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Nicole Smith

Nicole Smith

Keystone Law, London

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