Dominic Spenser Underhill
Dominic is an English Solicitor Advocate with over 35 years’ experience in dispute resolution, based primarily in London and the City of London.
He has practised as an international arbitrator since 2002, when he was the Head of International Arbitration in the London and Paris offices of what is known as Mayer Brown.
Dominic left Mayer Brown to set up his own law firm. He has worked out of Spenser Underhill Newmark LLP since 2006. He now practises as an arbitrator full time. He has a particular interest in banking and finance disputes.
From 2009-2024, Dominic was an Adjudicator for the Solicitors Regulation Authority to whom he also gave in-house training on legal professional ethics. He is a former Chair of the Solicitors Compensation Fund. From 2005-2020, Dominic also acted as a Legal Assessor to the Professional Disciplinary Tribunal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales.
In 2024, Dominic was appointed and Honorary Professor at the School of Law, Queen Mary, University of London, where he teaches (amongst other things) the ethics of international arbitration. He had been a visiting lecturer there since 2009. Dominic is a former Visiting professor of the University of Turin, where he still lectures annually.