Tsegaye LAURENDEAU

Tsegaye has over 15 years of international arbitration experience. He specialises in international arbitration, as well as commercial arbitration.

Tsegaye has a particular expertise in arbitrations involving complex corporate structures, financial products, accounting and tax issues and matters relating to quantum. Tsegaye's pratice primarily acts in joint venture, M&A, investment funds and international financing disputes in the oil and gas, commodities, infrastructure, mining, technology and telecoms industries. Prior to becoming an arbitration practitioner, Tsegaye was a Project Finance lawyer in a magic circle firm specialising in large energy and infrastructure projects in the MENA region and Sub-Saharan Africa.

In July 2024, Tsegaye was elected as a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Court for the 2024-2027 mandate.

In January 2024, Tsegaye was appointed to the P.R.I.M.E. Finance Panel of experts/arbitrators. P.R.I.M.E. Finance is an innovative international organisation, which was launched in 2012 with the aim of assisting with the resolution of disputes concerning complex financial products.

Tsegaye’s international arbitration practice increasingly includes appointments as arbitrator, both as sole and co-arbitrator.

Tsegaye is ranked in The Legal 500 UK 2025 Guide as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for international arbitration. Tsegaye also features in The Legal 500 International Arbitration Powerlist UK. Tsegaye is recognised as a ‘Future leader’ for arbitration in the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal).

Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Tsegaye was a partner at international arbitration boutique law firm Gaillard Banifatemi Shelbaya Disputes, and before that he was a member of Shearman & Sterling’s international arbitration group where he practiced for over ten years, first in Paris, then in London from 2015.