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Stuart Isaacs KC
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Position
Recognised as a leader at the Bar in all of his areas of practice, Stuart Isaacs KC is conspicuous for his exceptional legal and technical knowledge and abilities. Noted in legal directories as having a practice of international standing, he is also commended for his ‘tactical head’ and as being a ‘strong litigator’ and ‘superb tactician’ who ‘gets results that others only dream of’. He is ‘highly rated’ by Legal 500.
Stuart has an established reputation as a barrister specialising in international commercial arbitration and litigation, with a particular focus on London and Asia. He was the first London KC to be authorised to practise as a foreign lawyer in Singapore. Stuart advises and represents clients in court and arbitration proceedings worldwide. He sits regularly as an arbitrator and is a Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
With an almost exclusively international focus, his practice covers the range of heavy commercial disputes. Stuart is highly experienced in international commercial arbitration and investment treaty arbitration, both as counsel acting for the parties and as a much in-demand arbitrator.
Stuart has also given expert evidence on English commercial law issues in courts and arbitration tribunals in a number of overseas jurisdictions. These have included courts and tribunals in New York, Singapore, Italy and Israel, in the form of both written opinions and oral evidence.
Career
Call: 1975 KC: 1991 Bencher, Lincoln’s Inn: 1999 Deputy High Court Judge: 2004
Memberships
Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
New York Bar
Admitted to the Bar in several Caribbean jurisdictions
Former member of the Bar Council International Relations Committee
Former member of the British Council Law Advisory Committee
Fellow of the Australian Centre for International Commercial Arbitration (ACICA)
Fellow of the Singapore Institute of Arbitrators
A Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators
Education
MA (Hons) Law Double First Class, Downing College, Cambridge
Masters’ degree in European Law, Grande Distinction, Free University of Brussels