Our International Dispute Resolution group takes an integrated approach with our colleagues in other groups. This means that we become involved in potential disputes from the very earliest stage and we can assess risk, alone or with other professional advisers, enabling us to provide clients with early advice in confidence which can lead to the avoidance of costly litigation.

Our team includes partners and associates based in Europe, across Continental Europe, the Middle East, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and China. 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 including mediation; corporate governance advice and investigations. Our team is particularly known for its expertise in:

  • Aviation, defence & security disputes
  • Banking and Financial services litigation
  • Corporate and commercial disputes
  • Energy disputes
  • Life sciences related disputes
  • International commercial arbitration
  • Investment Treaty disputes
  • IT and Communications disputes
  • Media disputes

Bird & Bird's International Arbitration Group is a cross-border, integrated, multi-disciplinary team with an in-depth knowledge of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism and a comprehensive understanding of key industry sectors. The group has a truly international feel, operating throughout all of the major financial cities in the world. Bird & Bird’s International Arbitration Group has featured in The GAR 100 (which lists the top global arbitration practices) for the last number of years.

We have extensive experience of representing clients in arbitrations, including under the rules of the world's leading arbitral institutions (ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, CIETAC, ICSID, WIPO) and in ad hoc arbitrations (UNCITRAL).

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Peter Knight

Partner
UK

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Recent highlights of work

  • We are acting for the claimant in Property Alliance Group Ltd v Royal Bank of Scotland in its appeal to the Court of Appeal in what has been labelled a test case for interest rate swaps mis-selling and LIBOR manipulation claims.
  • We successfully advised Swedish company Prosolvia against PricewaterhouseCoopers in the largest damages claim ever in Europe for professional negligence.
  • Our dispute resolution team has successfully represented Första AP-Fonden a Swedish public entity that manages pension capital on behalf of the Swedish population, against the Bank of New York Mellon ("BNY Mellon"), in a major financial services dispute.

News & Events

  1. 1406-2019

    Singapore court: failure to call witness no reason to set aside arbitration award

    This arbitration analysis examines the Singapore High Court's decision in BVU v BVX that an arbitration award would not be set aside on the basis of public policy or fraud simply because the successful party had failed ...

  2. 1406-2019

    Singapore Court: setting aside a portion of an arbitral award (BAZ v BBA)

    This arbitration analysis examines the Singapore High Court’s decision in BAZ v BBA and the implications of having a portion of an international arbitration award set aside as being contrary to a country’s public policy ...

  3. 1306-2019

    Appeal by KBR Inc could threaten the extent of the SFO's international investigatory powers

    On 8 April 2019 the UK Supreme Court granted KBR Inc leave to appeal the decision to extend the extraterritorial scope of the UK Serious Fraud Office's ('SFO's') investigatory powers .

  1. 0111-2018

    Bird & Bird announce latest global promotions

    Bird & Bird are pleased to announce the promotion of three partners, as well as eight Senior Counsel/Counsel/Legal Directors from across our global offices.

  2. 2709-2018

    Bird & Bird appoints William Langran as Counsel in Swedish Dispute Resolution team

    International law firm Bird & Bird has appointed William Langran as Counsel in the Swedish Dispute Resolution team.

  3. 0609-2018

    Bird & Bird boosts international Dispute Resolution Group with the appointment of Jalal El Ahdab as partner in Paris

    Bird & Bird today boosts its international Dispute Resolution Group with the appointment of Jalal El Ahdab as partner in Paris.

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  1. 1207-2019

    Singapore Compliance & Investigations Conference 2019

    In recent years, there have been a growing number of multinational companies in emerging markets which suffer significant financial losses and reputational damage as a result of bribery, corruption, employee fraud and a lack of regulatory compliance

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