Ghislaine Lawless

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.

Ashurst LLP, London

• Associate, 2015–2019
• Trainee Solicitor, 2013–2015