Matthew Parish

General information

Matthew Parish is an international lawyer specialising in cross-border arbitration, litigation and enforcement, international trade, foreign investment, resource extraction and export, emerging markets and public international law. He is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and accepts appointments to sit as an arbitrator across Europe.

Expirience

He has broad experience before a variety of international courts and tribunals, including arbitration before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), United Nations Commission On International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) tribunals, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC), the Grain and Free Trade Association (GAFTA), the Federation of Oils, Seeds and Fats Associations (FOSFA), the London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association (LMAA), the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg and the European Union (EU) courts in Luxembourg. Dr Parish is an experienced advocate and holds a solicitors’ higher rights of audience (all courts) qualification in England and Wales. He frequently advises on contentious issues of English law before English courts and tribunals.

Dr Parish has represented clients across a wide variety of industries, including shipping, international trade, energy and infrastructure sectors, banking, insurance and financial services, governments and international organizations. He has a particular focus on issues of international law affecting emerging markets, with experience most recently covering Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and has dealt with expropriation claims arising out of alleged government confiscations. He also has extensive experience of arbitrating shipping and international trade disputes under trade associations’ arbitral rules and of claims under international investment treaties.

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales (higher rights of audience – all courts);
• Bar Council of England and Wales (non-practising);
• Attorney and counsellor-at-law, New York;
• Canton de Fribourg, Switzerland.

Education

• J.S.D. University of Chicago Law School, 2007
• LL.M. University of Chicago Law School, summa cum laude, 2004
• L.P.C. College of Law, London, Commendation, 1998
• C.P.E. College of Law, London, Commendation, 1997
• M.A. / B.A., University of Cambridge, Triple First Class honours, 1996

Honours

• Young Global Leader (2013), World Economic Forum;
• One of the 300 most influential people in Switzerland, Bilan magazine, 17 April 2013;
• Jean-Pierre Warner and Lord Eastham Scholarships, Lincoln's Inn, 2000;
• Clifford Chance Prize for Corporate Finance, 1998.