James
Coen
Associate, Knowledge Development Lawyer
+44 (0)20 7936 8056
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James is a Knowledge Development lawyer who delivers high-quality technical support to Stewarts’ commercial disputes lawyers.
Expertise
James has spent over five years working in international arbitration. He now provides professional support and knowledge delivery services to the firm’s commercial dispute practices, focussed on the firm’s International Arbitration, Policyholder Disputes, Competition, Tax, and Employment teams.
His work includes the creation and delivery of legal products and training, the internal and external dissemination of legal and industry knowledge, and providing Stewarts’ lawyers with technical advice, including on funding matters.
Career
After a prior career, James trained at Stewarts and qualified into the International Arbitration team. He studied History at the Universities of Glasgow and York. He completed the GDL and the LPC at the University of Law.
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Experience
James has extensive experience working on arbitrations conducted under the rules of the LCIA, SCC, ICC, SAC and LMAA, as well as on arbitration-related litigation before the English courts. He also has significant litigation experience before the Commercial Court.
Highlight mandates include:
- Assisting a Nigerian oil and gas corporate in English Commercial Court and Court of Appeal proceedings concerning arbitration-related anti-suit injunctions and related relief, as well as supporting the related $1 billion+ arbitration claims (ICC, English and Nigerian law, London)
- Acting for an Indian pharmaceutical company in a multi-million-dollar arbitration against a Chinese white-label products manufacturer (English law, London)
- As sole associate, successfully defending an £11 million High Court claim brought against a prominent property development firm, achieving discontinuance of the claim and an order for the client’s entire costs in the action.
Accreditations and memberships
James is a member of the LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group and the Association of Litigation Professional Support Lawyers.
Personal
James plays classical trombone, mostly in symphony orchestras. He loves long-distance walking, cinema, and visual art.
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