Hilary Heilbron KC
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : International Arbitration: Arbitrators
Band 1
About
Provided by Hilary Heilbron KC
Practice Areas
Hilary Heilbron KC now focuses on sitting as an international arbitrator. She has been appointed as an arbitrator in over 130 arbitrations, many as Chair, with a range of different applicable laws, seats, institutional rules and subject matters, both ad hoc and under institutional rules and many involving billions of dollars. She brings to this role her prior extensive experience as counsel in commercial cases in which capacity she acted for a wide range of national and international clients, including appearing as leading counsel in the Supreme Court, the House of Lords and the Privy Council.
She is a former member of the ICCA-ASIL Task Force on Damages; the ICCA/IBA Joint Task Force on Data Protection in International Arbitration Proceedings; the LCIA Court; and the ICC UK Arbitration and ADR Committee and remains a member of the ICDR Working Group on Arbitration of Technology and Life Sciences. She speaks regularly to international audiences and writes on the subject. Past prestigious lectures include the keynote lecture at Fordham University School of Law, New York, the annual Clayton Utz lecture in Sydney, Australia, and the Annual Unidroit/University of Roma lecture. She is the author of "A Practical Guide to International Arbitration in London" as well as the biography of her mother "Rose QC": the Remarkable Story of Rose Heilbron: Trailblazer and Legal Icon".
https://www.brickcourt.co.uk/our-people/profile/hilary-heilbron-kc
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Hilary Heilbron KC of Brick Court Chambers is widely considered to be a heavyweight in international arbitration who has expertise in cases concerning the energy, banking, telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. She has been appointed under the rules of the ICC, the LCIA, the LMAA and SIAC, and has considerable experience acting as an ad hoc and emergency arbitrator. She also accepts appointments as sole arbitrator, party-appointed arbitrator and chair of the tribunal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hilary Heilbron is a very capable arbitrator, both as chair and as co-arbitrator. She's very engaged in the process and prepared to roll up her sleeves."
"Hilary is very pleasant to work with and experienced. She knows what she's doing but she's still very willing to listen."
"Hilary Heilbron is a very capable arbitrator, both as chair and as co-arbitrator. She's very engaged in the process and prepared to roll up her sleeves."
"Hilary is very pleasant to work with and experienced. She knows what she's doing but she's still very willing to listen."