News and articles

22 September 2023: CYK Partner Mikhail Vishnyakov, Senior Associate Julia Ogievetsky and Associate Hazel He write for Solicitors Journal outlining the key proposals for amendments to the Act.  See here for full article (subscription may be required)

17 August 2023: CYK partner Sam Roberts writes for Investment Monitor on how AI has reached something approaching critical mass in 2023 and looks at the repercussions for its use in making investments.  See link here for full article.

9 August 2023: CYK partner Rosie Wild writes for the FT Adviser on the top five things she has learnt in her career so far about chasing fraudsters and trying to recover stolen assets.  See link here for full article.  

Welcome to the July edition of FYI, Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter. As varied as the English summer, this quarter’s edition spans the future of boutique law firms, the opening up of the Indian legal market, disputes in the food sector, the relevance of arbitration to SMEs, and security for costs in time of war.

25 July 2023: Accelerating redundancies in the last few weeks have raised further red flags around whether the UK is on a path to recession. From the perspective of CYK - a litigation boutique founded in the last recession!

20 July 2023:  CYK Managing Partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for the FT adviser looking at whether a beneficiary is entitled to take legal recourse against trustees for failing to re-evaluate their investment strategy.  See here for full article. 

17 July 2023:  In Who’s Who Legal’s 2023 guide for Asset Recovery, Cooke, Young & Keidan is one of only five English law firms to have two Partners recognised as Global Elite Thought Leaders. Jon Felce and Natalie Todd are...

11 July 2023: Jon Felce (Partner) and Tulsi Bhatia (Associate) of Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP discuss a recent unreported case in which they were involved concerning an application for security for costs against a Ukrainian claimant

27 June 2023: What do you need to know about a FOSFA arbitration? Mikhail Vishnyakov FCIArb and Emily Davies team up with Mark Tushingham to explain.  See link here for full article.  

26 June 2023: CYK associate Tulsi Bhatia writes on ‘India Opens Up: Liberalisation of the Indian Legal Market’, which was first published by ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine Issue 9 on 17 June 2023.  See link here for full article.

30 May 2023:  As part of its review of the Arbitration Act 1996, the Law Commission published its second consultation paper in March 2023. Mikhail Vishnyakov, Jordan Waldock, and Tulsi Bhatia, at Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP consider a recent panel discussion hosted by the firm in which the three issues covered in the SCP were debated. See link here for full article.  This article was first published on LexisPSL 

30 May 2023: CYK Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade and Associate Anna-Rose Davies write for the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine about the planned expansion to the scope of the current financial promotions regime to include certain cryptoassets. Please see full article here.  Please note that this article was first published with ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine.

Falling behind on your fraud facts this year?  Need a fresh fraud update on the hottest cases of 2023?    Then please join us and our special guests on Tuesday, 20th June 2023 for a run-through of our ‘Fraud Favourites...

12 May 2023: CYK partner Mikhail Vishnyakov writes for The Law Society Gazette on the Law Commission’s Second Consultation Paper, which invites comments on three key proposals for reform of the Arbitration Act 1996. See link here for full article. 

Welcome to the April edition of FYI, Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter. We kick off our spring issue with a Q&A with our two newest partners, Mikhail Vishnyakov and Rosie Wild.  We also look at the prospects for a TikTok ban in the UK, the legalities of evidence gained from hacking, and the possible regulation of cryptoassets, and provide an update on important sanctions-related developments.

11 May 2023: CYK Partner Lydia Danon, with associate Florence Sandberg writes for Startups Magazine examining the pros and cons of arbitration within the helm of SME’s.  See link here for full article. 

CYK partners Jon Felce and Rosie Wild write for Insurance Edge looking at the complexities of business compromise fraud.  See here for full article.

24 April 2023: A Q&A session with CYK's newest partners Mikhail Vishynakov and Rosie Wild.

24 April 2023: CYK's Mikhail Vishnyakov and Ben Coady review the recent sanctions related developments.  

24 April 2023: CYK partner Sam Roberts writes for The Times on the commercial disputes that might arise from a UK TikTok ban.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).   

21 April 2023:  Following Cooke, Young & Keidan’s recent success in resisting an application by an award debtor for an extension of time to file its English Arbitration Act challenge to an International Cotton Association (ICA) arbitration award,

21 April 2023: Jon Felce and Mikhail Vishnyakov discussed some of the proposed changes to the Arbitration Act 1996 in the New Law Journal.  See link here for full article. 

Earlier this year, the procedure to be followed in conducting cross-examinations in London-seated arbitrations was considered in BPY v MXV[1], a challenge to an arbitral award under Section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“AA”). CYK acted for the successful Defendant.......

3 April 2023: Natalie Todd has written an article on whether permission is necessary to appeal a contempt order in light of the recent case Deutsche Bank v Sebastian Holdings Inc. This article was first published by Lexis®PSL. 

3 April 2023:  Leading disputes resolution boutique Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP has announced that Rosie Wild and Mikhail Vishnyakov are being promoted to the partnership, with effect from 1 April 2023. This announcement supports CYK’s continuing growth and reflects both...

31 March 2023:  CYK partner Natalie Todd writes on “Ill-Gotten Gains: the boundaries for evidence gained by covert surveillance and underhand tactics” which was first published by the New Law Journal on 10 March 2023.  

20 March 2023: CYK’s Eleni Papageorgiadou, Natalie Todd and Jon Felce write for ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine in its latest edition on Chechetkin v Payward [2022] EWHC 3057 (Ch).  See link here for full article.

8 March 2023: CYK associate Anna-Rose Davies, and partners Natalie Todd and Jon Felce write for ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine in its annual FIRE Starters edition on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Maranello Rosso Ltd v Lohomij BV. 

28 February 2023: CYK Senior Associate Liz Meade comments for the Law Society Gazette on HM Treasury’s recent consultation document - Future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets.

By Mikhail Vishnyakov and Tusli Bhatia The recent judgment in National Iranian Oil Company v Crescent Petroleum Company International Limited [1] provides useful insight into how a challenge to an arbitration award on the basis that the tribunal lacked jurisdiction (available under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (“AA 1996”)) can be disposed of via summary judgment, thus avoiding a complete rehearing, when the challenge has no realistic prospect of success.

