This edition includes updates from across our Disputes jurisdictions, including England and Wales, BVI, AsiaPac, and the Middle East.
As one of the world’s largest and most active Disputes practices, litigation is in our DNA at HFW. We have specialist Disputes lawyers in offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and AsiaPac, and have continued to ramp up growth across our Disputes network in 2025 with a series of senior hires. Disputes work is at the very core of our firm, accounting for over 70 percent of our total business. We are recognised by our clients and the legal directories as a leading disputes practice, with prominent rankings in The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, among others. The Times noted the firm’s involvement in complex, high-value disputes, and referenced independent data that shows “HFW has a higher win rate in the English Commercial Court than any other leading litigation firm”.
Similarly, in relation to International Arbitration, we are major users of all of the main international Institutions. Our Disputes lawyers, and firmwide reputation for depth and breadth in IA, are recognised by all of the key IA directories, including GAR 100.
The firm is also one of the founding members and signatories of both the Greener Litigation Pledge, and Greener Arbitration Campaign – legal industry initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of dispute resolution. We are also signatories of the Equal Representation in Arbitration, and work to ensure fairer representation of women in arbitration.
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