Ghislaine Lawless is an associate in Kirkland & Ellis International LLP’s International Arbitration and Litigation Practice Group in London.
Experience
Representative Matters
Prior to joining Kirkland, Ghislaine worked on the following matters:
Acted for a respondent in an ad hoc $5 billion arbitration under Nigerian law (Nigerian seat), relating to the oil and gas sector.
Acted for the claimant in an ad hoc domestic arbitration for a UK household name plc in a dispute over the termination of a c.£90 million contract with a joint venture partner. She also acted on the subsequent (rare) High Court appeal under s.69 Arbitration Act 1996 and on other, related litigation.
Acted for the claimant in a $300 million arbitration under Zambian law (English seat), relating to the mining sector.
Acted for a respondent in a $4.7 billion multi-party LCIA arbitration (London seat) arising out of a joint venture in the resources sector.
Acted for the administrators of a FTSE 250 consumer finance company and its subsidiary in a long-running $1.6 billion professional negligence claim against the companies’ auditors.
Acted for a defendant in a shareholder dispute in Hong Kong in relation to the ownership of parent entities of an international airline.
Acted for a claimant in a HKIAC arbitration (Hong Kong seat) for a Chinese client in the property development industry.
Acted in the internal investigation of an European bank in relation to potential financial regulatory issues.