25 January 2023 - CYK Partner Sam Roberts and Associate Yajur Mittal comment on the recent decision of the High Court in Paul Clements v Adam Frisby dealing with the law of waiver of privilege and its scope. See here for full article.

23 January 2023 - A recent Court of Appeal judgment considered whether the contract at issue required acceptance of payments in an alternative currency to overcome a sanctions force majeure event. CYK's Mikhail Vishnyakov and Emily Davies outline the key issues from the judgment in this article.  Please see here for full article.

19 January 2023 - CYK Partner Sam Roberts and Associate Florence Sandberg comment on the recent contempt of court decision handed down in Wright v McCormack.  See here for full article.

11 January 2023 - CYK Partner Jon Felce has written for the Law Society Gazette in relation to a recent CJEU decision that will leave fraudsters rubbing their hands with glee.  See here for full article.

11 January 2023 - CYK Partner Sam Roberts writes for Thomson Reuters looking at the legal relationship between platforms and investors.  See link here for full article.

6 January 2023: CYK Partners Natalie Todd and Jon Felce wrote for ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes Magazine ‘Year in Review’ edition on the Court of Appeal’s decision in Gorbachev v Guriev. 

6 January 2023: CYK Partner Natalie Todd has written an analysis on a case concerning penal notices on orders and when a party should include them: Re Taray Brokering Ltd; Avery-Gee (as trustee in bankruptcy of Lawrence Coppen) v Coppen and another.  This article was first published by LexisPSL on 20 December 2022.

22 December 2022: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan, partner Jon Felce and Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov write for the IBA on the UK’s departure from the EU and how this has changed the legal landscape with regards to arbitration.  See here for full article. 

19 December 2022: CYK Partner Jon Felce and Senior Associate Rosie Wild write for Financier Worldwide Magazine. See here for article

15 December 2022: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan and associate Yajur Mittal write for Wealth Briefing on the liability of trustees in the current economic crisis.  See link here for full article.  

13 December 2022: CYK partner Jon Felce writes for LexisNexis on the recent decision in Harrington and Charles Trading Company Ltd (in liquidation) and others v Mehta and others [2022] EWHC 2960 (Ch) (this article was first published by LexisPSL on 05 December 2022).  See here for full article.

7 December 2022: CYK partner Natalie Todd writes for the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine ‘Year in Review’ edition discussing fortification of damages in freezing injunctions and was also delighted to give a 60 second interview.

6 December 2022: CYK partner Jon Felce writes for Accountancy Daily on the recent rise in insolvencies and how this is connected with a rise in fraud.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

CYK partner Natalie Todd has written an analysis on the applicable law aspects of the judgment handed down in Kingdom of Sweden v Servin and others concerning delict and breach of duty claims.  This article was first published by LexisPSL on 18 November 2022.”  See link here for full article.  

24 November 2022: CYK partner Sam Roberts comments for The Times on the coming wave of crypto litigation, as foreshadowed by the recent collapse of FTX, one of the biggest players in crypto.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required) 

4 November 2022:  Commended by The Times for commercial dispute resolution – Cooke, Young & Keidan has been recognised as one of The Times Best Law Firms 2023, highlighting  our acting in a major software dispute against Rolls-Royce and in...

Welcome to the October edition of FYI: Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newletter. This quarter we take a look at the prospects for victims of fraud in bringing a claim against the banks, the risks of Buy Now Pay Later loans for investors, and one of the long-running legal implications of the Libyan Embassy siege in 1984.

By Rosie Wild and Ben Coady ‘The “Persons Unknown” Jurisdiction’ refers to the power of the Court to grant an order against ‘Persons Unknown’: persons liable to suit by description, as long as that description is ‘sufficiently certain…to identify both...

25 October 2022: CYK is acting for Topalsson GmbH in its litigation against Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd. Topalsson and Rolls-Royce entered into a contract in October 2019 for the development and deployment of a ‘configurator’ for Rolls-Royce’s car models. The configurator was intended to be a piece of software which would allow customers and dealers to customise cars with photorealistic 3D models and in real-time. Rolls-Royce terminated the contract in early 2020 and the parties have brought claims against each other for breach of contract. The case was recently reported in The Telegraph and The Times.

“In terms of boutique litigation firms, they’re my go-to recommendation. They’re all extremely good lawyers.” Following hot on the heels of the latest editions of Legal500 (see here) and Who’s Who Legal (see here and here), we are very grateful...

10 October 2022: Jon Felce and Rosie Wild write with David McIlroy of Forum Chambers on why financial institutions should not rest easy when it comes to fraud claims. With thanks also to Elizabeth Meade. See here for the full article.

5 October 2022: Who’s Who Legal’s Global Guide has recommended five CYK team members in its Global Guide, four for the first time, with recognition for Sinead O’Callaghan, and ‘Future Leaders’ Lydia Danon, Jon Felce, Mikhail Vishnyakov and Rosie Wild.

3 October 2022:  Jon Felce was profiled, and Mikhail Vishnyakov and Yajur Mittal wrote about the use of arbitration in disputes involving financial Institutions, in the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes magazine here.

“It is rare to have a boutique firm that is nimble and flexible also having such high quality and overall clout…. If the case is important, definitively a key firm to consider.” Cooke, Young & Keidan is very grateful for...

26 September 2022: CYK partners Jon Felce and Natalie Todd write for ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE on S423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 examining the powerful relief available to insolvency practitioners and victims. 

20 September 2022: CYK Partners Jon Felce and Natalie Todd have edited the online-first England and Wales chapter of this publication by Wolters Kluwer International Group. See link here for full article.  

6 September 2022: CYK partner Sam Roberts and associate Emily Davies write for IFA magazine on how the BNPL market has grown and the risks involved for investors in BNPL securitisations. 

10 August 2022:  CYK partner Jon Felce analyses the recent decision in Mabrouk v Murray. This article was first published by LexisNexis® on 19 July 2022 see see here for full article.  

Welcome to the July edition of FYI: Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newletter. In this summery number, we focus on the developing legal and regulatory landscape for cryptoassets, the merits of insolvency versus fraud claims, the prospects for the litigation market, new audit reforms, and the fallout from the Bedzhamov case.

3 August 2022: Jon Felce and Natalie Todd wrote about their experiences at ThoughtLeaders4FIRE’s International conference on fraud, insolvency, recovery and enforcement, held in Vilamoura, Portugal.   See link here for full article.

