Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 1

International Arbitration

UK-wide

9 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Public International Law

UK-wide

3 Years Ranked

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Sophie Lamb KC is an internationally renowned leading counsel who provides strategic leadership and powerful advocacy on a range of multidisciplinary, reputational risk-management, and bet-the-company international arbitration and litigation matters.

A trusted advisor to boards of public companies, sovereign nations, private equity houses, and participants in the energy and technology sectors, she is consistently recognized among industry’s global elite for her work in some of the most significant and topical cases of the moment.

Sophie is a “go-to-advocate” who draws on an exceptionally diverse international case load and more than 25 years of international tribunal and trial experience including in the UK Supreme Court. Her experience extends across the full range of significant corporate and commercial arrangements, international investment law, public law, and climate litigation. Leveraging strong expertise in class action litigation targeting multinational groups, she is increasingly engaged on sensitive and strategic mandates which engage the ESG agenda, covering such issues as directors’ duties, reporting risks, climate change and public interest litigation, global supply chain integrity, human rights-related exposure, and OECD National Contact Point processes.

Sophie is a Bencher of Gray’s Inn and a Governor of the London Academy of Excellence, a school focused on eliminating educational disadvantage which has achieved particular success helping students from less-advantaged backgrounds win places at the best universities around the world. She has previously served as Global Co-Chair of Latham’s International Arbitration Practice and was the UK’s representative on the ICC Court of Arbitration until 2022.

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International Arbitration - UK-wide
1
Band 1

Sophie Lamb KC is a skilled arbitration practitioner with impressive experience acting for big-ticket oil and gas companies in disputes such as those brought against sovereign states. She is recognised for her expert handling of both commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.


Public International Law - UK-wide
3
Band 3

Sophie Lamb KC has notable expertise handling matters brought before ICSID, including BIT claims. She also has experience advising states, companies and investors on a wide range of complex PIL issues.

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