Peter Beaumont

Mr. Beaumont’s representative matters include:

• acting (and appearing as junior counsel) for a Cypriot and a Bermudian company in an LCIA arbitration in relation to contractual disputes arising under a distribution agreement
• acting for a number of offshore trust companies in relation to extremely high-value contentious trust proceedings in Bermuda
• acting for two Bermudian oil and gas companies in English High Court proceedings concerning alleged oral agreements and claims of unjust enrichment
• acting for a British Virgin Islands (BVI) company in an ICC arbitration and related English High Court anti-suit injunction proceedings concerning a dispute between the shareholders of a major African telecommunications company
• acting for a Salvadoran company and a BVI company in a multijurisdictional dispute over a Bitcoin mining joint venture
• acting for two subsidiaries of a French reinsurance group in arbitration proceedings seated in Paris concerning claims and counterclaims under two treaties valued at in excess of US$1 billion
• acting for a high-net-worth individual in a jurisdiction challenge and response to multiple applications for worldwide freezing orders in relation to claims in excess of US$100 million for alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in connection with the sale of loan notes abroad
• acting for a BVI company in a series of multibillion-dollar LCIA arbitrations and related BVI proceedings between the shareholders of a leading international telecommunications company
• acting in multiple LCIA arbitrations involving claims to enforce introducing agents’ commission payments arising against the backdrop of the Lava Jato corruption investigations in Brazil
• acting for a major investment bank in relation to the investigation of allegations that foreign currency dealers conspired to manipulate benchmark currency exchange rates

Mr. Beaumont also assists on a variety of pro bono projects, including recently providing advice to an international organization assisting refugees in relation to international human rights law. In recognition of his work in international arbitration and litigation, he has been repeatedly named one of Best Lawyers’ Ones To Watch (including in its 2025 edition).