2 August 2022:  New partners Natalie Todd and Jon Felce have been recommended for asset recovery by Who’s Who Legal 2022, with Natalie recognised as a leading individual in England and described as ‘a respected name in the asset recovery market who earns appreciation as “a result-oriented lawyer”’. 

26 July 2022: CYK Partner Sam Roberts takes a look at crypto assets examining the concepts behind who owns them.

5 July 2022: CYK Partner Sam Roberts and Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade write for Legal Futures on the recent news whereby a NFT was the subject of a successful injunction made by the Singapore High Court.  See here for full article.  

1 July 2022: CYK Partner Natalie Todd and Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade write for EPrivateClient on how to avoid NFT phishing scams.  See here for full article (subscription may be required).

28 June 2022: Jon Felce, Natalie Todd and Andrew Flynn write about an enticing way for claimants to seise jurisdiction over company officers through service under section 1140 Companies Act 2006, in the latest edition of ThoughtLeaders4 Disputes magazine.  See here for full article.  

28 June 2022:  CYK partner Stephen Elam and Senior Associate Liz Meade write for Finextra on what happens when smart contracts go wrong.  See link here for full article. 

23 June 2022: CYK Managing Partner Sinead O’Callaghan contributes to the Gazette’s roundtable discussion on disputes.   See link here for full article (pages 20-24).

14 June 2022: CYK partner Natalie Todd writes for City AM on the recent news on how the government plans to reform big corporate audits.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

13 June 2022: CYK partner Jon Felce writes for LexisPSL analysing the recent decision in the Bedzhamov litigation. This article was first published on 31 May 2022.  See here for full article.

9 June 2022: Natalie Todd and Jon Felce, partners at Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP, write for the CFO outlining the routes available to companies who have suffered a corporate civil fraud, and how forcing the perpetrating firm into insolvency can sometimes be an effective tool to recover lost assets.

Welcome to the April edition of FYI: Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newletter. In this edition we share some personal insights into the world of disputes from CYK’s new partners, Jon Felce and Natalie Todd.  We also take a detailed look at the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in terms of sanctions and supply chain disruption, consider partner retirement from LLPs, examine the challenges of pleading fraud in medtech disputes, and review recent developments in international arbitration.

26 April 2022: In this in-depth analysis, Mikhail Vishnyakov considers the impact of the sanctions on Russia in terms of key restrictions and potential claims. The sanctions imposed on Russia are likely to affect many contracts and supply chains. This article examines how businesses can be prepared for complying with sanctions and explains the importance of preparing for sanctions-related disputes.

26 April 2022: CYK Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov and Associate James Arnold discuss the recent judgment of the High Court in MUR Shipping BV v RTI Ltd [2022] EWHC 467 (Comm) and its implications for parties subject to contractual agreements that have been affected by financial sanctions. This case dealt with a scenario where US financial sanctions were enforced on a contractual party and a dispute arose over what would amount to a “reasonable endeavour” on behalf of contractual parties to avoid the sanctions preventing performance of the contract.

25 April 2022: CYK Partner Jon Felce and Associate Andrew Flynn focus on a legal issue of particular relevance to civil fraud practitioners, as it arose in the recent judgment of the High Court in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC v Shetty & Ors [2022] EWHC 529 (Comm).

25 April 2022: A conversation with Jon Felce and Natalie Todd who joined CYK at the beginning of April from PCB Byrne. They share their views on the current global disputes market and tell us why they chose to join CYK

14 April 2022: CYK Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov and Associate James Arnold write for eliteglobal. What are the top legal and tactical tips for potential supply chain disruption disputes?

29 March 2022: CYK Partner Lydia Danon and Associate Andrew Flynn write for Accountancy Daily on issues arising from the recent decision in Parr v MSR Partners LLP (formerly Moore Stephens LLP) and Others [2022] EWCA Civ 24 , including what firms and their management committees should consider around retiring members when drafting their partnership agreements and what members should look out for and do if they are facing compulsory retirement. 

28 March 2022: CYK Associate James Arnold comments for Off the Pitch on the recent legal action taken by AFC Bournemouth player Jordan Ibe against the club over the withholding of image rights payments after his career nosedived during the last year of his contract.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

23 March 2022: CYK Partner Lydia Danon comments for City AM on the recent surge in NFT related frauds in the UK last year with the rise likely to continue according to legal experts.  See link here for full article.  

22 March 2022: In this article about the QC selection process, CYK Managing Partner Sinead O’Callaghan comments to The Times on how, in big ticket litigation, working with a QC is “a must”.  See link here for full article (Subscription may be required)

21 March 2022: CYK Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov writes for the Legal Gazette on the recent guidelines issued by The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators on the use of technology in international arbitration.  See full article here at page 24.  

21 March 2022: CYK successfully obtains summary judgment for an international brokerage firm in c.$9m index swaps dispute

1 March 2022: CYK partner Sam Roberts, Senior Associate Rosie Wild and Associate Emily Davies write for PLC looking at the possible implications for M&A following the civil claim brought by Hewlett-Packard against Mike Lynch and Sushovan Hussain over the fallout from the acquisition of British tech business Autonomy. 

CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan and Associate James Arnold write for SME Today providing some practical guidance on the steps which can be taken by parties to ensure that they terminate contracts correctly minimising any legal ramifications. 

15 February 2022: CYK Partner Sam Roberts comments for Bloomberg on the recent seizure by HMRC of a Non-Fungible Token and how it is no surprise that fraudsters are capitalizing on the growth of NFTs.  See link here for full...

14 February 2022: CYK Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov writes for Funds Europe on the recent changes to the PRIME Finance arbitration rules. The updated rules permit fanciful defences and weak claims to be determined more quickly. By permitting a faster process for such claims, arbitration may become a more appealing choice for resolving potential disputes arising out of financial transactions.  Please see for full article. 

In the third instalment of articles by our team on litigation in the medtech sector, Rosie Wild looks at how some of the hurdles discussed in the previous instalment can be removed where there is evidence of fraud. The recently...

Welcome to FYI Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter.  In this edition we take a look at the likely shape of 2022 in the world of disputes, review developments in the spheres of medtech and cryptoassets, and examine the inheritance wrangles in one of Spain's oldest and most distinguished families.  Plus we have articles on football, recovering ransoms, and warranty claims, and news of changes at CYK.

