International Arbitration 2026

INTRODUCTION

Contributed by: Gary Born and Matteo Angelini, King & Spalding LLP

King & Spalding LLP offers one of the largest and most experienced international arbitration and dis - pute resolution practices. The international arbitra - tion team handles complex commercial, construction and investment treaty disputes across their full life cycle, from pre-dispute strategy through hearings, related court proceedings, enforcement and asset recovery. With experience in more than 140 coun - tries, King & Spalding represents a broad range of

clients across sectors and jurisdictions worldwide. The international arbitration team has been involved in more than 1,000 proceedings in recent years. Law - yers have successfully represented clients in a num - ber of the largest institutional arbitrations and several of the most significant ad hoc arbitrations to arise in the past decade. In addition to representing clients as counsel, many lawyers regularly sit as arbitrators in international arbitrations.

Contributing Editor

Co-Author

Gary Born is the co-chair of the International Arbitration group at King & Spalding. He has been ranked for more than 25 years as one of the world’s premier international arbitration advocates. He has led more than 750 arbitrations, including four of the largest ICC cases and several of the most significant ad hoc proceedings in recent years. He has also sat as arbitrator in more than 225 institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. Gary is widely regarded as the pre-eminent authority on international commercial arbitration and international litigation. He is the author of International Commercial Arbitration, the leading text in the field and an authoritative 5,000- page work that provides the most comprehensive available commentary on all aspects of the international commercial arbitration process.

Matteo Angelini is a counsel in the International Arbitration group at King & Spalding. Matteo Angelini is an English barrister with a global practice in the fields of international commercial arbitration, international

commercial litigation and international investment arbitration. He has represented clients in arbitrations under all major institutional rules and in both common law and civil law disputes, and is regularly instructed to represent clients in high-value complex commercial litigation in the English courts. He holds undergraduate and postgraduate degrees from the University of Oxford.

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