Professor Philip Clifford

Partner, Latham & Watkins

Professor Philip Clifford KC is a leading international arbitration King’s Counsel and Partner at Latham & Watkins. He draws on more than three decades of experience advising clients on complex cross-border disputes, including arbitration, litigation and mediation.

Philip represents a broad range of clients, including private and public corporations, shareholders, government-owned entities and states. His practice spans sectors including oil and gas, construction, energy, telecommunications, M&A, joint ventures and shareholder disputes.

He has particular expertise in disputes arising from major energy and infrastructure projects, including oil and gas value chain disputes, LNG pricing, pipeline projects, construction delay and disruption, power plant disputes, nuclear-related matters, telecommunications transactions and corporate acquisitions.

Philip offers clients the dual perspective of leading counsel and arbitrator. He is Global Professor of Arbitration at the University of Notre Dame, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a UK representative on the ICC Commission on Arbitration, and co-author of a leading book on the LCIA Arbitration Rules.

He has held several senior roles at Latham & Watkins, including Global Co-Chair of the International Arbitration Practice, Chair of the London Litigation & Trial Department, London Anti-Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Compliance Officer for Legal Practice, and Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration.

Philip is recognised by the leading legal directories as a leading arbitration practitioner, including in the Legal 500 Hall of Fame.

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Procedural order for a remote online hearing in international arbitration

Precedents

This Precedent Procedural Order is intended for use and adaptation by parties, counsel and arbitral tribunals establishing the terms and requirements for a hearing by video-conference in arbitration proceedings (sometimes referred to as a virtual or remote hearing). The Precedent assumes that all attendees will be in separate remote locations (a fully remote hearing), but may be adapted if some attendees are to be present in person in the same location (which is sometimes referred to as a hybrid hearing, partially remote hearing or semi-virtual hearing). This Precedent may be used by practitioners on a standalone basis or for incorporating in a more general Procedural Order, including the first such order in any proceedings. This Precedent may be particularly useful for those attempting to mitigate the effects of, for example, a pandemic on arbitral hearings intended to be heard in person. However, the Precedent may be used and adapted for any remote hearing in international arbitration. This document may be referred to as a sample, model or template procedural order for an online, remote, virtual or video conference arbitration hearing.

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