31 January 2022 Dispute resolution boutique Cooke, Young and Keidan (CYK) brings two new lawyers into its partnership and gives an update on what the coming years will bring for the firm. Natalie Todd and Jon Felce join from PCB...

After an eventful 2021, Senior Associate Rosie Wild takes a look at what trends we might expect in the world of disputes in the year ahead.   

25 January 2022: CYK Associate James Arnold writes for Sports Business examining how the UK tax authority’s scrutiny of player image rights payments has complicated a legal dispute between footballer Jordon Ibe and EFL Championship side Bournemouth AFC. 

19 January 2022: CYK Partner Daniel Burbeary, Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov and Associate Jake Calvert explain why a parent company was not bound by an arbitration clause entered into by its subsidiary in Kabab-Ji SAL v Kout Food Group. They also recall a case in which a parent company was held to be bound by an arbitration clause entered into by its subsidiary.

18 January 2021:  CYK Senior Associate Kajal Patel examines the recent decision reached in Wang v Derby where the High Court considered for the first time whether cryptocurrencies can be held on trust. 

18 January 2022: CYK partner Sam Roberts has co-authored an article for Insurance Day with Dr Nino Sievi of Lex Futura in Switzerland, analysing the options open to ransomware victims in both jurisdictions.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required)

17 January 2022:  CYK Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade comments for City AM on the recent class action lawsuit being brought by Investors against EthereumMax and its celebrity promoters, amongst them Kim Kardashian, accusing them of artificially inflating the crypto’s value.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

14 January 2022: CYK Partner Sam Roberts writes for Investment Monitor on the difficulties of investing in medtech as highlighted by the recent guilty verdict reached in the Theranos trial.  See link here for full article.  

CYK Partner Sam Roberts, Counsel Mikhail Vishnyakov, Senior Associate Kajal Patel and Associate Emily Davies look at the recent decision made by the English  High Court in Equitix EEEF Biomas 2 Limited v Fox [2021] EWHC 2531 (TCC), examining the difficulties with applying a mitigation clause in breach of warranty claims. 

7 January 2022:  CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan and Associate James Arnold write for ePrivateClient on the legal and practical issues that should be considered by testators who own Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and other crypto assets.  See link here for full article...

16 December 2021: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan and Thomas Pountain write for EPrivateClient on lessons to be learned following the recent developments in the eight-year feud amongst one of Spain’s most esteemed aristocratic families.  

In the first instalment of this series, we looked at the state of the MedTech sector, the capital being poured into it and how and why those circumstances – brought into even sharper relief by the Covid-19 pandemic – appear...

6 December 2021: CYK Associate Andrew Flynn writes for Accountancy Daily on the recent partnership dispute in the Tribe case and how it highlights the particular points of law relevant to disputes involving LLPs. 

12 November 2021: CYK partner Lydia Danon writes for Finextra, the leading independent newswire and information source for the worldwide financial technology community, on the ever increasing popularity of non-fungible tokens (NFTs)  and the inevitable frauds that have and will follow...

5 November 2021: CYK partner Sam Roberts writes for Investment Week on how the pandemic, together with the rapid rise of medical technology and boom in M&A over the past couple of years, has created a perfect storm for investment abuses in the medtech sector. 

4 November 2021: CYK partner Sam Roberts and senior associate Elizabeth Meade speak with Medical Device Network about the increase of fraudulent activity in the sector, what this looks like and how legitimate companies can protect themselves. 

Welcome to FYI Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter.  This edition’s articles represent the wide range of contentious work we undertake for clients.  We kick off with views from Philip Young on the pressure on practitioners to predict outcomes in commercial litigation.  We also look at the growing number of disputes in the field of medical technology, and examine the ongoing effects of the pandemic on litigation, while taking in the legal impact of cybercrime, international sanctions, and a law dating back to 1614.

In the first of a series of three articles by our team on litigation in the medtech sector, Elizabeth Meade looks at the potential increase in cases of suspected fraud set against the background of the Theranos case in the US.

CYK Partner Philip Young considers the requests made of lawyers to offer probabilistic assessments of the outcome of commercial litigation. He points out the potential hazards, and the role that human biases and assumptions play in both making and interpreting these predictions.  A version of this article will shortly appear in the New Law Journal. 

Financial sanctions are legal restrictions imposed on dealings with specified individuals or entities, or on activities in certain sectors or geographical regions. They are often imposed swiftly, in response to actions by – or ostensibly attributable to – countries or governments. Mikhail Vishnyakov examines in more detail.

22 October 2021: We are very pleased with and honoured by our client and referrer feedback in the latest edition of Chambers & Partners’ Guide to the UK Legal Profession.  The 2022 edition of Chambers has again ranked CYK among the...

20 October 2021: CYK Partner Sam Roberts and Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade write for Med-Tech Innovation exploring the fraud risks the Covid-19 pandemic has opened up in the medtech space and looking at the steps that companies can take to protect...

6 October 2021:  CYK partner Lydia Danon writes for Practical Law on the the rise of NFTs, the types of fraud they have spawned and the legal remedies used to help victims recover their losses.  See link here for full article...

4 October 2021: The leading legal directory the Legal 500 has just published its guide to the UK legal profession for 2022, recognising more lawyers at Cooke, Young & Keidan as experts in their fields than ever before, and promoting the firm up the rankings in a number of practice areas. It describes CYK as “one of the very best boutique litigation firms”.

20 September 2021: CYK associate Shamilee Arora writes for the FT on the effects of the pandemic on financial markets and, as the end of government financial support approaches, she examines how this may create financial uncertainty.  See link here...

13 September 2021: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan comments for The Law Society Gazette on legal sector recruitment following the pandemic and how this has affected litigation practices and boutiques.  See link here for full article.

27 August 2021:  CYK Partner Sam Roberts comments for Crowdfund Insider on the recent announcement by the FCA concerning Binance and how their conclusion highlights how it will be necessary for crypto businesses operating globally to take a “cards on the...

25 August 2021: CYK partner Sam Roberts and Andreas Frischknecht of Chaffez Lindsey write for the IBA examining what procedures exist to gather evidence in aid of foreign proceedings looking at differences between the US and English perspectives.   See link here...

