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I am a Partner in Reed Smith’s Global Commercial Disputes Group, having trained and qualified at Reed Smith.My core areas of practice are International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Financial Services Litigation, Professional Negligence disputes (particularly in the fields of construction & engineering and financial services) and IP, Media and Technology Litigation.I am a recommended individual for both International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation in Legal 500 2020 and was recommended for Professional Negligence disputes in Legal 500 2017, 2018 and 2019. I am the author of a chapter – “Delivering justice or resolving the dispute?” - in Carlos González-Bueno’s book “40 Under 40 in International Arbitration 2018”.My experience in arbitration and litigation spans a number of industry areas, including Banking & Financial Services, Investment and Hedge Funds, Construction & Engineering, Life Sciences, Aviation, Aerospace & Defence, Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Commodities and Real Estate.In addition to England & Wales, geographically, my experience has included working with clients in and/or on matters involving a number of jurisdictions, including: New York, California and Texas in the USA, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, the Cayman Islands, the BVI, the Bahamas, Guernsey, Brazil, Peru, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Moldova, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Liberia, Mauritius and Tanzania,I have significant experience of acting in LCIA, ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, AAA and LMAA Arbitrations and acting in proceedings in the English Court of Appeal and the English High Court (particularly the Commercial Court, Queen's Bench Division, Chancery Division, Technology and Construction Court, Companies Court and SCCO).During my training with Reed Smith, I worked in the Financial Industry Group, Shipping, the Global Commercial Disputes Group and Energy, Trade & Commodities.Since qualifying, I have also spent time on secondment to the litigation department at Barclays Capital, where I worked on a variety of International Arbitration, High Court and regulatory matters and to Reed Smith’s New York office, working on international arbitration and banking litigation matters.

Listed skills include International Arbitration, Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Legal Writing, and 7 others.