Dispute Resolution 

 
 

Our International Dispute Resolution Group provides a full complement of high-quality dispute resolution services from project management to "red in tooth and claw" litigation.

We have wide ranging experience and expertise across our key industry sectors and are skilled in all forms of dispute resolution including, litigation; arbitration; ADR; corporate governance advice and investigations. Our team is particularly known for its expertise in:

  • Art related disputes;
  • Aviation litigation;
  • Banking and Financial services litigation;
  • Corporate and commercial litigation;
  • Corporate fraud litigation (including bribery and corruption matters);
  • Cross border litigation;
  • Energy disputes;
  • Insurance & reinsurance litigation;
  • Intellectual property disputes;
  • International arbitration;
  • IT and Communications litigation;
  • Media disputes;
  • Real Estate & Construction litigation; and
  • Restructuring & insolvency litigation

We also offer general contract and risk management advice as well as strategic advice on the best forum in which to seek to resolve your dispute.

Being a truly integrated international team, we pride ourselves on being able to provide genuine local knowledge and understanding of a variety of systems of laws and procedures. Further, our creative risk management skills ensure that we are able to provide seamless cross-border advice and that we are able to assist our clients in achieving greater certainty in the cost-benefit analysis of cases.

Above all, we provide a business-orientated service tailored to meet our clients’ varying business objectives. Our approach is to be flexible, pragmatic and transparent in order to satisfy our clients' expectations on costs and timing as well as quality of advice.


Heads of Group: Jane Player & Vonnick Le Guillou

News & Updates

Press Releases

Steven Baker joins Bird & Bird

18-01-2012

We are delighted to announce the arrival of partner Steven Baker who joins the team in London. Steven will play a key role in developing Bird & Bird's International Dispute
Annet van Hooft joins Bird & Bird’s International Arbitration Group

08-09-2011

Bird & Bird is pleased to welcome Annet van Hooft as senior European counsel. Annet will be based in our Paris office and will be responsible for developing our arbitration

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September, 2011

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Software copyright questions referred to European Court of Justice

July, 2010

In SAS Institute Inc. v World Programming Ltd, delivered on 23 July 2010, English High Court judge Mr Justice Arnold has referred to the European Court of Justice half a
 
 
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