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International arbitration

Slaughter and May

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Slaughter and May has 'one of the most experienced and intelligent arbitration teams in London'. The practice has extensive experience in large-scale arbitrations under all the major institutional rules. It also acts in arbitration-related court proceedings in the English and overseas courts. James Stacey focuses on international commercial arbitrations; Damian Taylor 'fights an incredible fight'; Efstathios Michael acts in energy sector disputes; and Jonathan Clark routinely acts in substantial arbitrations. The next line of key practitioners features Peter Wickham, who is 'making a huge name for himself'; and recently-promoted commercial dispute resolution partner Megan Sandler.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘One of the most experienced and intelligent arbitration teams in London. Understated and with exceptional-quality associates, who are standouts in their fields.’

  • 'Damian Taylor - a partner who clients love, and who fights an incredible fight. Someone clients want in their corner.’

  • 'James Stacey - to his clients and team, he is a hardworking gentleman, while to his opponents he is equally smooth, but disarmingly effective.'

  • 'James Stacey has superb strategic vision and client management skills.'

  • 'Efstathios Michael is the best in the business, and Megan Sandler is a new partner and total superstar’.

  • ‘Peter Wickham - a new partner who is making a huge name for himself. Winning cases left, right and centre. He is switched on, commercial and personable.'

  • ‘Absolute stellar team and practice - for the highest value/most intellectually demanding arbitration, Slaughters is at the very top of the tree.’

  • ‘Remarkable quality from top to bottom.'

Lawyers

Leading individuals

James Stacey

Slaughter and May

Partner; James is a partner in the Disputes and Investigations Group, and is co-head of our International Arbitration Group. James has a broad ranging international disputes and investigations practice.  He has a particular focus on international commercial arbitration and has advised extensively on corporate, company, M&A and infrastructure arbitrations under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL. James also advises clients in relation to significant, cross-border and domestic litigation, and has advised on many contentious tax disputes, frequently with an international element.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

James Stacey, Damian Taylor

Other key lawyers

Efstathios Michael, Jonathan Clark, Peter Wickham, Megan Sandler, Smriti Sriram

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