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Advocacy Legal Services
Effective advocacy before courts and tribunals is key to your prospects of succeeding in a dispute.
With our team of experienced advocates who regularly appear before courts and tribunals across a range of jurisdictions, you will have seamless access to quality advocacy.
Whether you require advocacy for litigation, arbitration or mediation, our advocates offer a cost and time-efficient one-team approach. Our international network of advocates located in key business hubs (including, London, Paris, Geneva, Dubai, and Hong Kong) uniquely positions us to represent you in complex cross-border disputes. Working as an integral part of our global disputes practice, our advocates possess the same in-depth understanding of your matter from the outset, resulting in quicker briefings and more effective case preparation.
Our in-house team offers a simplified fee structure, avoiding brief fees and refreshers. Whether that be on hourly rates or, where available, through an alternative fee arrangement utilising Feesible (our funding solution for clients) we can work with you to manage the cost and risk of a dispute.
Our advocacy law expertise
Our international advocacy team can assist with a range of hearings, including:
- Interim applications for freezing injunctions, disclosure, costs and other matters
- Case management hearings
- Arbitral proceedings through to and including final hearings and appeals
- Trial preparation and trial in conjunction with leading counsel
- Our advocates are also able to work with and support any specialist counsel that may be needed
Meet our advocacy lawyers
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Thomas R. Snider
Partner, Head of International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution
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Administrative and Public Law
We handle disputes across all areas of public and administrative law with experienced specialists to support you internationally.
Anti-Bribery & Corruption
Our expert team advises on the full range of bribery and anti-corruption matters both domestic and international.
Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency
Our team carries out the full range of contentious and non-contentious insolvency work.
Financial Crime
Assisting individuals and businesses subject to investigations and criminal proceedings.
Fraud & Asset Recovery
Our thoughtful and caring approach means you can be confident in our understanding and expertise in pursuing and defending complex and large scale civil fraud actions.
International Arbitration
Our strategically focused specialists will work alongside you through every aspect of any arbitration.
Investigations
We have brought together an international multi-disciplinary team of specialists who are experts in dealing with all types of investigations and regulatory issues.
Mediation
We have extensive experience acting for parties in mediation and resolving disputes globally through mediation across our locations.
Private Wealth Disputes
We provide tailored solutions for all varieties of domestic and international disputes for families and private wealth professionals.
Shareholder Disputes
We offer pragmatic, strategic and commercial advice on all aspects of partnership, company and shareholder law.
What's important to you is important to us. Let's talk
If you would like to speak to a member of our Dispute Resolution team or to find out more about how we work, please get in touch.
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