By Kajal Patel and James Arnold  Last month (July 2021), at least two sets of London commercial chambers became the most recent victims of a prolific spate of ransomware attacks. Ransomware attacks involve malicious software infiltrating an organisation’s IT systems,...

12 August 2021: CYK Partner Sam Roberts comments for Treasury Today on the recent complaints about mis-selling of financial products and how they continue to dog some of the world’s largest financial institutions.  See link here for full article (subscription may...

11 August 2021: CYK Associate Andrew Flynn writes for Acquisitions Daily on how we are likely to see a range of new frauds and subsequent litigation once the dust settles from the pandemic, including in the realm of M&A.  See link...

10 August 2021: CYK Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade writes for Finextra on the potential consequences of banning victims of ransomware from paying their attackers.  See link here for full article.

3 August 2021: CYK Partner Sam Roberts comments for Euromoney on some recent news which suggests that disputes over FX derivatives mis-selling have yet to run their course.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

2 August 2021: CYK Partner Lydia Danon, Senior Associate Rosie Wild and Associate Andrew Flynn write for the New Law Journal reflecting on the evolution and present day application of the rule set out in Pigot’s Case (1614) in fraud...

Welcome to FYI Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter.  In this month’s summery issue, ‘The view from CYK’ looks at the growth in ransomware attacks and what businesses can do to protect themselves.

23 July 2021: CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan comments for Financial Director on how companies should prepare for a rise in ESG-targeted activist campaigns.  See link here for full article (Subscription may be required)

22 July 2021: CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan answers the question: “During the pandemic my private accountant advised me to move money from one bank into an investment opportunity and I have lost money as a result. Is there anything I can...

The view from CYK: held to ransom and how businesses can respond

22 June 2021: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for the Financial News on the government’s recent consultation on blocking foreign companies from listing on national security grounds and how this may impact UK financial markets and institutions.  See link here...

17 June 2021: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan recently participated in a panel discussion on ‘GCC Parties before the English Courts: Review of Key Cases and Issues’, hosted by McNair Chambers.  The recording of the webinar is now available here.

11 June 2021: CYK Partner Daniel Burbeary and Associate Irina Buydova co-author article with Anna Grishchenkova of KIAP Moscow for the New Law Journal exploring the impact of cultural and psychological differences in international dispute resolution.  See link here for full...

10 May 2021:  CYK Partner Lydia Danon writes for the Law Society Gazette looking at the events of 2020, a year of lockdowns, and the effect this had on “litigation distancing” resulting in the general anticipation that legal claims will rise...

CYK Partners Stephen Elam and Sam Roberts were delighted to appear on the final episode of the Fintech Podcast discussing legal disputes within the Fintech industry. 

4 May 2021: CYK Partner Philip Young is interviewed by Asia Times Financial on how the Suez blockage has sent ripples across the supply-chain industry and the legal consequences, including force majeure.  See full interview here.

29 April 2021: CYK Partner Lydia Danon and Associate Andrew Flynn write for The Exporter on how to protect your business against fraud when conducting international trade.  See link here for full article.

CYK Partner Lydia Danon and Associate Andrew Flynn look at the golden age of fraud? A view from CYK

22 April 2021: CYK Associate Jake Calvert comments for the Telegraph on the recent events surrounding the European Super League proposal and the potential legal fallout.  See link here for full article (Subscription may be required).

22 April 2021: CYK Partner Stephen Elam and Senior Associate Shelley Drenth write for Cointelegraph on the recent case of AA v Bitfinex and how targeting a crypto exchange over stolen funds is a high-risk, low-reward proposition.  See link here...

8 April 2021: CYK Partner Stephen Elam and Associate Peter Stewart write for Finextra examining the regulatory landscape of cryptoassets in the UK.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

1 April 2021: CDR comments on the recent promotion of Sam Roberts to partner.  See link here for full article. (Subscription may be required)

1 April 2021: CYK partner Stephen Elam and Senior Associate Shelley Drenth write for The Banker about potential regulatory scrutiny for Credit Suisse senior executives following the recent collapse of Greensill Capital.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may...

A CYK team recently shared practical tips and guidance on the new post-Brexit regime for disputes in a webinar hosted by Lexology. The recording of this webinar is now available on demand on the Lexology website. The UK’s departure from...

LONDON, 29 March 2021: Leading dispute resolution boutique Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (CYK), has announced that senior associate Sam Roberts has been promoted to the partnership.  This announcement supports CYK’s continuing growth strategy and reflects Sam Roberts’ contribution to...

26 March 2021: CYK partner Philip Young is quoted in the Independent discussing how the recent events in the Suez canal will have an impact on world commerce.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

24 March 2021: CYK Partner Philip Young comments for Asia Times Financial on the recent events in the Suez Canal and on the immediate impact that the blockage of one of the world’s major shipping arteries can have on world commerce. ...

22 March 2021: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey writes for LPM on how small, specialist firms are earning their place on the word stage by providing clients with an innovative, nimble, bespoke approach.  See link here for full article.

11 March 2021:  CYK associate Nathan Masih-Hanneghan writes for Global Mining Review discussing the recent  Supreme Court case of Okpabi and other vs Royal Dutch Shell Plc and its implications for international mining companies.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription...

10 March 2021:  CYK partner Stephen Elam and associate Shelley Drenth write for the Block on the increasing scope of UK cryptocurrency regulation and the recent calls for cryptocurrency to be subject to tightened rules following the recent consultation undertaken by...

9 March 2021:  CYK partner Stephen Elam and Associate Shelley Drenth write for Investment Week discussing how global regulators are ramping up the rhetoric on cryptocurrency regulation and how new rules would impact crypto investors.  See link here for full article...

9 March 2021: A CYK team will be sharing practical tips and guidance to get you up to speed on the new post-Brexit regime for disputes at this Lexology webinar on 23 March at 16:00 UTC. The UK’s departure from the...

5 March 2021: Philip Young has been invited to join the speaker panel for this year’s C5 Conference on Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery which usually takes place in Geneva but which will this year be online from 23 to 25...

16 February 2021: CYK was delighted to support Bitfinex in this ground-breaking case, reported by ‘The Cryptonomist’, which establishes the difficulties victims of crypto-related fraud and their insurers will face in pursuing recovery actions against cryptocurrency exchanges.

