Bredin Prat

Tim Portwood is a partner at Bredin Prat, and a French qualified English barrister. He specialises in international arbitration and international litigation as well as practising cross-border transactional work including advising on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions. Born in the United Kingdom, Tim Portwood graduated from the University of Cambridge. Prior to joining Bredin Prat in 1996, Tim Portwood practised as a barrister with Old Square Chambers in the UK. He was the co-editor of European Human Rights Reports (1991-1994) as well as the author of Mergers in European Community Law (Athlone Press, 1995), Competition Law and the Environment (Cameron May, 1995) and a number of recent articles on international arbitration law. Tim Portwood is a native English speaker and is also fluent in French, Italian and German.