Claire Stockford

Quadrant Chambers

Claire Stockford specialises in arbitration, both international commercial arbitration and investor state disputes. Claire was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 1999. Before joining Quadrant, Claire spent more than 20 years practising from the London offices of international and UK law firms, for the last seven of those years as a partner.

Claire advises and advocates for clients in disputes across a range of industries from oil and gas to hospitality, concerning jurisdictions as diverse as Kazakhstan and Madagascar. Recently, Claire's practice has focused on renewables, including solar, on-shore and off-shore wind and battery storage. Claire's experience encompasses arbitrations under many of the most frequently encountered arbitration rules including the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) rules.

Practice Area

Energy

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Contributing Author

Experience

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP (2019 - 2022)
Shepherd and Wedderburn (2015 - 2019)
Crowell & Moring (2008 - 2014)
LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & McRae (2007 - 2007)
Weil, Gotshal & Manges (2002 - 2006)

Qualifications

Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) (2022)
Call to the Bar of England and Wales (1999)
LLB (Hons) Law with French (1998)

Education

University of Birmingham (1994-1998)

1 Contributions by Claire Stockford

PRACTICE NOTES

Brexit: Renewable energy in Great Britain—TCA market integration, REGOs/CHPGOs, subsidies, offshore co-operation, certification and carbon pricing

Introduction This Practice Note sets out the principal areas in which Brexit has a clear and immediate legal effect on the Great Britain (GB) renewables sector. On 23 January 2020, the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (EU(WA)A 2020) was enacted, allowing the government to ratify the Withdrawal Agreement and transpose its terms into UK law. Owing to EU(WA)A 2020, the UK continued to be subject to EU law throughout the transition period established under that Agreement. The transition concluded at 11 pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020. From that moment—defined in UK law as ‘IP completion day’—core transitional measures ceased and substantial alterations began to apply across the UK’s legal framework. On 24 December 2020, the European Commission and the UK government confirmed an agreement in principle on the legal basis for the future UK‑EU relationship. Revealed just a week before IP completion day, the EU‑UK Trade and Co‑operation Agreement (TCA), together with related instruments (including the Nuclear Co‑operation Agreement and joint UK‑EU declarations), arrived at the last minute, leaving minimal time to establish the required legal and practical arrangements...

Energy

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