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3PB
In-Person | 25 September 2024
6:00pm - 9:00pm at Kingsley Napley, 20 Bonhill Street, London, EC2A 4DN
Three Sessions Followed by Canapes & Drinks
David Parratt KC (Scot) is a busy barrister, advocate and arbitrator. David has extensive court experience and regularly negotiates settlements in multi-million pounds claims. He is often involved in complex international commercial disputes.
David’s practice covers his key experience and interests in arbitration, construction & engineering claims, energy disputes (including oil/gas upstream claims), general commercial litigation and commercial contracts.
He is a practising barrister in England & Wales and was called in 2009 (Lincoln’s Inn). He is an non-practising member of the Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Bar), having practiced from 1999 to 2020 - taking Silk in Scotland in 2017. He is also a non-practising member of the Northern Irish Bar, calling in 2016.
Patrick Heneghan joined 3PB in April 2022, having previously been a dispute resolution partner in the London office of Skadden Arps, one of the world’s leading US international law firms, specialising in international arbitration, commercial litigation and other dispute resolution procedures.
Patrick has extensive experience acting as counsel in complex private commercial arbitration disputes as well as in investment treaty proceedings. Patrick has represented clients in a wide variety of different seats (including London, Hong Kong, Paris, Geneva, Stockholm and Johannesburg) and under all the major institutional and other rules (including ICC, LCIA, AAA/ICDR, SCC, HKIAC, UNCITRAL and ICSID). These disputes cover a broad range of commercial matters including shareholder agreements, minority shareholder rights, breaches of director’s duties, insurance, aviation, shipping, oil and gas, electricity generation and transmission, telecommunications, mining, finance and pharmaceuticals. Patrick also has considerable experience of engineering and construction disputes, particularly in the energy field.
James is an experienced solicitor-advocate specialising in international commercial arbitration and commercial litigation, and leads our International Arbitration practice.
He represents clients from a broad range of jurisdictions in Court proceedings and in arbitrations administered by all of the major institutions. His cases principally concern the global energy and infrastructure industries, with this practice supplemented by extensive experience of arbitrations in both the construction and banking & finance sectors.
James also sits as an arbitrator. To date he has acted in this capacity in four separate arbitrations (one as sole arbitrator, one as chair, and two as co-arbitrator) – each administered by the Dubai International Arbitration Centre.
Prior to joining Kingsley Napley in 2024, James was a Partner at CANDEY, having trained and practiced at two leading U.S. firms, Dechert and Akin Gump, in London and Dubai. He also undertook a secondment at the Royal Courts of Justice where he was a judicial assistant to Lord Justice Vos MR, the Master of the Rolls and Head of English Civil Justice and Proudman J.
Aside from representative matters, James regularly contributes thought-leadership articles related to international arbitration, most recently concerning the ‘Settlement Deficit in Arbitration’ and the latest version of the LCIA Rules (both published in the Global Arbitration Review).
Simon Jelf is a practising barrister, recognised as a leading authority in the law relating to partnerships and LLPs. He is ranked highly in all of the leading directories for his work in the area over a near 30-year career at the bar. Since 2000 he has worked as a Trainer with Bond Solon, delivering Witness Familiarisation and Report Writing training for countless expert witnesses ahead of international arbitrations and High Court Litigation.
Bond Solon is the UK’s leading Witness Familiarisation provider. Since their inception in 1992 they have helped hundreds of thousands of witnesses navigate the difficulties of giving evidence. Bond Solon is also the UK’s premier support partner for expert witnesses, providing a range of relevant information, high quality training, recognised university certificates, tools, resources and networking opportunities.
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