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Sophy Helgesen

Sophy
Helgesen

Associate Attorney

CONTACT INFO

shelgesen@gibsondunn.com

TEL:+44 (0)20 7071 4261

FAX:+44 (0)20 7070 9261

London

Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London, EC4Y 0HB United Kingdom

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PRACTICE

International Arbitration Litigation Transnational Litigation

BIOGRAPHY

Sophy Helgesen is an English-qualified solicitor in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration Groups.

Ms. Helgesen specialises in international arbitration, with extensive experience in investment treaty cases and complex commercial arbitrations under ICSID, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules, across a range of sectors including energy, mining, construction and media, and associated English High Court applications.

Ms. Helgesen’s investment treaty experience includes acting for investors in a major oil company in long-running multi-billion dollar proceedings against the Russian Federation under the Energy Charter Treaty, and for an international media company in an investment treaty dispute with a foreign state under ICSID rules. She was part of the team awarded International Arbitration Team of the Year at the 2020 British Legal Awards for its work on the Ipek Interim Measures Award.

Her recent commercial arbitration experience includes acting for a global engineering company in a multi-billion dollar ICC arbitration arising out of a Middle Eastern airport project, and for a global mining company in a multi-billion dollar LCIA arbitration concerning a long-term supply contract.

Ms. Helgesen also has considerable experience in financial regulatory and white collar crime investigations.

Ms. Helgesen spent four years leading the London office’s pro bono committee and initiating and overseeing a number of human rights law research projects for various NGOs and human rights agencies.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ms. Helgesen trained in the London office of a Magic Circle law firm, where she spent six months seconded to the arbitration team in its Prague office. Ms. Helgesen received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford in 2009. She speaks fluent German.

EDUCATION

University of Law - London Moorgate - 2011 Legal Practice Course

University of Law - London Moorgate - 2011 Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)

University of Law - London Moorgate - 2010 Graduate Diploma in Law

University of Oxford - 2009 Bachelor of Arts

ADMISSIONS

England & Wales - Solicitor

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Client Alert - April 20, 2022 | New Sustainability Measures for the Textiles Sector
Client Alert - March 11, 2022 | European Commission Proposes Far-Reaching Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Obligations
Publications - September 12, 2018 | Protections for Refugee Women and Children: Spotlight on the European Convention on Human Rights
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