HFW ranked as a market leader among global international arbitration firms

Global law firm HFW has featured in this year’s edition of GAR 100 and is once again recognised by GAR as one of the world’s leading arbitration firms.

Global Arbitration Review (GAR), which publishes the annual report into the market’s top arbitration practices, highlighted from client testimonials how HFW’s sector-focused approach “gives them a huge advantage over their competitors”, giving praise for the firm’s ability to “understand the substance of the disputes and how the industries in which their clients operate work”.

The report acknowledged the expansion of the firm’s investment treaty practice, following the launch of the firm’s investor state treaty arbitration group action against Switzerland in 2025, arising from the collapse of Credit Suisse and write down of CS AT1 bonds.

HFW’s International Arbitration group is jointly led by Paris-based Partner Julien Fouret and Melbourne-based Partner Nick Longley. Julien and Nick took over the role in 2025 from Partner Damian Honey, who held the position for a decade.

Julien Fouret, Partner, HFW:

“This ranking for GAR highlights the quality of the work of our global International Arbitration group. Nick and I are very proud of the team’s sustained focus and dedication on client service.”

Nick Longley, Partner, HFW:

“We are delighted to be recognised once again in GAR’s annual rankings, with this acknowledgement from one of the arbitration community’s most respected directories reinforcing our standing in the global arbitration market.”

HFW has more than 450 disputes lawyers across the Americas, Europe the Middle East, and Asia Pacific, specialising in high-value, complex, multi-party, and multi-jurisdictional disputes, with a particular focus on commercial litigation, fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, investigations, and enforcement actions. HFW is ranked by The Times as one of the UK’s top commercial disputes practices.

The firm also has the highest win rate of any top litigation firm in the English Commercial Court over the past 12 years, succeeding in more than 74% of Commercial Court judgments handed down between 2014 and 2025.