Alfie Lewis

Alfie has a great deal of arbitration experience for someone of his call, including: drafting memoranda; drafting the application notice and skeleton for an anti-suit injunction against foreign proceedings brought in violation of an arbitration agreement; drafting security for costs submissions under the LCIA rules; drafting Redfern schedules for disclosure in LCIA arbitrations; drafting the submissions for early determination under the LCIA rules; and appearing as sole counsel.

Recent Cases

• LCIA Arbitration (Winter 2023) – Junior in a claim for an anti-suit injunction against Russian proceedings brought in violation of an arbitration clause in a trust agreement. Responsible for drafting the skeleton and application notice. The injunction was granted in favour of our client. Alfie also produced the first draft of an opinion on arbitration and trusts law.
• LCIA Arbitrations (August 2023-June 2025) – Junior in three related arbitrations for approximately £100 million involving the collapse of a Russian bank. The substance of the case involved fraud, s. 423 Insolvency Act 1986 claims, and estoppel. Alfie was responsible for running the arbitrations on a day-to-day basis and had initial carriage of drafting the pleadings, the requests for disclosure, and submissions for both a security for costs application and an early determination application.
• LCIA Arbitration (Winter 2024) – Junior in a £250 million claim arising out of the purchase of a business. Alfie was responsible for the first draft of the initial statement of case. The dispute was settled after the statement of claim was submitted.
• CIArb Arbitration (December 2023-present) – Sole counsel instructed by an international law firm in a contract and partnership dispute brought in an arbitration by a previous partner of the firm.