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Founded in 2012, Signature Litigation has grown into one of London’s pre-eminent specialist dispute resolution practices. From the outset, we set out to do things differently: a conflict-free, disputes-only platform designed to give clients the undivided focus and strategic agility that complex, high-stakes matters demand.

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Gibraltar

Established in 2017, Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office was founded to address growing demand for specialist expertise in commercial litigation and private wealth disputes on the Rock.

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Paris

Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling commercial and corporate litigation, insurance and reinsurance, toxic tort and ESG, civil fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, administrative and public law.

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Frankfurt

Frankfurt has emerged as one of Europe's foremost financial and commercial centres and, increasingly, as a bridge between European and Asian markets. With that growth comes an increasing demand for sophisticated dispute resolution. Signature Litigation established its Frankfurt office to meet this need, bringing our conflict-free, disputes-only platform to the German market.

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Paris Court of Appeals (on 23 June 2020, RG No. 17/22943) and the UK Supreme Court (on 9 October 2020, [2020] UKSC 38)

28 December 2020

The law applicable to the arbitration agreement can be revealing of contrasting legal cultures: French Courts apply a substantive rule, while UK Courts use the “closest connection test”.

This was made clear almost simultaneously by the Paris Court of Appeals (on 23 June 2020, RG No. 17/22943) and the UK Supreme Court (on 9 October 2020, [2020] UKSC 38).