10/04/2018
Judith Gill QC to join leading international arbitration set, 20 Essex Street, as an arbitrator based in Singapore
Allen & Overy LLP, Duncan Matthews QC and Christopher Hancock QC are delighted to announce that eminent international arbitration practitioner, Judith Gill QC, will join 20 Essex Street as an arbitrator member based in Singapore from 1 May 2018.
As Duncan Matthews QC, co-Head of 20 Essex Street said: “We extend to Judith our warmest welcome to 20 Essex Street. She is a true luminary in the field of international arbitration whose calibre and expertise are a natural fit with the experience of the set’s existing profile of arbitrators.”
Commenting on the move, Matthew Gearing QC, global co-Head of Allen & Overy’s international arbitration practice and partner in Hong Kong, said: “Judith has been at the heart of the firm’s practice for many years and has provided invaluable support, guidance and friendship to numerous of the firm’s lawyers, me included. Of course, she will be greatly missed, but I have no doubt she will be in demand as an arbitrator at 20 Essex Street.”
Judith Gill QC commented “A&O has given me a level of encouragement, support and opportunity beyond all my expectations. I have had the privilege of working with immensely talented and dedicated individuals there at every level for more than three decades and I will miss them greatly. The time is right however to move to the next stage of my career and I will be joining 20 Essex Street. I am delighted to be joining such a prestigious set of Chambers as an arbitrator member.”
She added “These are exciting times for arbitration in Singapore and I thoroughly enjoy living and working here. It will continue to be my home base for the foreseeable future.”
20 Essex Street has a long-standing reputation in the field of international arbitration and is home to many highly respected domestic and international arbitrators and mediators, some of whom were previously judges either in the UK or overseas. The addition of Judith’s expertise and experience further bolsters the set’s impressive roster of specialist arbitrators. Judith will be based in 20 Essex Street’s Singapore office in Maxwell Chambers where she will join arbitrator
Michael Lee and international arbitration counsel and arbitrators
Nakul Dewan and
Simon Milnes.
For more information please contact Chris Theobald (ctheobald@twentyessex.com) and Antoinette Willcocks (antoinette.willcocks@allenovery.com)
