Biography
Aside my current role as Managing partner at Mitchell Simmonds, I am a commercial dispute resolution lawyer, as well as an international arbitrator and mediator, and the focus of my practice is on international arbitration and commercial litigation. Although I am primarily based in London, some of the cases I routinely deal with relate to disputes and projects that are although located abroad and Africa in particular, but are frequently governed by English law and/jurisdiction and/ or the arbitration is seated in London. I have extensive experience advising clients on disputes emanating out of projects located in Africa, which typically arise from diversified sectors: oil and gas/energy, power and electricity (generation and distribution), construction/ infrastructure and engineering, maritime and shipping/international carriage of goods, international trade and foreign investment claims, but to name a few. I have represented successful clients in ICC, LCIA alongside other ad hoc arbitration proceedings, including a recent successful enforcement of an ICC arbitral award against a sovereign African state. I have routinely come against much larger team of lawyers and, I am therefore familiar with handling and running cases against big law firms, including recently recording some important landmark outcomes in cases where our opponents were represented by some of London's large international law firms. No matter the complexity and/or value of the dispute, I am able to devise the right strategic approach that can deliver a desirable outcome.
