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Gareth Mills

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Gareth advises on commercial dispute resolution, regulatory and competition matters, international arbitrations and corporate restructuring with a particular focus on the Sports, Financial Services and TMT sectors.

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About

Gareth has an international practice having spent over 10 years working in our Middle East offices and has been consistently ranked in Global directories for his arbitration and disputes work. Gareth now shares his time between the UK and the GCC and continues to support clients in complex, high-value cases across a wide range of sectors.

Gareth has especial experience in international arbitrations having represented clients in DIAC, BCDR, LCIA, UNICTRAL and ICC Arbitral proceedings across a range of jurisdictions.

Gareth also advises TMT clients in relation to regulatory compliance acting for operators, regulators and technology companies across the GCC (and wider).

Gareth is admitted to practise in England and Wales.



Experience

  • Advising Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited on a successful USD$ 30 million+ against a former sponsor.
  • Acting for a Qatari Telecommunications company in a $680 million arbitration brought by a Saudi conglomerate resulting in the claim being dismissed and the entirety of the client's costs being paid by the Claimant.
  • Acting for the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority of Bahrain in relation to the structural separation of the Bahrain Telecommunications Company BSC(c): the first project of its kind in the GCC.
  • Acting on the Awal Bank Administration which involves over 75 different claims in over 7 different jurisdictions.

Recognition

  • gareth-mills-chambers-2026-UK
  • UK_Legal_500_Leading_partner_2026
  • uk-leading-individual-2024
  • chambers_global_top ranked 2022
  • Oath - Bahrain-  profile
  • Oath - Qatar -  profile
  • emea-top-tier-firms-2021

Our thinking

  • Data Centre Arbitration in the Middle East: Navigating Disputes Amid Security Challenges

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

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  • LCIA Announces Consultation on Revising Arbitration Rules

    Gareth Mills

    Quick Reads

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  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises Qareeb Data Centres on strategic partnership to deliver Bahrain’s first edge data centre

    Reem Al Mahroos

    News

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  • Advocacy: Lessons from The Mandela Brief for International Arbitration Today

    Jue Jun Lu

    Events

  • AI and Dispute Resolution: Managing Legal Risk in an Evolving Landscape

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

    min read
  • Disputes Over Donuts: A Conversation with Kevin Nash, Director General of the LCIA

    Thomas R. Snider

    Podcasts

  • Gulf Business quotes Gareth Mills on Bahrain and Qatar’s diverging paths on data sovereignty and what businesses need to know

    Gareth Mills

    In The Press

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  • Behind the Curtain: Enforcing Contracts as an Undisclosed Principal in English Law

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

    min read
  • How Far Does Confidentiality Extend in English Arbitration?

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

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  • London International Disputes Week: Navigating International M&A Disputes: Insights and Strategies for 2025

    Stephen Burns

    Events

  • Computing quotes Gareth Mills on a major antitrust case involving Google

    Gareth Mills

    In The Press

    min read
  • From Algorithms to Awards: CIArb's New Guidelines on AI for Arbitration

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

    min read
  • Passage of the English Arbitration Act 2025 into Law

    Thomas R. Snider

    Insights

    min read
  • Winding-Up Applications and Arbitral Clauses – The English and Hong Kong Courts Diverge

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

    min read
  • Charles Russell Speechlys advises the University of Strathclyde on the incorporation and establishment of its Bahrain Campus

    Gareth Mills

    News

    min read
  • Charles Russell Speechlys hosts its second International Arbitration Conference in London

    Gareth Mills

    Quick Reads

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  • AP News and over 170 US outlets quote Gareth Mills on the Google EU monopoly ruling

    Gareth Mills

    In The Press

    min read
  • BBC News quotes Gareth Mills on the Google monopoly ruling

    Gareth Mills

    In The Press

    min read
  • Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation): Overruling Salford Estates and the potential effect on future jurisprudence in the DIFC and the ADGM Courts

    Gareth Mills

    Insights

    min read
  • Forbes quotes Gareth Mills on the US government’s antitrust lawsuit against Apple

    Gareth Mills

    In The Press

    min read
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