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Constantine Partasides is a partner in the international arbitration group and a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. He has acted as counsel and arbitrator in more than 50 ad hoc and institutional arbitrations, including under the rules of UNCITRAL, the ICC, LCIA, AAA and ICSID. He specialises in arbitrations involving eastern European and CIS parties, acting for both investors and states.
Constantine has advised and represented a variety of investors on their rights under relevant bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, and was recently counsel of record in high-profile ICSID cases for the Republic of Kenya in World Duty Free v Republic of Kenya and for the Republic of Lithuania in Parkerings v Republic of Lithuania.
Constantine is a co-author of the fourth edition of the leading textbook on international arbitration The Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitration, and the news editor of the leading journal International Arbitration Law Review. He is also a former co-chairman of the LCIA's Young International Arbitration Group, and is a council member of the LCIA's European Users' Council. Constantine was educated at King's College, London and Cambridge University.