Sarah Vasani is globally-renowned international arbitrator and the founder of Vasani International Arbitration (“VIA”), a London-based chambers from which she serves as a full-time independent arbitrator. In that regard, Sarah sits exclusively as arbitrator and no longer accepts instructions as counsel.
Prior to launching VIA in August 2025, Sarah spent over 20 years in international law firms across two continents, including 10 as partner. In that capacity, she led large teams of lawyers in dozens of international arbitration disputes worth several billions of dollars in aggregate. Specifically, she was Co-Head of the International Arbitration at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, where she led the firm’s high-stakes disputes practice with responsibility for the firm’s lawyers in the UK, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Türkiye, Singapore, and parts of Latin America. Her earlier roles included five years as Head of Investor-State Dispute Resolution at Addleshaw Goddard LLP in London, and nearly a decade at King & Spalding LLP, where she worked across the Houston, Washington D.C., and London offices.
Sarah has acted as both lead advocate and arbitrator in dozens of high-value international arbitrations across a range of arbitral institutions including ICSID, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, SIAC, ICDR, SCC, HKIAC, and DIAC, and under various common and civil governing laws, BITs, IIAs, including the ECT, OIC, and the ASEAN treaties. She is dual-qualified in England & Wales and the U.S. (Texas and Washington D.C.), and a Solicitor-Advocate of the Higher Courts of England & Wales.
Sarah’s sectoral expertise spans aviation, banking, energy, mining, oil and gas, renewables, shipping and infrastructure, with substantial experience in large-scale projects across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Latin America.
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