15 February 2021:  Philip Young is one of the speakers at an online, on-demand civil fraud conference organised by White Paper which is available from 16 February 2021 to 16 June 2021. The event is entitled ‘Civil Fraud: Shaping New...

11 February 2021:  Daniel Burbeary was delighted to be invited to sit on the panel at the recent Annual Arbitration Legal Review of 2020 seminar.  The event was organised by Khawar Qureshi QC and chaired by Sir Robin Jacob (retired judge...

8 February 2021:  CYK, together with Graeme McPherson QC, acted for former England rugby captain Chris Robshaw in relation to the charges that he and 12 other professional rugby players faced for breaches of Covid-19 protocols. Those breaches concerned the...

5 February 2021: CYK Senior Associate Sam Roberts writes for the IBA on the English court’s ability to exercise its supportive powers in aid of arbitrations, examining the question of whether it can make orders against non-parties to arbitrations as seen...

4 February 2021: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for Wealth Briefing looking at lessons to be learned from the ongoing Crociani   litigation.  See link here for full article.

28 January 2021: CYK were very pleased to host the most recent Tech Disputes Network webinar where CYK Senior Associate Michael Cumming-Bruce joined a panel of experienced experts Matthew Lavy, Gideon Shirazi from 4 Pump Court and William Hooper of...

26 January 2021: Stephen Elam and Shelley Drenth examine the flurry of political and regulatory engagement with cryptoassets in recent weeks in the UK, Europe and the US.  

25 January 2021: CYK Partner Lydia Danon reports from the event in Miami where she spoke on “The Finer Points of Navigating International Arbitration: Non-Parties, Depositions and Injunctions.”   Conference Report: C5’s Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Conference in Miami...

8 January 2021: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey speaks to Legal Practice Management on how remote induction of staff during the pandemic does not have to be difficult.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

7 January 2021: CYK Partner Daniel Burbeary speaks to Citywealth about trust litigation and private wealth disputes in the current climate.  See link here for full interview.

6 January 2021: The Lawyer reports on the recent decision of the High Court in which RBS is ordered to perform an electronic search of its Relationship Manager Platform over concerns that this had not been done, despite the Bank’s claims...

11 December 2020: The Times writes on the recent decision by the courts ordering RBS to undertake a further search for documents in a forgery case in which CYK are acting for the claimant Grove Park Properties.  See link here...

10 December 2020: RBS has been ordered to perform an electronic search of its Relationship Manager Platform (RMP) system – a key document repository – over concerns that documents from the crucial period may not have been searched for despite...

9 December 2020: CYK Associate James Arnold writes for Acquisitions Daily on the potential difficulties of exiting a joint venture agreement whilst mitigating losses as best as possible.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required).

7 December 2020: CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan comments for International Adviser on the possible risks associated with the recent introduction of virtual wills amid the pandemic.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required).

2 December 2020: CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan and Associate Andrew Flynn write for The Accountant looking at how the impact of a global financial crisis affects the levels of fraud committed.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required)

30 November 2020: CYK partner Daniel Burbeary and Associate Irina Buydova write for the New Law Journal looking at the differences between dispute resolution in Russia and England.  See link here for full article (Subscription may be required

26 November 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey quoted in The Times regarding the future of the bar and barristers.  See link here for full article. (subscription may be required)

23 November 2020: CYK associates Jake Calvert and Shelley Drenth comment for Off the Pitch on the recent High Court victory by a Premiership football club which highlighted the importance of contractual certainty for commission agents in light of the...

20 November 2020: CYK Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade comments for FinTech Futures on possible legal action arising from exchange outages. See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required)

CYK, together with Rick Liddell QC and Melody Ihuoma of 4 New Square, acted for an elite level athlete who had tested positive for a banned substance, and as a result was investigated by UK Anti-Doping (“UKAD”) for a potential...

12 November 2020: For the third year running, CYK has been included in The Times Best Law Firms, where it is ‘Commended for Commercial Disputes Resolution’. The firm is recognised for its broad expertise, including litigation, international arbitration and alternative methods of...

12 November 2020: CYK partner Philip Young and Associate Peter Stewart write for The New World Report on the risk of fraud in M&A transactions during times of market turbulence.  See link here for full article.  (Subscription may be required).

India disputes in conference spotlight CYK is once again delighted to be sponsoring the Informa Connect India Disputes conference on 19 and 20 November, which will this year be hosted virtually.  The extensive speaker line-up will be covering a wide range of issues,...

10 November 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey is quoted in Law360 on how the pandemic is increasing the demand for third-party litigation funding. See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

CYK Senior Associate Arish Bharucha and Associate Shamilee Arora consider the Covid-19 pandemic, the resulting restrictions that have been imposed by the UK and Indian governments and how these have caused severe difficulties to a vast number of businesses. Introduction...

2 November 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for ePrivateClient on virtual wills and how this could lead to a rise in litigation.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

Protectors of a trust: appointment, replacement and removal - by Peter Stewart. It is often a primary concern of the settlor of a trust that trustees will administer the trust as the settlor hopes and expects.....

27 October 2020 Chambers & Partners’ Guide to the UK Legal Profession for 2021 has again ranked CYK among the leading firms in the country for Banking Litigation, Litigation, and Civil Fraud.  The expertise of individual members of the team...

The view from CYK: are common law trusts under threat? By Daniel Burbeary In our rapidly changing and uncertain world, particularly the world that we have inhabited in 2020, individuals and businesses face unparalleled challenges. However, one thing remains certain:...

9 October 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan and Associate Nathan Masih-Hanneghan write for STEP Journal analysing recent case law on “domicile of origin”.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

8 October 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for The Wealth Net on issues affecting HNW clients following the recent new asset disclosure powers announced by HMRC.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

“More of a powerhouse than a boutique these days” “A boutique able to take on cases the big practices can’t” “The team has strong, highly talented individual lawyers” 5 October 2020 The leading legal directory the Legal 500 has just...

29 September 2020: CYK Senior Associate Michael Cumming-Bruce is quoted in FinTech Futures on issues related to the blocking of customer accounts by Revolut, a digital bank. See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

28 September 2020: CYK partner Philip Young comments to Financial News about the FinCEN leak.  See here for full article (subscription may be required). 

22 September 2020: CYK Senior Associate Elizabeth Meade comments for Euromoney on how the recent attack on the New Zealand stock exchange highlights national financial infrastructure as a growing target for cyber criminals.  See link here for full article (subscription may...

