Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

International Arbitration

Craig is Head of our International Arbitration group in London and Head of Energy, UK.

Craig leads our international arbitration group in London. He also has extensive experience in litigation, expert determination and mediation with a particular focus on disputes in the energy, leisure, construction, engineering, defence and telecommunications industries. His practice comprises multi-jurisdictional work subject to a wide range of governing laws.

Craig has acted in arbitrations as counsel, advocate and arbitrator in ad hoc proceedings and before all of the major arbitral institutions, including, in particular the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). He has also acted in complex litigation cases before the English High Court (including the Queen’s Bench, the Commercial Court, and the Technology and Construction Court) and the Court of Appeal.

His broader contribution to the arbitral community includes appointments to the ICC UK National Committee for Arbitration, to the ICC Commission upon the nomination of the ICC UK National Committee, and to the Advisory Committee of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), and Deputy Chairman at the Advisory Committee to the Oman Arbitration Centre (OAC). He lectures at the University of London on energy law and arbitration, and is regularly published on arbitration, energy disputes and private international law.

Fluent in Arabic and French, Craig is frequently instructed in disputes arising from investments, projects and transactions in Africa and the Middle East.

Craig is regularly published on issues relating to private international law, arbitration and energy disputes. He has also been appointed in expert determination proceedings as an expert in English law.

English, French, Arabic

Fluent in Arabic and French, Craig has lived and studied in the Middle East and has a degree in Arabic (First Class Honours).