Baruch Baigel is a solicitor at Asserson Law Offices whose practice focuses international commercial litigation and arbitration.

Since joining Asserson Law Offices, Baruch has had day to day conduct of several large international arbitrations under both ICC and LCIA Rules.

Baruch graduated fifth in his year from Cambridge University with a First Class degree in law in June 2005, having been awarded the Simmons and Simmons Prize for the top mark in contract law and the John Hall Prize for the top mark in family law. In 2006 Baruch won the Baker & McKenzie Law Link Scholarship to study in Harvard Law School where he received a Masters in Law (LLM) and graduated with ‘A’ grade average. He completed the Legal Practice Course with Distinction in London in June 2008. Baruch is a member of European Users' Council of the London Court of International Arbitration and is a candidate for the University of London Diploma in International Arbitration.

Baruch's experience includes:

• Acting for a Czech bank against a major international bank in a multimillion dollar claim in the Cayman Islands;
• Acting in an LCIA arbitration for an Israeli franchisee of a global restaurant chain against the international franchisor;
• Acting in an LCIA arbitration for a large mining corporation against fellow investors in a Kyrgyzstan gold mining company;
• Acting in an LCIA arbitration for a an Isle of Man media company against a global media company;
• Acting in an LCIA arbitration for a Cayman Island investment company against a major investment bank;
• Acting in an ICC arbitration for a South American security company against a South American government;
• Acting in an ICC arbitration for a Cypriot real estate development company against a major Austrian finance company;
• Acting in an ad hoc arbitration in relation to a dispute between investors in an real estate project in Los Angeles.