Clare Ambrose
Resident, Twenty Essex; Deputy Judge, High Court of England & Wales

Clare Ambrose is a full time arbitrator with wide ranging experience in commercial arbitration. She is a leading figure in maritime and commodities arbitration with an impressive commercial practice including in ICC, LCIA and SIAC arbitration.

Before becoming a full-time arbitrator in 2017 she built up 25 years’ experience of commercial litigation as a barrister with particular expertise in international trade and energy. As arbitrator she has had over 300 appointments in international arbitrations, sitting as chair, sole and co-arbitrator. Appointments have been made under the rules of the HKIAC LCIA, ICC, LMAA, SCMA, SIAC, SCC, the Swiss Arbitration Centre and UNCITRAL, and also on an ad hoc basis.

She has vast experience sitting as an arbitrator in complex and technical disputes relating to charters and contracts of affreightment, also shipbuilding and repair, offshore construction, long term energy supply agreements, ship sales and commodity trading. However, appointments also include broader commercial disputes, for example relating to joint operation, agency and management agreements, competition law, finance and banking services, construction projects, distribution agreements, professional negligence and share purchase agreements.

She is a full member of the LMAA, Fellow of CIArb and a Centre for Dispute Resolution (CEDR) accredited mediator, and was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in 2018. She is a member of the ICC Commission and the UK ICC National Committee and is a coordinator on the current ICC Taskforce on issues of corruption in international arbitration.

She frequently lectures on arbitration issues and is co-author of the leading textbook on shipping arbitration, London Maritime Arbitration (4th edn, Informa 2017).


Publications

Review of the Arbitration Act 1996: Responses to the Law Commission Consultation Paper’, International Journal of Arb. Med. & Dispute Mgmt (2022) 88(4) 475-544


‘A Tale of Two Cities: virtual arbitration in the best of times, the worst of times’ (2020) Lexis Nexis


London Maritime Arbitration (2017) 4th edn, Informa


Series Editor of Lloyd’s Shipping Law Library (since 2016)

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CONTACT

Phone: +44 (0) 207 842 1200 (O)

E-mail: cambrose@twentyessex.com

Country of Residence: United Kingdom

Nationality: British

Language(s): English, French (Limited Working Proficiency), Italian (Elementary), and Spanish (Elementary)


MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • CHARTERPARTIES
  • OIL & GAS
  • SHIP BUILD & REPAIR
  • COMMODITIES (OTHER THAN COAL OR GRAIN)
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS

    Deputy Judge, High Court of England and Wales

    Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

    Full Member, London Maritime Arbitration Association

    Accredited Mediator, Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution

    Panel Arbitrator, Singapore International Arbitration Centre

    Member, ICC Commission of Arbitration (UK)

    Member, China Working Group, UK Ministry of Justice

    Coordinator, ICC Taskforce on Issues of Corruption in International Arbitration

    ADMISSIONS
  • ENGLAND AND WALES
  • EDUCATION
    MA (Jurisprudence) (First Class), University of Oxford University, Somerville College

    MA (Jurisprudence) (First Class Honours), University of Cambridge

    Diplôme supérieur d'études françois (3ème degré), Université François Rabelais, Tour, France  

     
    DIRECTORY LISTINGS

    Chambers (2017, 2021, 2022)

    WWL Recommendation (2023)