Keystone Law
Lawyers
Nicole Smith
- Phone020 7152 6550
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.keystonelaw.com
Work Department
International arbitration and litigation.
Position
Nicole is an experienced practitioner in the field of international arbitration and all forms of alternative dispute resolution. Her recent cases include acting for a Russian pharmaceutical company on its claims against an English pharmaceutical company; acting for a Russian investor in a dispute over a property shareholding and acting for a Ukrainian oil bunkering company. She has previously acted for owners of a large Russian oil refinery and a European government defending enforcement proceedings in relation to a military sales dispute. She has appeared as advocate in numerous arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and before all leading institutions including the ICC and LCIA.
Career
Trained Simpson Grierson, qualified 1993; senior associate Clifford Chance, 1997-2006; Keystone Law, 2006.
Memberships
Recognised by Best Lawyers (UK) from 2018 – 2024 in the practice area of International Arbitration
Member of the IBA working group on a Model Statute on Climate Change Remedies
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK)
Fellow (Arb) of AMINZ