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John Savage KC is a partner in our London office, specializing in international arbitration. John has represented clients in approximately 200 arbitrations around the world in 30 years of practice. He has particular expertise in complex, high-stakes corporate, investment and projects disputes, with an emphasis on the oil and gas, mining and power sectors. John has been lauded in the directories as "a tremendously effective advocate" with "real global stature in arbitration." John was previously a vice president of the SIAC Court of Arbitration and a Director of the SIAC.
John has worked for high-profile clients including Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Dow Chemical, GE, Samsung C&T and Shell, and his recent successes for clients include some of the largest awards handed down in international arbitration. He also has substantial experience in mediation.
John is a King's Counsel in England, was admitted as a member of the Paris bar in 1997 and was one of the first foreign lawyers to gain rights of audience at the Singapore International Commercial Court. John spent 12 years in Singapore establishing himself as one of the leading arbitration lawyers in Asia, and has also practiced arbitration in Paris and Washington DC. John studied law and was admitted to practice in England and France and is equally comfortable in common and civil law environments.
John has been recognized for many years by Chambers Global as one of the world's top arbitration lawyers. Among recent accolades, legal directories describe John as "a tremendously effective advocate and fine arbitrator" with "real global stature in arbitration," "a gifted strategist," "hugely respected and extremely well-regarded" and "a talented advocate whose clear and effective arguments are often case-winning interventions." Legal 500 (2021) observes that John "is the type of lawyer that comes into the case at the appropriate time, learns everything, dispenses sage advice and then advocates on your behalf in a manner that never fails to impress.” and that John "has the ability to absorb a lot of material in a short amount of time. He sees a case from the lens of an arbitrator, which makes him brilliant in anticipating the important issues that the arbitrators will focus on in deciding a case.” Chambers (2020) writes, “He is exceptionally good. He's very astute, strategic and a very formidable litigator of large disputes” and “From a client perspective, you couldn't want anyone better. He gives everything to a case.”
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