Samantha J. Rowe is a partner in Debevoise & Plimpton’s International Dispute Resolution Group whose practice focuses on international arbitration, public international law and ESG. She has experience across a broad range of industries and sectors, including aviation, energy (traditional and renewables), mining, construction, banking and financial services, pharmaceuticals and consumer healthcare and satellites.

Ms. Rowe is a highly active member of the arbitration and public international law communities as a member of the ICC’s UK Arbitration and ADR Committee and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution's European Advisory Council. She sits on the Editorial Board of the European Investment Law and Arbitration Review and the Advisory Board for the Restatement of the English Law of Arbitration Agreements.

Ms. Rowe has been named to The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list, which recognises the profession’s most innovative and inspirational lawyers. The magazine noted the “precedent-setting cases” she advises on. She was also named a Rising Star for international arbitration by Law360, a UK Rising Star, and a Rising Star in the Commercial Arbitration practice category at the inaugural Euromoney Legal Media Group Europe Rising Stars Awards. Ms. Rowe is included in The Legal 500’s inaugural International Arbitration Powerlist, and she is listed by Who’s Who Legal (2022) as a leading lawyer and thought leader for arbitration, and recommended for International Arbitration by Chambers Global, Chambers UK and The Legal 500 UK.

Ms. Rowe received her B.A. (Hons.) with First Class Honours in English Law and French Law from the University of Oxford, Wadham College, a Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français from the Université de Paris II Panthéon-Assas and an LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University. She was a scholar of Wadham College and received a Dean’s Graduate Award at NYU.