Our experience and cases of note

Acting for a global business in litigation arising from wrongly terminated, multi-million (£) FX option contracts.

Acting for an IT consultancy in proceedings seeking the recovery of an eight figure (£) contractual 'success fee', owed in respect of the assessment and reduction of a customer’s under licensing exposure to a large software provider.

Advising the owners and operators of a power plant in potential arbitral proceedings against a utility provider, seeking the recovery of an accumulated debt of over US$250m.

Acting for an investment bank as part of global efforts to enforce a €2.6m debt arising out of a personal guarantee underpinning a loan by a central-european bank to the debtor's finance company.

Acting for two entrepreneurs defending a c.£30m claim (and worldwide freezing order) concerning the alleged sale of several businesses to Wirecard AG.

Acting for a property investor defending the enforcement of a c.£30m U.A.E judgment (and worldwide freezing order), relating to the alleged purchase of plots in the "World Islands" artificial archipelago in Dubai.

Acting for a HNWI defending the enforcement of a c.£20m BVI judgment, with the enforcement principally concerning a charging order over high value London property.

Acting for an African bank in large-scale asset recovery and international enforcement work concerning fixed income investments totalling in excess of US$700m.

Confidential Arbitration Proceedings [2024]. Acting for a renewable energy group in proceedings under the ICC rules.

Commission Recovery Limited v Marks & Clerk LLP and Long Acre Renewals [2024]: acting for the Defendants in a representative action pursuant to CPR 19.8 relating to commission arrangements for IP renewal services.  This was the first commercially funded claim issued pursuant to CPR 19.8 which was allowed to proceed,

Setting aside a £30m+ default judgment over three years after it was issued

S&B Consultancy Services Limited v Bourn and Anor [2022] EWHC 2359 (Comm): acting for the claimant in a summary judgment application relating to novel point of law pursuant to s.26 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Echosense Jersey Limited v Eric Lawrence Schleelein & Ors [2023] EWHC 2700 Comm): acting for the successful Defendants in a jurisdiction challenge surrounding the scope of jurisdiction clauses, service out of the jurisdiction, the utility of negative declarations, and abuse of legal process.

Magomedov and Ors v TPG Group Holdings (SBS), LP [2023] EWHC 2655 (Comm): acting for a successful Defendant in his defence of an application for a US $8.8bn freezing injunction; securing an order for security for costs in respect of a substantial jurisdiction challenge; acting for two Defendants in the ongoing US$14bn conspiracy claim.

Sian Participation Corp. (In Liquidation) and Ors v Domidias Limited & Or [2024] EWHC 458 (Comm): acted for the successful Defendants in their application for summary judgment regarding a substantial (US$2bn) contractual dispute.

Acting for individual in claim against major bank concerning the mis-selling of an interest rate hedging product.