Lauren Roberts Senior Counsel

Senior Counsel

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Lauren advises on complex commercial litigation and arbitration disputes.

Lauren has previously acted in claims in the High Court and in several LCIA and ICC international arbitrations conducted in London, as well as advising in relation to other forms of alternative dispute resolution such as mediation, expert determination and adjudication.

Lauren is a qualified Solicitor Advocate, a member of Macfarlanes’ Construction and Engineering group, and a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association, the Society of Construction Law and the Adjudication Society.

Expertise

Recent work

Energy and oil group

Acting for an energy and oil group in LCIA arbitration proceedings in relation to a number of breach of warranty claims following their acquisition of several companies based in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Large construction groups

Acting for a number of large construction groups to defend a High Court group action brought by several hundred individuals related to allegations of historic blacklisting in the construction industry.

Multi-national chemical group

Representing a multi-national chemical group in a high value (c. >£65m) dispute in the Commercial Court in relation to claims under an environmental indemnity covering sites in several jurisdictions.

Global mining group

Advising a global mining group defending ICC arbitration proceedings brought by a purchaser of a subsidiary group in which numerous allegations of breaches of warranty, misrepresentation and fraud were made.

Property development company

Advising a property development company on an expert determination of a delay dispute with contractors concerning a multi-million pound refurbishment of a property in central London.

BVI company

Acting for a BVI company in relation to claims against an architect and structural engineer for complex construction defects in refurbishment works at a prime central London private residence.

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What people are saying

"Lauren Roberts is precise and scrupulous."

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In depth

Court of Appeal re-examines test for “material adverse change”

Dominic Sedghi, Richard Burrows, Lois Horne, Lauren Roberts 09 Nov 2023

The Court of Appeal re-assesses what amounts to a “material adverse change” on an acquisition of a business.

Using AI in group actions - the beginning of a boom?

Fred Snowball, Lauren Roberts, Madeleine Brown 10 Sep 2023

The vast potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) is a red-hot topic in the legal industry, from the shape of its potential regulation to changing the ways that legal...