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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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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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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 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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Specialist International Arbitrator Neil Newing Joins Signature Litigation

2 February 2018

Neil has over 15 years’ experience in international commercial arbitration, and represents clients across a wide range of sectors. He has particular expertise in the energy sector and oil and gas disputes, and has acted in matters involving: exploration and production, joint ventures, oilfield services, pipeline transportation, product distribution, advising on available protections under relevant investments treaties and disputes concerning carbon emissions. Neil also has considerable experience in corporate disputes relating to M&A transactions and shareholders' agreements, and disputes in the TMT sector.

Neil’s appointment bolsters an already robust, partner led, arbitration practice, which includes partners Daniel Spendlove, Natalia Chumak and founding partner Graham Huntley. Neil joins an arbitration practice which has been further strengthened by a string of recent high-profile hires, including Ioannis Alexopoulos, Simon Bushell and Josh Wong, formerly of Bryan Cave, Latham & Watkins and DLA Piper respectively. Signature is engaged across a range of complex and high-value arbitration matters, and continues to build its reputation with the hiring of experienced lawyers such as Neil.

Neil commented: “I am delighted to have joined Signature and look forward to utilising and furthering my experience and expertise within the firm’s specialist, conflict-free framework.”

Partner Daniel Spendlove said: “Neil’s appointment demonstrates our commitment to growing the Firm’s arbitration practice. His experience and expertise help consolidate our position in the market as a leading conflict-free disputes firm.”

News of Neil's appointment has been published in CDR Magazine, New Law Journal and Global Arbitration Review. These can be found here, here and here, respectively.