James Hope is a partner in Vinge’s Stockholm office. He is a dual-qualified Swedish advokat and English solicitor-advocate, with over 25 years’ experience as a dispute resolution lawyer. He started his career as a solicitor in Scotland before spending 10 years in London – at Simmons & Simmons and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom – before moving to Stockholm in 2006.
James has acted as counsel or arbitrator in more than 100 international arbitration cases, including under the ICC, SCC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICDR, Danish Institute of Arbitration and Finnish Chamber of Commerce arbitration rules, as well as before ICSID. He is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.
In addition to arbitration, James also has experience of litigation in three different jurisdictions: Scotland, England and Sweden.
As well as having a busy practice, James is a guest lecturer in arbitration at the universities of Stockholm, Uppsala and Edinburgh. He is also a member of the LCIA Court. From 2013 to 2018, James was a member of the board of the Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce, and he was also previously a member of the executive committee of the Swedish Arbitration Association.
James is fluent in English and Swedish, and he is learning Russian.
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