Sarah Vasani is an internationally recognized arbitrator and the founder of Vasani International Arbitration (“VIA”), a London-based chambers from which she serves as a full-time independent arbitrator with over 20 years of experience in international commercial arbitrations and investor-state disputes. Sarah sits exclusively as arbitrator and no longer accepts instructions as counsel.
Adopting a proactive, robust, and flexible approach to case management, Sarah is committed to ensuring that the arbitrations in which she sits are party-centred, service-driven, and tailored to the particularities of the parties and the dispute at hand.
Prior to launching VIA, Sarah was the Co-Head of the International Arbitration Group and Head of Investor-State Dispute Resolution at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP, leading and managing high-stakes disputes across the UK, CEE, Middle East, Türkiye, Singapore, and Latin America. Her earlier roles include Head of Investor-State Dispute Resolution at Addleshaw Goddard LLP and nearly a decade at King & Spalding LLP, where she worked across offices in Houston, Washington D.C., and London.
Sarah has acted as both lead advocate and arbitrator in numerous 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, and IIAs. She is dual-qualified in England & Wales and the U.S. (Texas and Washington D.C.), a Solicitor-Advocate of the Higher Courts of England & Wales, and works fluently in English and Spanish.
Her sectoral expertise spans agriculture, aviation, commodities, energy, oil and gas, renewables, mining, public procurement, and infrastructure, with substantial experience in large-scale projects across Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, and Latin America, including those involving States and state-owned entities.
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