Jeffrey Sullivan KC

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Tel: +44 20 7786 9050

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London partner Jeff Sullivan KC is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group and Co-Chair of International Arbitration in Europe. Mr. Sullivan’s ... Read Full Biography

Publications

English Courts Split Over Anti-Suit Injunctions in Foreign-Seated Arbitrations
8 January 2024

Conway Blake
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Lord Goldsmith KC
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Jeffrey Sullivan KC
,
Patrick Taylor
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Shreya Aren
England & Wales Law Commission Publishes Final Reform Recommendations for Arbitration Act 1996
4 October 2023

Conway Blake
,
Tony Dymond
,
Lord Goldsmith KC
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Jeffrey Sullivan KC
,
Patrick Taylor
,
Mark McCloskey
Courts Grapple with State Immunity as Spain Resists Enforcement of Arbitral Awards
7 September 2023

Conway Blake
,
Samantha J. Rowe
,
Jeffrey Sullivan KC
,
Patrick Swain
,
Patrick Taylor
,
Shreya Aren
,
Julia Caldwell
,
Sara Ewad

Upcoming Events

Trends in the Enforcement of ICSID Awards: Is the UK Still a Hospitable Jurisdiction for the Enforcement of Investor-State Awards?
5 June 2024

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, JSHeld and 3VB

London International Disputes Week

London, UK

Speaker: Jeffrey Sullivan KC, Patrick Swain

Speaking Engagements

Recent Events

The Monetisation of Arbitral Awards: Market Trends and Risks
8 May 2024

Open de Arbitraje 2024

Madrid Arbitration Open

Madrid, Spain

Speaker: Jeffrey Sullivan KC

Speaking Engagements
Artificial Intelligence and Construction Arbitrations
21 March 2024

Global Arbitration Review

Paris, France

Speaker: Jeffrey Sullivan KC

Speaking Engagements
Enforcement of Intra-EU Arbitral Awards: Latest Developments from the UK, Australia, the US and the EU
17 November 2023

Arbitration Ireland

Dublin, Ireland

Speaker: Jeffrey Sullivan KC

Speaking Engagements
Common Law vs Civil Law on the Value of Advocacy in Today’s Arbitration Proceedings
4-6 October 2023

ICC United Kingdom

ICC Annual Arbitration & ADR Conference

Webcast

Speaker: Jeffrey Sullivan KC

Speaking Engagements

London partner Jeff Sullivan KC is a member of the International Dispute Resolution Group and Co-Chair of International Arbitration in Europe. Mr. Sullivan’s practice focusses on international arbitration and public international law. Mr. Sullivan is one of the market’s leading and most respected advocates, representing clients in commercial and investor-state arbitrations before all the major arbitral institutions. He also regularly sits as an arbitrator, and advises clients in all aspects of public international law.Mr. Sullivan has advised clients from a range of sectors and regions, but has a particularly deep practice focussed on disputes in the energy, extractive industries and infrastructure sectors.His experience includes disputes involving long-term supply agreements, concession agreements, production sharing and operating agreements, joint venture agreements, EPC and other construction agreements.Mr. Sullivan has also acted as counsel and lead advocate in more than 30 bilateral investment treaty and Energy Charter Treaty arbitrations, and has advised nation states in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East on the negotiation and drafting of trade and investment treaties.Recent experience includes a $4 billion ICC arbitration centred on a Middle Eastern infrastructure project; an UNCITRAL arbitration concerning a $750 million transport project dispute; acting for 25 investors in renewable energy projects in 10 separate ICSID and UNICTRAL arbitration claims against the Kingdom of Spain under the Energy Charter Treaty involving claims in excess of $2.5 billion; and two parallel LCIA arbitrations with the amount in dispute in excess of $2.2 billion.Mr. Sullivan is consistently noted as a leader in his field by the major legal directories. The Legal 500 UK names him in its Hall of Fame for International Arbitration, and he is also listed as a leading individual for Public International Law. Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and Chambers UK describe him as “superb all around” and “a strong advocate.” The guides have further noted that he is “a fantastic lawyer [who is] calm, smart and strategic. His ability to understand what the client needs is terrific.”Mr. Sullivan is also recognised as a Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal (2024).Mr. Sullivan is a Member of the ICC UK Arbitration & ADR Nominations Committee, a member of the Energy Charter Treaty Secretariat’s Legal Advisory Task Force, an Executive Board Member of the European Federation for Investment Law and Arbitration and an Executive Committee Member of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy.