International Arbitration

Partner, global co-head of the international arbitration group and co-head of our Latin America group

Nigel is global co-head of Freshfields’ International Arbitration Group and co-head of the Latin America Group.  Cited by clients as an “undisputed leader in his field”, Nigel is a civil and common law trained lawyer who has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 100 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, both commercial and investor-state in English, Spanish and French with a focus on natural resources and Latin America.

Nigel is recognized by Who’s Who Legal (2021) as one of the thought-leaders in the field of international arbitration. He is an editor of Arbitration International and a member of the LCIA Latin America Users’ Committee, a member of the Court of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, a member of the international committee of the Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid (CIAM) and a former president of the IBA Subcommittee on Investment Arbitration.  He is co-author of Redfern and Hunter on International Arbitration (6th edition, Oxford, 2015), Guide to ICSID Arbitration (2nd edition, Kluwer, 2010) and International Arbitration in Latin America (Kluwer, 2003).  Nigel also serves as an adjunct professor of investment treaty arbitration at American University in Washington DC. 

Nigel speaks English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and has law degrees from the University of Exeter (UK) and the Université d’Aix-Marseille III (France).

English, French, Spanish, Portuguese