Meet the Team
Construction, Engineering and Energy Disputes
Sara
Paradisi
Sara Paradisi co-heads the firm’s International Arbitration practice. With over 16 years of experience, she has a distinguished track record of representing and advising clients across a broad-spectrum of disputes covering multiple sectors, with a particular focus on large-scale construction, infrastructure, and energy projects. She has advised on major projects across Europe, the Middle East, the Americas, and Asia.
Partner,
International Arbitration
Dr Leonardo
Carpentieri
Dr. Leonardo Carpentieri co-heads the firm’s International Arbitration practice. He focuses on international commercial and investment treaty arbitration, with extensive experience in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, seated in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. Leonardo’s practice focuses on the construction, infrastructure and energy sectors, with a particular focus on projects located in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa.
Partner,
International Arbitration
Elizabeth
Weeks
Elizabeth is a Partner specialising in Dispute Resolution and is ranked as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500 2025. She specialises in complex, high-value, multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes, handling litigation, arbitration, and adjudication. Her expertise spans contractual disputes, commercial fraud, asset recovery, jurisdiction challenges, enforcement of foreign judgments company, shareholder, partnership, family business disputes and construction matters.
Partner
George
Jackson
Senior Associate
George Jackson is a Senior Associate with extensive expertise in International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation. He has acted for UK-based clients, and those across the world, to progress claims and protect value in respect of complex cross-border matters under numerous arbitration regimes including per LCIA, UNCITRAL and ad hoc rules. His court and arbitration experience covers a broad range of sectors including construction and international trade.