Karel Daele

Karel Daele specialises in international arbitration, focusing on both investor-state arbitration (ICSID, PCA, ad hoc) and commercial arbitration (LCIA, ICC, CEPINA, UNCITRAL). His broad expertise covers sectors such as oil and gas, mining, energy, public infrastructure works (water distribution, ports, border post operations), real estate and construction, technology and telecoms.

Since 2012, Karel has been consistently ranked in all the major legal directories including Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, GAR 100, Who's Who Commercial Arbitration and Expert Guides Commercial Arbitration. Most recently he was profiled on Who's Who legal 2022 as a global leader in international arbitration. He is dual qualified, trilingual and accepts appointments as arbitrator and adjudicator.

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Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing (London)

2012 - 2021 Partner, Head of International Arbitration, Mishcon de Reya LLP (London)

2006 - 2012 Partner, Mkono & Co Advocates (Tanzania)

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Since 2022 Partner, Taylor Wessing (London)

2012 - 2021 Partner, Head of International Arbitration, Mishcon de Reya LLP (London)

2006 - 2012 Partner, Mkono & Co Advocates (Tanzania)

Ausbildung

2016 Admitted as a solicitor, England and Wales

2009 Diploma International Arbitration, Queen Mary University (UK)

1999 Qualified as a solicitor, Brussels

Publikationen

'Challenge and Disqualification of Arbitrators in International Arbitration', Second Edition, Kluwer Law International, in preparation (2022)

'Investment Treaties and Investor-State Arbitration under the ICSID Convention', in L. Bosman, 'Arbitration in Africa: A Practitioner's Handbook' (2021)

'The Standard for Disqualifying Arbitrators Finally Settled and Lowered – Case Comment Saint Gobain v. Venezuela and Blue Bank v. Venezuela', 29(2) ICSID Review-Foreign Investment Law Journal (2014)

'Arbitrating and Mediating Disputes – Benchmarking arbitration and mediation regimes for commercial disputes related to foreign direct investment', World Bank 2013 Report (contributor)

‘Investment Arbitration Involving African States’, in L. Bosman, Arbitration in Africa: A Practitioner’s Guide (2013)

'Getting to grips with the EU's approach to BITs', 8(4) Global Arbitration Review (2013)

'The New EU Policy on Foreign Direct Investment', International Comparative Legal Guides Arbitration 2013

'All for a BIT of FDI', 4(3) CDR Commercial Dispute Resolution (2013)

'Challenge and Disqualification of Arbitrators in International Arbitration' (2012), Kluwer Law International

'Investment treaty arbitration: similar challenges, different outcome‘, Global Arbitration Review, 21 March 2012

Mitgliedschaften

Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, Solicitor of the Courts of Belgium, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member, LCIA (London Court of International Arbitration, African Users' Council), ICCA (International Council for Commercial Arbitration), ICC (Commission on Arbitration and ADR), IBA (Internal Bar Association, Arbitration Subcommittee & Africa Regional Forum).

Fremdsprachen

Awards

Legal 500 UK 2026

Featured

Legal 500 UK 2025

Chambers and Partners UK 2024

Legal 500 UK 2024

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Experience

Freezing and seizure of sovereign wealth funds

Acting for Kingdom of Belgium in an investor-state arbitration (ICSID) concerning the freezing and seizure of multi-billion dollars of funds of the Libyan Investment Authority, held at Euroclear.

Elizabeth Montpetit

Nick Maday

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Chernobyl nuclear plant

Representing a leading nuclear engineering company in an ICC arbitration regarding the construction of nuclear fuel and waste management facilities at Chernobyl.

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