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Louise Woods

Work Department

International Dispute Resolution & Arbitration

Position

Partner

Career

Louise is a partner in the London office and a member of the firm’s International Dispute Resolution practice group. Louise’s practice focuses on international arbitration, particularly investor-state disputes, commercial litigation and arbitration, and public international law. Her experience includes arbitration under all the major institutional arbitration rules (ICC, SCC, LCIA, LMAA, ICSID, PCA and HKIAC) as well as ad hoc arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules. Louise is admitted in England as a Solicitor Advocate.

Louise acts for clients across a wide range of industry sectors, including banking and financial services, construction, and the real estate development and energy sectors, and has experience in shareholder disputes and professional negligence claims. Louise also spent six months at a leading global automotive finance company, where she worked as in-house counsel.

Languages

French (fluent), Spanish (conversational)

Education

University College London, B.A., Hons English, 2003City University, London, GDL, 2005BPP Professional Education, London, LPC, 2006Admitted to practice: Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (Higher Rights of Audience: 2016)

Mentions

Dispute resolution • London

International arbitration

Latin America: International firms

International arbitration