Partner Ronnie King

Ronnie has practised with Ashurst since 1984 and is the managing partner of our Tokyo office. Ronnie moved to the Tokyo office having been managing partner of Ashurst Singapore for two years and, prior to that, a partner in the Ashurst London dispute resolution department. He is one of the most experienced arbitration practitioners based in Asia and has extensive experience handling disputes for clients in a variety of industries, in particular, the energy, power and mining, telecoms and insurance and re-insurance sectors. Ronnie appears as an advocate in international arbitrations and also sits as an arbitrator. Prior to his relocation to Asia, Ronnie acted on some of the highest value commercial arbitration and litigation cases in the London market, including the largest-ever claim for competition law damages and several major disputes between Russian oligarchs. He has experience of arbitrating claims involving allegations of bribery and influence peddling and in advising clients on potential breaches of UN and other sanctions.

Ronnie is currently acting on a number of fraud and corruption investigations for major corporations. His current mandates include acting on a shareholder dispute concerning an investment in South East Asia, an investigation into the activities of the Middle Eastern subsidiary of a major Asian corporation, and a shareholder dispute between a Chinese company and Hong Kong company over a failed corporate acquisition.

Ronnie's current arbitral appointments include arbitration in the telecommunications, finance and medical sectors. He has long been recognised in major independent guides in the legal profession as a specialist for his arbitration, investigations and energy sector disputes work.

Ronnie is qualified in England & Wales and is a registered foreign lawyer (Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi) in Japan.