21 September 2020: CYK partner Lydia Danon is delighted to be speaking at The 9th Annual Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Miami event, organised by C5, which will this year be held online from October 28th to 30th. Lydia will be taking part in...

14 September 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey talks to Law360 about his current role at CYK and how he knew very soon after taking up the role of Managing Partner that it was his dream job.  See link here for...

27 August 2020: CYK Partner Lydia Danon and Associate Shelley Drenth write for The Drawdown outlining the practical steps that PE firms ought to be taking to mitigate potential capital call conflicts arising out of the economic fall-out caused by...

13 August 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for Wealth Briefing on the rise in the number of people wanting to write wills during the pandemic and how the legal rules can make it difficult to ensure it is undertaken correctly. ...

21 July 2020: CYK associate Jake Calvert is quoted in the Guardian on the effect that the pandemic is likely to have on the ongoing negotiations between Six Nations and CVC, and, more widely, how investors may look to exploit...

20 July 2020: CYK associate Peter Stewart co-authors an article with Yari Fera and Alessandro Valerio De Silva Vitolo published in Diritto Sportivo examining measures adopted in England and Italy in sports disputes in light of the COVID-19 emergency.  See link...

16 July 2020: CYK Associate James Arnold is quoted in The Times on procedural issues surrounding Manchester City’s recent successful appeal and how it highlights the regulators many failures.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

9 July 2020: CYK partner Stephen Elam was delighted to appear as a guest on Skadi Limited’s recent podcast talking to Nicolas Corry about Covid-19 disputes, how these may be funded, and regulatory trends arising from the crisis. Click here to...

7 July 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey writes for Legal Week on how COVID-19 has highlighted areas where the innovation and flexibility of specialist law firms are proving key.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

29 June 2020: CYK Partner Philip Young is quoted in IFLR Insight on key lessons that have been learnt during the pandemic and how this will shape trends in the future.  See link here for full article (subscription may be...

29 June 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey comments for The Lawyer magazine’s in-depth article about litigation funding:  “Levelling up Litigation: The Past, Present and Future of Third-Party Funding”.  See link here for full details (see page 4 for editors letter...

26 June 2020: CYK Partner Philip Young and Senior Associate Rosie Wild write for Litigation Futures on the concept of monetary judgments being obtained against Persons Unknown, following their experience in the CMOC litigation.  See link here for full article.

26 June 2020: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey writes for fivehundred, the Legal 500 magazine, on the impact that Covid-19 has had on the legal industry and how specialist law firms are well placed to assist clients in the post-pandemic...

Watch the CYK Webinar with a panel of European legal experts, looking at how technology has been used to help deliver justice across five major European jurisdictions during the Covid-19 pandemic...

24 June 2020: CYK managing partner Robert Coffey joined The 36 Group joint-head of chambers Dean Armstrong QC in recording a podcast for part of The 36 Group’s series called “A View from the Bar” which looks at issues faced...

26 May 2020: CYK associate Peter Stewart comments for Law360 on the new anti-money laundering rules and how cryptoassets are poised to make digital currency a growing litigation battleground in the UK.  See link here for full article (subscription may...

21 May 2020: CYK partner Philip Young has been quoted in an article written by Alice Tchernookova for IFLR on the banking regulators’ latest conundrum.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

18 May 2020: CYK senior associates Arish Bharucha, Sam Roberts and Rosie Wild write for Litigation Futures on the balance the English Commercial Court strikes between deploying its supportive powers in support of arbitrations versus respecting the independence of the arbitral...

12 May 2020:  CYK partner Sinead O’Callahgan and Serle Court Barrister James Mather share their insights on how the current pandemic is affecting partnership models.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

7 May 2020:  CYK are delighted to welcome new joiner to the firm associate Nathan Masih-Hanneghan.  Nathan joined CYK as a newly qualified associate after completing his training contract at Clifford Chance.  He will act on a wide spectrum of contentious matters...

4 May 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan and James Mather of Serle Court write for The Gazette on issues faced by LLPs in the coming months and whether this will lead to a financial “bloodbath” for the legal services industry. ...

1 May 2020: CYK partner Daniel Burbeary and associate Irina Buydova look at the impact of psychology on disputes around the world and how this can lead to a wide variety of approaches in different countries.   See link here for...

1 May 2020: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan and associates Michael Cumming-Bruce and Andrew Flynn write for Legal Week on what are the thorniest issues when it comes to the use of AI by lawyers.  See link here for full article...

Welcome to FYI,  Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newsletter.  In this edition we look at some of the impacts on business and litigation from the Covid-19 epidemic in both the short and longer term.  You’ll also find articles on a range of other disputes-related topics, from a landmark judgement for overseas arbitrations to what constitutes testamentary capacity.  Plus a light-hearted guide to English law for our American friends.

29 April 2020: As discussions with our American friends often cover the idiosyncrasies of the English legal system, Sam Roberts has put together a light-hearted primer on the key differences.

29 April 2020: Philip Young shares some personal views on what he envisages to be the country’s macroeconomic future in the medium term following the Covid-19 crisis.

24 April 2020: A CYK team of Jake Calvert, Peter Stewart and Stephen Elam, together with Richard Liddell QC of 4 New Square, successfully acted for an elite-level athlete who had received a notice of an apparent Missed Test, persuading UK...

23 April 2020: CYK founding partner Philip Young and founding partner of Fideres Alberto Thomas write for The Law Society Gazette on the importance of the Government supporting SME law firms (especially those outside of London) in the current economic...

21 April 2020: CYK are delighted to welcome two new joiners to the firm: associate James Arnold, and paralegal Helen Owens.  James  joined CYK as a newly qualified associate after completing his training contract at Travers Smith. He will act...

CYK Partner Sinead O’Callaghan discusses testamentary capacity in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.  See link here for full article.

7 April 2020:  The revisions announced by the Chancellor last Friday to the CBILS SME loan programme do not work. In this note, Philip Young of CYK explains why. A week ago, in an article entitled “The Treasury’s Optical Illusion” I...

7 April 2020: As havoc looms for large parts of the UK economy, Alberto Thomas of Fideres and Philip Young of CYK examine the continuing flaws in the Government’s CBIL lending scheme and suggest some urgent remedies On 23 March,...

