Robert Bedford
PARTNER
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Robert Bedford
Partner
T 0208 092 8411
M 07999 020 743
E rob.bedford@astraea-group.com
Biography
Rob has deep expertise in resolving complex, high-value, cross-border disputes; often involving thorny conflicts of law and jurisdictional issues and requiring the assembly and tight co-ordination of teams of foreign counsel and specialists.
He oversees a number of the firm’s largest cases, including acting for the claimants in Stati & Ors v Republic of Kazakhstan, a multi-jurisdictional action to enforce a US$500 million arbitral award resulting from breaches of the Energy Charter Treaty.
Other recent instructions include a EUR900 million investment arbitration against the Republic of Moldova concerning the concession to operate the national airport and a complex civil fraud and asset recovery action in which worldwide freezing orders were obtained against 29 defendants and Chabra respondents across five jurisdictions. Rob also has a growing reputation in relation to crypto disputes and was named as one of Citywealth’s Top 50 Crypto Professionals 2023 | Citywealth Leaders List.
Rob regularly advises a range of clients on sanctions compliance and has led internal investigations including into alleged sanctions breaches by a shipping business and suspicious payments of hundreds of millions of dollars by a subsidiary of an oil and gas multinational.