Louis Flannery KC

Louis is a world renowned practitioner in this field, both as practitioner and as co-author of the leading commentary on the English Arbitration Act (work on the 7^th edition is currently in progress). He acts as leading counsel, and regularly sits as arbitrator. He also has significant experience as a document examiner (Privilege Master) and as an expert in English arbitration law (having testified or given evidence for several foreign courts).

Louis was leading counsel for the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in the Supreme Court in Halliburton v Chubb (2020). Merkin & Flannery was also cited by both the majority and minority of the Supreme Court in Enka v Chubb (2021).

Featured cases include:

Halliburton v Chubb; Enka v Chubb; Diag Human SE v Czech Republic

Louis has been involved in some of the biggest commercial litigation disputes over the past 15 years, including the Fiona Trust litigation, the BTA v Ablyazov litigation (having acted for Mukhtar Ablyazov), as well as in relation to the Antipinsky case (successfully defending a claim against Petraco brought by VTB Bank in 2018).

Featured cases include:

Louis has been instructed in cases involving Austria, Belgium, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Côte D’Ivoire, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dubai, Estonia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Nigeria, Montenegro, Oman, PRC, Republic of North Macedonia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and USA.