Mike STEPEK

Michael focuses on international commercial arbitration and litigation, investment treaty arbitration, and complex, high-value disputes. He advises on matters involving the control of corporate entities, foreign direct investment, concession agreements, major infrastructure projects, and joint ventures.

Michael is chair of Winston’s International Arbitration Practice, and he appears regularly before the leading international forums throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. He represents clients before numerous international forums in arbitrations conducted pursuant to all the major institutional rules, including ICSID, ICC, LCIA, HKIAC, SCC, and UNCITRAL. Michael has over 30 years of experience in international law conducted pursuant to various institutional rules as well as ad hoc. He also appears as an arbitrator in such disputes.

Licensed to practice in both England & Wales and in the United States, Michael has a particular focus in the energy, power, mining, telecommunications, and transportation industries. He is a member of the firm’s Videogame, Gaming and Esports Group dedicated to providing comprehensive legal solutions to companies in these industries.

Michael is renowned as a top-tier practitioner by leading legal directories. He has been listed in the “Hall of Fame” in The Legal 500 since 2022, where he is described as “uniformly excellent” and a “rare lawyer who knows his practice area inside and out”. He is also recommended as a leader in his field by Chambers Global and Best Lawyers in Switzerland in the fields of Arbitration and Mediation, Energy Law, and International Arbitration.