Biography
Peter Leaver is an experienced full-time international commercial arbitrator, recommended in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. He is praised for the way he “gets to the core of the matter” and is someone who is “really on top of the case”. He sits as arbitrator in a broad spread of commercial disputes, and has noted expertise in the sports arena. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb) and appointed to the Law Society’s Accreditation Panel of Arbitrators. He is also a member of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Panel and the Hong Kong Arbitration Centre Panel.
Through his extensive practice at the Bar, Peter Leaver has experience in many areas of commercial law, including banking, insurance and financial services cases, and related jurisdictional questions. In addition to his experience in international commercial arbitration, Peter Leaver has had considerable experience as an arbitrator in the sports sector. He was appointed as the only British member of the Court of Arbitration for Sport Ad-Hoc Tribunal UEFA 2000 and 2004, and the FIFA World Cup 2006.