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Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP Offices
1 WOOD STREET
CHEAPSIDE
LONDON
EC2V 7WS
England
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Neil Newing
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Neil specialises in international arbitration, including LCIA, ICC, CIETAC, ad hoc arbitration proceedings under the Arbitration Act 1996, ancillary or enforcement proceedings before the English Courts including obtaining freezing injunctions, and cases concerning State entities and State immunity. Neil also has experience of non-contentious Public International Law issues including international sanctions and international law obligations of States and State entities.
Neil is co-author of “International Arbitration: A Practical Guide” published by Globe Law and Business, and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, the ICC Young Arbitrators Forum and the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group.
Neil also specialises in contentious intellectual property and media disputes, particularly in the music business, including contractual disputes, royalty audits and infringement of copyright and performer's rights.
Recent experience includes:
- acting for a Japanese trading house in an LCIA arbitration concerning emission credits;
- acting for a Middle East drilling contractor in a SIAC arbitration concerning the hiring of rigs in Iranian waters;
- acting in an LCIA arbitration worth over USD 200 million concerning the ownership of property in Moscow;
- acting for a collection company in an IFTA arbitration concerning royalties owing from the distribution of a film in Spain;
- acting for a major international hotel brand in ICC arbitration proceedings concerning the premature termination of franchise agreements by franchisees;
- acting for Apple Corps Limited and The Beatles in disputes with EMI Records Limited over non-payment of royalties;
- acting for an English distributor of Chinese goods in a CIETAC arbitration against the supplier for non-delivery of goods;
- acting for a Romanian ex-distributor of a major multinational company in a multi-million pound LCIA arbitration for lost profits resulting from the termination of the distribution contract.
Position
Legal Director
Languages
English, French (fluent), German (proficient), Spanish (working knowledge)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Health and safety
- Public sector > Infrastructure (parliamentary)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Investment fund formation and management > Hedge funds
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > International business reorganisations
- Public sector > Local government
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Industry focus > TMT
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital