Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

International Dispute Resolution Group

Patrick Taylor is a partner in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton, and is part of the firm’s France Desk. He is Co-Chair of the firm’s Africa practice, focusing on commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with particular experience in the upstream oil & gas, energy, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications sectors.

Qualified in England & Wales and Ireland as a solicitor-advocate, Mr. Taylor has advised and represented clients in disputes throughout the world for more than 20 years.

Mr. Taylor is bilingual in English/French and fluent in Spanish.

Mr. Taylor was appointed a member of the Council of the Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration (MCIA) in September 2024, and as a Member of the LCIA Court in June 2024. Mr. Taylor is a member of the IBA Arbitration Subcommittee on Investor State Arbitration and past-member of the IBA Arbitration Subcommittee on Arbitration and Insolvency of the IBA Arb 40 Subcommittee.

Mr. Taylor graduated with an LL.B. honours law degree from Cambridge University in 2001 and was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 2005. He is bi-lingual English/French.