Stephenson Harwood LLP partners Louis Flannery QC and Kamal Shah, and senior associate Vivek Kapoor, have been named in The Legal 500's 'Powerlist: Arbitration'.

The list, which is based on extensive research by The Legal 500, highlights the UK’s leading arbitration counsel.

Flannery, head of Stephenson Harwood's international arbitration group, specialises in arbitration and litigation, with a particular focus on fraud and conflict law issues. He has extensive experience of international commercial arbitration under the major institutional rules, as well as substantial High Court litigation in England.

Shah, head of Stephenson Harwood's Africa practice, specialises in complex, cross-border international arbitration, litigation, and fraud and asset tracing in Africa and India. He acts for governments, government entities, banks, private corporations and high net worth individuals in a range of matters.

Kapoor, a member of the firm's international arbitration group, has extensive experience of investor-state disputes, and large scale, complex, high-value commercial disputes. He advises and represents both private and state-owned entities from jurisdictions in Asia, Europe, CIS, Africa, and the Middle East.

Stephenson Harwood's market-leading international arbitration team is known for its expertise in managing complex and substantial arbitrations worldwide. It works on disputes across a wide range of sectors, including aviation, energy, international trade, commodities, shipping, and financial services. The team has represented clients in arbitration proceedings under the rules of all the major institutions and trade associations, such as LCIA, ICC, SIAC, HKIAC, LMAA, GAFTA, UNCITRAL and ICSID.