Joanne Denton

Joanne has over 8 years of experience advising clients in international arbitration across a range of sectors, including energy, finance, shipping, sports, pharmaceuticals and post-M&A disputes. She has extensive experience acting under the rules of numerous arbitral institutions (including LCIA, ICC and SIAC) and in English Court proceedings in support of arbitration (including enforcement proceedings and challenges to arbitral awards). Joanne also has substantial experience in public law matters (including judicial review and advisory work).

Joanne has previously undertaken a secondment to the LCIA Casework team, as Counsel, as well as secondments to the Linklaters Dispute Resolution teams in Singapore and Hong Kong.

Work highlights

Joanne’s recent matters include:

• Representing an international bank in an ICC arbitration in relation to thousands of post-M&A warranty claims allegedly worth over US$59 billion, and in settling numerous related claims.
• Representing the sellers of a gambling company in an LCIA arbitration on a post-M&A claim valued at US$1 billion.
• Representing an international company in an ICC arbitration seated in Geneva and valued at over $2 billion concerning a contract for Covid-19 vaccines.
• Representing an international oil trading company in two LCIA arbitrations relating to the sale and purchase of oil.
• Representing the Bank of New York Mellon in one of the first virtual trials in the Commercial Court in relation to the enforcement of a US$500m arbitral award (Republic of Kazakhstan & NBK v Stati Parties & ors [2020] EWHC 916).
• Representing a Pakistani energy producer in defending challenges to two arbitral awards in the Commercial Court under s.68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.