Lauren Owide

Lauren Owide

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Lauren Owide is an associate Baker McKenzie Dispute Resolution team based in London. Lauren has experience working on a broad range of contentious and regulatory matters. She represents clients in high-value, multi-party disputes including commercial litigation, product liability, international arbitration and investigations relating to various areas of law including financial regulation, fraud and anti-bribery.

Practice Focus

  • Advising a major Chinese insurance company in complex litigation involving underlying fraudulent activity.

  • Assisting a group of trustees on general contentious and advisory issues relating to a family trust, as well as an ongoing trust restructure.

  • Advising a Ukranian company on its enforcement options and prospects in relation to a VIAC Arbitration award.

  • Representing two Chinese state-owned entities against their former Egyptian distributor in ICC arbitration in connection with the termination of two separate distribution agreements. The place of arbitration is Paris, France, the applicable law is Egyptian law.

  • Advising on a large multi-jurisdictional dispute for a global client in the IMT sector, involving an anti-suit injunction application, related proceedings in the Dubai local courts, a Jeddah-seated arbitration and §1782 proceedings in Tennessee, in respect of a DIFC-LCIA arbitration.   

  • Assisting a FTSE 100 company in conducting an internal investigation for the purpose of reporting to both the SFO and DOJ. The investigation covered areas of bribery and corruption, and involved numerous jurisdictions.   

  • Advising a medical devices manufacturer in respect of multiple product liability claims.

Admissions

  • England & Wales (Solicitor)~United Kingdom (2019)

Education

  • University of Exeter (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2015)
  • University of Exeter (BA Hons, English Literature) (2013)
  • (Legal Practice Course) (2011)