Peter Morton is a partner in the dispute resolution and litigation practice group. He focuses on arbitration and commercial litigation and is a coordinator of the firm's international arbitration practice group.
Peter is involved in all aspects of arbitration and commercial litigation which frequently include an international dimension. His experience includes acting for clients in a variety of sectors, with a particular emphasis on aviation and energy. Peter has also acted on a number of disputes in the commodities, maritime, telecoms, finance, and sports industries.
Over recent years, Peter has dealt with numerous institutional arbitrations (commonly ICC or LCIA), trade association arbitrations (e.g. LMAA, FOSFA, ICA and GAFTA), and ad-hoc arbitrations as well as substantial High Court trials and appeals. Many of the cases Peter deals with are international contractual disputes, including issues of jurisdiction as well as arguments on the merits.
Independent feedback from clients and industry commentators includes the following:
- The Global Arbitration Review (GAR) 100 (12th Edition), 2019-2020: Peter did an “excellent job” in an international arbitration that was “key to the company’s business” and the client was “impressed with the arguments [Peter] came up with to substantiate our position.”
- The GAR 100 (13th Edition), 2020-2021 reports an in-house counsel as describing Peter as a “great” lawyer who “understand[s] the client, work[s] endlessly to satisfy their needs and come up with great suggestions,” and that Peter provided “excellent, accurate and responsive advice” for a multimillion-dollar case that eventually settled.
- Legal 500 (International Arbitration) 2021: “very hard-working; extremely practical; good lawyer.”
