Louis Flannery, KC

Louis specialises in arbitration and litigation in all industry sectors and in all fora, with a particular emphasis on fraud and/or conflict law issues in litigation work.

He has extensive experience of international commercial arbitration and investment treaty cases, as well as substantial High Court litigation in England and many foreign jurisdictions. As a practising solicitor advocate, he has undertaken advocacy before international tribunals and courts (in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Africa and the USA), including the High Court and Court of Appeal.

Louis is a regular speaker on arbitration and civil fraud at conferences all over the world. He has extensive experience of international commercial arbitration under the major institutional rules (AAA, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, among others) as well as substantial High Court litigation in England. Louis was named as a leading international arbitration practitioner in "Who's Who Legal: Arbitration Lawyers 2018".

Louis has acted or advised in relation to commercial disputes for over 25 years and has been involved in many reported decisions in England.

Louis is co-author with Professor Robert Merkin of the leading text on the English Arbitration Act (5th edition), the consultant editor of Merkin's Arbitration Law (looseleaf) and a visiting lecturer on International Commercial Arbitration at Brunel and Southampton Universities. He was made a Chartered Arbitrator by the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 2011 (of which he is a Fellow and an approved course tutor) and he is also an associate member of the London Court of International Arbitration.