I qualified in 1999 in Scotland and 2008 in England and Wales and have extensive court experience as well as a large amount of experience in arbitration, as counsel in both international and domestic arbitrations. I now act as a leading silk in both international and domestic arbitrations. In international cases I have have acted as counsel in a range of cases under various institutional rules.
I am a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, hold Chartered Arbitrator status, an Honorary Professor of International Arbitration and am a panel member of international arbitral institutions.
I have a comprehensive commercial practice, with a particular focus on complex commercial disputes, intellectual property, joint ventures and partnership as well as all kinds of contractual issues. I appear as Counsel at all levels of the senior courts as well as in the arbitrations.
I am a specialist in construction, engineering, and energy disputes (including oil/gas upstream claims), with a particular focus on projects involving complex factual, technical, and contractual disputes.
I am a member of the CIArb (Scottish Branch) Panel of Arbitrators, a member of the Asian International Arbitration Panel (AIAC), the Cairo Arbitration Panel (CRCICA), the WIPO Panel (Geneva), the Dubai International Arbitration Centre List (DIAC), Part II DIFC, the CIArb London President’s Panel and the Juris Roster of International Arbitrators.
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