Patrick Taylor
Patrick Taylor is a partner in the London office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, and part of the firm’s France Desk and Co-Chair of the firm’s Africa practice. His practice focusses on commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with particular experience in the upstream oil & gas, energy, pharmaceuticals, and telecommunications sectors.
Qualified in England & Wales and Ireland as a solicitor-advocate, Mr. Taylor has advised and represented clients in disputes throughout the world for more than 20 years.
Mr. Taylor advises clients on investment protection and investment dispute settlements in high-risk jurisdictions, tax-related disputes, fiscal and legislative stabilisation rights, shareholder, joint venture, distribution, post-M&A, collaboration, licensing and general contractual disputes and complex damages analysis. Mr. Taylor also frequently sits as an arbitrator. He is a member of the LCIA Court and of the MCIA Council.
Mr. Taylor is recommended as a leading lawyer for Arbitration by Chambers & Partners, where he is described as “tenacious and very committed to his clients”, “a highly effective and commercially minded lawyer” with “exceptional advocacy skills” and “a fantastic strategic mind.” He is recommended by Legal 500, and included in its inaugural International Arbitration Powerlist.
Mr. Taylor is bilingual in English/French and fluent in Spanish.
Practice Area
Panel
- Contributing Author
Qualified Year
- 2005
Experience
- Freshfields (2005 - 2014)
Membership
- Arb40 Sub-Committee Member, International Bar Association
- Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration – Council Member
- Member of the LCIA Court
Qualification
- Bachelor of Laws (2001)
Education
- University of Cambridge, Downing College (2001)
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PRACTICE NOTES
Arbitration and Insolvency in England and Wales: Moratoria, court permissions, administrators’ and liquidators’ powers, proof of debt, award enforcement, and cross-border recognition (CBIR) post‑Brexit
Impact of national insolvency on domestic or foreign arbitration (England and Wales)
This Practice Note reviews how insolvency proceedings begun in England and Wales influence arbitration obligations where one of the parties is insolvent.
The IBA toolkit on insolvency and arbitration
Drawing on the National Report for England and Wales within the IBA Toolkit on Insolvency and Arbitration (IBA Toolkit), and reproduced with permission, this Practice Note summarises key guidance. The IBA Toolkit offers direction to parties, counsel and arbitrators when an arbitration participant is also in insolvency proceedings in one or more jurisdictions. Alongside the England and Wales Report, the IBA Toolkit includes multiple other National Reports. For clarity, the National Report informing this Practice Note is not intended to constitute legal advice tailored to particular facts.
Non-application of EU Recast Regulation on Insolvency following Brexit
This Practice Note addresses insolvency cases commenced after 11 pm on 31 December 2020 (IP completion day) and proceeds on the basis that the saving provisions relating to the EU Recast Regulation on Insolvency, Regulation (EU) 848/2015, do not apply (see Practice Note:)...
Restructuring & Insolvency
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