Dominic Pellew

Dominic Pellew is a Partner in Dentons' London office, specialising in Arbitration and Mediation. He is an arbitration specialist with particular experience in disputes involving Russian and CIS parties, acting as both counsel and arbitrator in London and other European seats.

Dominic is English-qualified, has lived and worked in Paris and Moscow, and is fluent in French and Russian. His work focuses on high-value disputes under English law-governed contracts, including shareholder agreements, construction contracts, loans and other financing documentation. He has conducted more than twenty hearings as first chair and has experience in LCIA, ICC and SCC arbitrations, as well as ad hoc arbitration under UNCITRAL rules. He has also acted in investment treaty disputes. His clients come from banking and finance, construction, oil and gas, and telecommunications sectors.

Dominic holds a B.A. in Russian and French from Merton College, University of Oxford (1991), a Dip LP from Oxford Polytechnic (1992), and completed the Law Society Finals at the College of Law, Guildford (1993). He was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1995 and passed the Examen d'Aptitude in Paris in 2005.