RPC‘s ’incredibly strong international arbitration department' comprises experts in energy, insurance, international trade and banking disputes, as well as investment arbitrations and large-scale enforcement proceedings. Shai Wade is ‘a superb arbitration lawyer’, while Jonathan Wood is a veteran international arbitration expert. The next line of key practitioners features investor-state arbitration practice head Tatiana Minaeva, who is ’destined for great things’, as well as Kirtan Prasad, Fred Kuchlin, Adam Forster and Anna Riquetti. Paul Baker left the firm in 2023.
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Testimonials
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‘RPC’s incredibly strong international arbitration department can go toe-to-toe with some of the world's best.’
‘This highly regarded team punches above its weight, both in terms of the calibre of instructions and quality of opponents regularly faced in court and in arbitration.’
‘Very well-organised litigation teams, delivering efficiency and quality of service. Highly-skilled lawyers, balancing expertise with general understanding.’
‘Shai Wade is a superstar! A brilliant lawyer with exceptional knowledge and understanding of international arbitration in various industries.’
‘Shai Wade is a superb arbitration lawyer. He is extremely bright, very experienced and dedicated. He thinks very strategically and analytically. He has excellent writing and oral advocacy skills.’
‘Tatiana Minaeva - unique experience of Russian language/business culture combined with being a great lawyer. Destined for great things.‘
‘Kirtan Prasad is very user friendly - one to watch for the future. ’
‘Adam Forster, is one of the best senior associates around. Extraordinarily bright and incredible attention to detail.’
Key clients
- Kout Food Group
- OMV Gas Marketing and Trading
- Hua She Asset Management (Shanghai)
Work highlights
- Representing Kout Food Group in a dispute over the alleged ongoing use of the brand of a restaurant operating in the Middle East.
- Acting for a number of AT1 bondholders who were impacted by the emergency takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS that was announced in March 2023, the matter involving claims against Switzerland for breaches of its international treaty obligations to foreign investors.
- Acting for Hua She Asset Management (Shanghai) in the enforcement in England of an arbitral award made by the Shanghai International Economic and Trade Commission (SHIAC) in October 2020.
Lawyers
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Leading associates
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Practice head
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Shai Wade, Jonathan Wood