Laurence Shore is a dual U.S./U.K. qualified partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He is co-chair of the firm's International Arbitration Practice Group.

Mr. Shore focuses his practice on international arbitration.  He has been the lead advocate in a large number of arbitration cases under, for example, the ICC, LCIA, AAA, UNCITRAL and SWISS Rules.  He also has sat as an arbitrator in cases under the ICC, Cairo Regional Centre, and LCIA Rules.  In addition to his work as an arbitration practitioner, Mr. Shore has tried cases in the United States courts and in England's High Court.

Mr. Shore is a co-author (with C. McLachlan and M. Weiniger) of International Investment Arbitration:  Substantive Principles (Oxford University Press, 2007).  He also serves on the Editorial Board of International Arbitration Law Review, and holds the appointment of Visiting Professor in the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary, University of London.

Mr. Shore is a member of the District of Columbia and Virginia Bars, and is a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, where he has rights of audience as a solicitor-advocate (Higher Courts, Civil).

 

Chambers Europe 2008 ranks Mr. Shore as a leading lawyer for Dispute Resolution: International Arbitration.  Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Shore was the global head of international arbitration at a major law firm in London.