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Jonathan Wood has deep rooted experience supporting clients in a wide number of jurisdictions in arbitration proceedings and cross border litigation. He Chairs RPC's International Arbitration practice. Jonathan specialises in international arbitration and dispute resolution relating to international trade (including Bilateral Investment Treaty claims), joint venture and shareholder disputes, project and energy claims, credit and political risk insurance, reinsurance, cultural property and specie, banking and trade finance, fraud and asset tracing, public and private international law. He has handled numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitrations as counsel, and related court proceedings, and has sat as arbitrator in many cases. Jonathan is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He is also former Chairman of the International Bar Association's International Sales Committee and is currently a member of the advisory board of the European Regional Forum. Jonathan has been an adviser and litigation counsel to the British Government's Export Credits Guarantee Department ( UKEF) for over 25 years.

Associate. Kirtan is a commercial disputes lawyer with a focus on international arbitration. Kirtan is an experienced commercial and financial disputes lawyer, who specialises in international arbitration and multi-jurisdictional disputes. She has been recognised as a Future Leader in Arbitration by Who's Who Legal for four years running: 2018 – 2021. She is also noted in The Legal 500. Kirtan has acted for sovereigns, financial institutions, hedge funds, energy companies, car manufacturers and hotel operators. She has experience of commercial litigation and a range of arbitral rules, including the LCIA, ICC, SIAC, SCMA, DIAC and ICSID Rules. Her work has spanned both civil and common law jurisdictions, such as Japan, India, England, Indonesia, the UAE and the Netherlands. She has a particular interest in disputes with an Asian dimension. Before joining RPC, Kirtan worked at the Singapore and London offices of an international law firm. She is qualified to practice in Singapore, New York State and England & Wales.

Shai Wade is a Partner and Head of International Arbitration at RPC. Shai advises on international arbitration, serving both as counsel and arbitrator in complex and large-scale disputes. Shai is an international arbitration lawyer with a particularly strong expertise in cases arising from the upstream oil and gas and energy sectors as well as in joint-venture, shareholder and partnership disputes and cases involving IT, telecoms, construction, infrastructure, mining and international sale of goods disputes. He is the co-author of a leading textbook on LCIA arbitration and serves as counsel and arbitrator under rules of the major arbitration institutions, including the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID and others. Shai has represented clients from every continent around the world in disputes concerning a variety of national laws. He is an expert in international investment law regularly advising clients on their rights under international treaties.