Natasha Peter is a dual-qualified English barrister and French avocat and is a partner in the Paris office of Trinity International. She has over 20 years’ experience in international arbitration and dispute resolution, with a particular focus on the energy (including renewables, nuclear and LNG/ LPG), infrastructure and finance sectors.

Natasha has extensive experience in construction and engineering disputes. She has an in-depth familiarity with delay, disruption, technical and quantum issues arising in this context, and is also experienced in adjudication, disputes boards and mediation.  In addition, she regularly acts in joint venture and post M&A disputes, including those involving complex valuation, financial and jurisdictional issues. She has an MSc in Finance from the University of London and brings this financial knowledge to bear on these cases.

Prior to joining Trinity, Natasha was counsel in the arbitration department of the pre-eminent French law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel, representing large multinational companies, states and individuals in high-value disputes. She started her career as an independent barrister practicing from a leading commercial and public law chambers, 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square, in London.

As a result of her mixed common and civil law background, Natasha has had the opportunity to work in a diverse range of environments. Many of her cases have involved clients, arbitral seats and/or projects based in Francophone Africa, Anglophone Africa, and other emerging markets.

Natasha sits as an arbitrator and adjudicator, and also as a Deputy District Judge on the South-eastern Circuit in England. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a visiting lecturer at Paris II Panthéon-Assas University. She regularly publishes articles and gives seminars on topics relating to renewable energy, international arbitration, commercial/ contract law and alternative dispute resolution. She is listed in the category “Best Lawyers: Arbitration and Mediation” by Best Lawyers France 2023.