Arbitration Guide

Arbitration Experience, Expertise and International Reach

Arbitration Arbitration is an increasingly popular alternative to traditional litigation.

We offer arbitration as a form of private dispute resolution, where the parties appoint an arbitrator, or a panel of arbitrators to determine their disputes.

Awards are binding and unlike court judgments are enforceable in 168 different states.

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Why use Arbitration?

At Laytons, we pride ourselves on delivering the highest level of arbitration services and finding the most effective means of achieving a favourable outcome.

Our experienced arbitration lawyers have specialised knowledge to handle complex cases, ensuring informed decisions that align with industry standards.

Some of the advantages of arbitration over court proceedings are:  The ability to choose a neutral jurisdiction  The ability to appoint suitably qualified and experienced arbitrators  Confidentiality  Often quicker than using courts  Limited options for appeal  Enforcement. Under the New York Convention 1958 means that an arbitral award may be enforced in any of the 168 signatory states.

Arbitration is generally used in commercial and investment disputes, particularly where the parties are in different countries. With our extensive experience, we have successfully represented clients from many different countries in a wide range of sectors including contractual disputes, distributorship agreements, shipping and freight forwarding, commodities engineering, construction, mining and investments.

We put together the most suitable team for your case, based on the nature of the case, the jurisdiction, and our lawyers’ skills and past experience.

We routinely accept instructions under the rules of the main arbitral institutions worldwide such as ICC, LCIA, SIAC, and others, as well as acting in ad hoc arbitrations. We do so in many different jurisdictions.

Using technology, we aim to deliver our services as cost-effectively and with as little environmental impact as possible1.

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Our Expertise: With our extensive experience, we have successfully represented clients in a wide range of sectors including contractual disputes, distributorship agreements, shipping and freight forwarding, commodities engineering, construction, mining and investments in many different countries.

We routinely accept instructions under the rules of the main arbitral institutions Worldwide such as ICC, LCIA, SIAC and others as well as ad hoc arbitrations, in many different jurisdictions.

Feel free to contact the members of our Arbitration Team, who would be pleased to have a preliminary discussion with you.

Key Contacts: John Abbott

Partner | Disputes john.abott@laytons.com +44 (0)20 7842 8000

Geraint Thomas

Partner | Disputes geraint.thomas@laytons.com +44 (0)20 7842 8000

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Meet the team:

John Abbott FCIArb, Partner (Arbitrator and Arbitration Counsel) john.abbott@laytons.com

John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has over 35 years of experience of arbitrations. John accepts appointments as an arbitrator as well as accepting instructions to represent clients in arbitral proceedings. Most of John’s cases involve high value and complex disputes, with parties in diverse jurisdictions, for example, Jordan, Egypt, UEA, Qatar, Poland, Taiwan, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand, and USA.

Geraint Thomas, Partner (Arbitration Counsel) geraint.thomas@laytons.com

Geraint is the Head of our Disputes team. He is a seasoned arbitration lawyer and litigator and has a wealth of experience across many types of business dispute. He is an accredited mediator, who has successfully used alternative dispute resolution techniques in many of his cases.

Geraint has been described by the Legal 500 as, “hugely knowledgeable and experienced”, and was The Times’ Lawyer of the Week in January 2022.

Rebekah Parker, Partner (Arbitration Counsel) rebekah.parker@laytons.com

Rebekah is a Solicitor-Advocate and an experienced litigator and arbitration lawyer. Rebekah’s cases are often multi-jurisdictional in nature and involve significant financial issues. She has convened legal teams from different countries to devise strategies for our clients, in both litigation and arbitration, that are multidimensional and take account of real-world pressures and opportunities.

Ben Thorogood, Partner (Arbitration Counsel) ben.thorogood@laytons.com

Ben is a specialist commercial litigator and arbitration counsel, with considerable experience representing and achieving favourable outcomes for clients in arbitral disputes, covering a wide range of industries (for example, construction, technology, steel, oil and gas, and biocidal products) and involving claims varying from breach of contract to fraudulent misrepresentation and deceit.

Beata Baruch, Solicitor (Arbitration Counsel) beata.baruch@laytons.com

Beata is a solicitor in Laytons’ dispute resolution team, who has previously worked as a lawyer in Poland (where she qualified as a Polish solicitor (Radca Prawny) and Jersey as well as in England.

Beata is an international lawyer with experience in a wide range of commercial disputes, including contractual disputes, complex property development proceedings, shareholder disputes, unfair prejudice petition, disputes with casino operators and debt recovery.

She works together with her clients to help them to resolve their disputes, whether through court proceedings, arbitration, mediation or negotiated settlement.

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