UK Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Tom Sprange KC, Shouvik Bhattacharya, Sadyant Sasiprabhu and Alice Konneh King & Spalding International LLP
King & Spalding International LLP is widely recog - nised as one of the world’s leading law firms in inter - national arbitration and litigation. The firm represents clients in commercial and investment arbitration, and in courts around the world in international litigation, such as motions to compel arbitration, anti-suit in - junctions and enforcement actions. The firm’s highly integrated international arbitration team of more than 120 lawyers works collaboratively across 18 offices worldwide, handling arbitral proceedings across in - dustry sectors involving projects and parties in more than 140 countries around the world. With advocacy
skills tested in the most complex of international dis - putes, King & Spalding is known for its unsurpassed written and oral advocacy, including four London- based King’s Counsel. In the international commer - cial arbitration field, the firm has represented clients in hundreds of commercial disputes under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions. In the investment arbitration field, King & Spalding has handled mat - ters brought under contracts and bilateral, regional and multilateral treaties, and has obtained some of the most significant awards in history.
Authors
Tom Sprange KC is a partner at King & Spalding, and provides advocacy and strategic advice in significant, high-value and complex disputes for corporations, sovereign states, financial institutions and individuals.
Shouvik Bhattacharya is counsel in King & Spalding’s International Disputes Group. He is a solicitor advocate with higher rights of audience (civil) in England and Wales and a qualified attorney in New York.
Tom has acted as counsel in more than 300 international arbitrations in the leading arbitration institutes, including the International Chamber of Commerce, London Court of International Arbitration, American Arbitration Association, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator. Tom has worked with clients in energy, mining, projects, construction, telecommunications, technology, financial services, real estate, pharmaceuticals, fashion and sports. He is highly ranked by Chambers.
Shouvik’s cases are sited in both common law and civil law jurisdictions, and he has broad familiarity with the various institutional and ad hoc rules. His work has appeared in, among other publications, the Yale Journal of International Law, the Journal of International Arbitration, and Global Energy Law and Sustainability. He has been recognised by leading legal directories as a future leader in arbitration.
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