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About
Provided by Kyle Lawson
Practice Areas
Kyle Lawson’s practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and international commercial arbitration. Across Chambers & Partners UK and the Legal 500 Kyle is identified as a leading junior in the fields of (1) Commercial Dispute Resolution; (2) Banking and Finance; and (3) Professional Negligence. In addition, his practice also encompasses civil fraud, energy and natural resources and insurance and reinsurance.
A significant part of Kyle’s commercial disputes work also takes place in arbitration. Kyle has acted in numerous international arbitrations under a wide variety of institutional rules (including LCIA, ICC, LMAA, DIFC, UNCITRAL and the Swiss Rules of International Arbitration), as well as in ad hoc proceedings. In addition, Kyle is regularly instructed to act in court proceedings in support of arbitrations (whether seated in England or elsewhere), including applications for interim relief under s.44 of the 1996 Act (e.g. injunctive relief), seeking or resisting the enforcement of foreign or domestic awards under s.66 or the New York Convention, and challenging or defending arbitration awards under ss. 67, 68 and 69.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Kyle Lawson is a strong junior with experience of handling a broad array of matters for private, investment and retail banks. He acts for both claimants and defendants in cases involving loan disputes, swap mis-selling claims and conspiracy allegations.
Kyle has gained an impressive reputation as a go-to junior for civil fraud cases. He has been instructed on some of the biggest cases in recent years on behalf of claimants and defendants, and has experience of multi-jurisdictional commercial matters as well as multimillion-pound domestic frauds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is calm, measured and very sensible."
"Kyle is very bright and very commercially savvy. He does a good job."
"Charming and able."
"Kyle is a delight to work with. He distils huge amounts of information and is very sharp, thorough and strategic."
"Kyle offers fabulous written and oral advocacy. He is on your team and with you to get it done."
"Kyle is excellent. He has bags of common sense and a fierce intellect. He's very user-friendly and very helpful and responsive."
"He is calm, measured and very sensible."
"Kyle is very bright and very commercially savvy. He does a good job."
"Charming and able."
"Kyle is a delight to work with. He distils huge amounts of information and is very sharp, thorough and strategic."
"Kyle offers fabulous written and oral advocacy. He is on your team and with you to get it done."
"Kyle is excellent. He has bags of common sense and a fierce intellect. He's very user-friendly and very helpful and responsive."