Marc Keidan co-founded specialist London-based disputes and insolvency law firm Keidan Harrison LLP in May 2020, having previously co-founded the successful disputes boutique Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP, back in 2009. Having started his career at international law firm Simmons & Simmons, Marc has well over two decades of experience of acting on international disputes. He is recognised by the legal directories as being among the UK’s leading disputes lawyers. Chambers & Partners has described him as “a tenacious litigator” and a “great strategist”. The Legal 500 has said he is ‘’an exceptionally dedicated, inventive lawyer’’ and “a no-nonsense lawyer who gets results for his clients” who has a “willingness to get stuck into difficult fights”.
Marc advises on high value commercial and financial disputes, including arbitration and court litigation, across a range of industry sectors including financial and professional, IT/tech, energy, manufacturing, mining and commodities. Marc has represented parties arbitrating disputes under the LCIA, ICC and UNCITRAL rules. His practice also encompasses arbitration-related litigation in the London Commercial Court, including anti-suit injunctions, the bringing and defending of challenges to arbitral awards and enforcement of awards.
In addition to his focus on mandates with a European and Middle Eastern connection, Marc leads Keidan Harrison’s India-disputes team and has worked on substantial cross-border India-related cases for many years, acting for Indian high-net-worth individuals and corporates. He has, in recent months, also been acting on significant arbitration-related litigation involving another South Asian country.
