Ceyda Knoebel is an English-Turkish dual-qualified solicitor and of counsel in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. She is a member of the firm’s Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration Groups.

Ceyda advises on a wide range of disputes involving public international law and general commercial matters in common and civil law jurisdictions. She has experience in both commercial and investment treaty arbitration proceedings under the UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC, VIAC and LCIA Rules as well as enforcement of arbitral awards in multiple jurisdictions. Ceyda represents and advises clients across a broad spectrum of industries including energy, oil and gas, financial services, banking and construction and she appears as counsel and advocate in commercial and investor-state disputes.

She also teaches international investment arbitration at King’s College, London and writes on legal issues for a wide range of publications. Ceyda is a senior editor of the Turkish Commercial Law Review and is a member of ArbitralWomen and International Law Association (British branch) as well as the young international arbitration groups of the LCIA (YIAG), Institute for Transnational Arbitration (Young ITA), International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA) and International Center for Dispute Resolution (ICDR Young & International).

Ceyda is recognised by The Legal 500 UK 2024 for International Arbitration and Public International Law. She is also recognised by the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom  as a leading lawyer for International Arbitration.

Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Ceyda trained and practised in the London office of a magic circle law firm where she spent six months seconded to a major financial institution as well as practising in the Ankara office of a major US law firm.

She holds an LL.M degree from University of Cambridge (2008) and was also admitted to the Bar in Turkey in 2007. In addition to her native Turkish, Ceyda speaks German.