High Court and Federal Courts of Australia, Supreme Court of New South Wales, Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, Abu Dhabi Global Markets (ADGM) Court

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2023); University of Oxford (Bachelor of Civil Law 2012; academic scholarship at Christ Church); University of Sydney (Master of Laws with high distinction 2011; first place in multiple subjects); Paris Arbitration Academy (2011); The Hague Academy of International Law (2007); University of Technology, Sydney (Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws with first class honors 2007)