6 April 2020:  CYK Senior Associate Sam Roberts reports in Global Arbitration Review on the Court of Appeal’s recent decision in A & Another -v- C & Others ordering a witness resident in England to give evidence by way of...

2 April 2020: CYK Partner Philip Young is quoted in the IFLR on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

31 March 2020: CYK Partner Philip Young writes for Hedgeweek looking at the impact that the Coronavirus epidemic is having on sovereign and corporate debt and how the dramatic fall in aggregate demand has begun to show signs of turning into...

30 March 2020: CYK Associates Michael Cumming-Bruce and Andrew Flynn write for Hedgeweek on potential legal risks of replacing humans with AI systems in a hedge fund context.  See link here for full article.

26 March 2020: CYK Associate Peter Stewart comments for the Times on the recent decision by the Gambling Commission to fine a betting company for failing to ensure that money deposited by its customers was not the proceeds of crime.  See...

CYK Partner Philip Young looks at part of the Treasury’s response to the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Amidst everything going on in the world with the COVID-19 pandemic, the Court Service has laid out its stall: as far as possible, it’s business as usual. The Lord Chief Justice has delivered a message to all Judges...

23 March 2020: CYK Senior Associate Sam Roberts comments in Global Arbitration Review on the recent Court of Appeal judgment handed down last week.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

20 March 2020: CYK Associate Jake Calvert speaks to City AM about the unprecedented number of legal issues surrounding the cancellation of the Premier League and how most clubs would not be able to sue for their losses under a...

Our aim is to continue providing the very highest levels of service. We will achieve this by working remotely and flexibly, and responding to the needs of our clients, staff, and the wider community. We have tried and tested systems in place, and we are confident that they are robust, appropriate, and adaptable...

10 March 2020: CYK partner Stephen Elam and Associate Andrew Flynn speak to Money Marketing on the issues surrounding the FCA’s recent Dear CEO letter to financial advisers, its second “assessing suitability review”, and whether things will be different second...

10 March 2020: CYK Associate Rosie Wild writes for Law 360 on issues surrounding how the anticipated decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Halliburton v Chubb could help to clarify the relationship between nondisclosure and an appearance of...

10 March 2020: CYK associates Rosie Wild and Elizabeth Meade write for Thomson Reuters: Regulatory Intelligence on the discussions in recent years regarding the potential extension of corporate criminal liability to make it an offence for companies to fail to...

21 February 2020: CYK associate Peter Stewart looks at the issues surrounding the recent update on AML and CTF Regulations and how it will affect crypto businesses.  See link here for full article or visit Cyklaw.tech 

4 February 2020: CYK partner Lydia Danon and associate Andrew Flynn look at issues surrounding the obligations owed by members to an LLP and the cost of a breach.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

30 January 2020: Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP and partner Marc Keidan have today announced that Marc will be leaving CYK at the end of March, having been on sabbatical since October 2019, and having worked part-time for a period...

27 January 2020: Businesses of all shapes and sizes, across all industries and sectors, continue to experience upheaval and disruption to their existing models of production, service delivery, regulation and conflict management. Such changes – many of which are positive...

20 January 2020: CYK partner Stephen Elam and associate Andrew Flynn write for Investment Europe on issues surrounding the recent extension of SMCR to all FCA solo regulated firms.  See link here for full article.

20 January 2020: CYK partner Lydia Danon and associates Andrew Flynn and Shelley Drenth write for Accountancy Daily on the difficulties partners may face on being frozen out of a LLP.  See link here for full article (subscription may be...

13 January 2020:  CYK partner Lydia Danon has been announced as a panellist at the IBA’s India Litigation Symposium on 8 February in New Delhi.   Senior Associate Arish Bharucha will also be attending and they both look forward to meeting up with new...

19 December 2019: Season’s greetings from everyone at Cooke, Young & Keidan – see link here for full office opening details.

12 December 2019: CYK managing partner Robert Coffey and senior associate Mike Cumming-Bruce write for the The Times on the trend towards digitalisation of justice in China and the potential pitfalls of the UK following suit. Click here for full...

2 December 2019:  CYK’s Robert Coffey and Peter Stewart write for the Russian Arbitration Association Journal on possible approaches to arbitrating disputes arising out of smart contracts.  Click here for full details – article can be found at page 12.

2 December 2019:  Michael Cumming-Bruce writes for Fintech Magazine on how the UK appears to be moving towards treating cryptoassets as regular, regulated financial assets, from both a regulatory and a legal perspective.  See link here for full article.

2 December 2019:  CYK is delighted to be a luncheon sponsor at the IBA’s India Litigation Symposium on 8 February in New Delhi.  Lydia Danon and Arish Bharucha will be attending and look forward to meeting up with new and old...

21 November 2019: Daniel Burbeary comments for the Law Society Gazette on the process of filing SARs and how statistics indicate that most money laundering SARs are not in fact referred to the police.  See link here for full article...

20 November 2019: CYK partner Sinead O’Callaghan writes for the New Law Journal considering the ramifications of breaching the Companies Act when directors opt to further their own political agenda.  See link here for full article.

19 November 2019: For the second year running, CYK has been included in The Times Best Law Firms, where it is ‘Commended for Commercial Disputes Resolution’. The firm is recognised for its ‘groundbreaking litigation’ on a major case for CMOC,...

24 October 2019: CYK partner Lydia Danon and associate Andrew Flynn write for Private Funds CFO on the key issues involved for GP’s being sued by LPs and how crucial it is to settle disputes early and confidentially.  See link here...

14 October 2019:  Senior associate Rosie Wild has been appointed Co-Vice President of the Litigation Commission of AIJA, the International Association of Young Lawyers.  Fellow senior associate Kajal Patel has become an Officer on the Executive Committee of AIJA.  Rosie will be...

Increased recognition for CYK’s ‘technical skill’ in civil fraud matters  11 October 2019 In its new 2020 edition legal directory Chambers & Partners has ranked CYK among the top law firms in the UK for banking litigation, commercial litigation, and...

7 October 2019: CYK’s managing partner Robert Coffey has been invited to speak in a debate entitled ‘Lawtech – Revolutionising Legal Practice’ in Moscow on 14 November.  The debate forms part of English Law Week in Russia organised by the...

“A raft of highly motivated and experienced litigators operating in a tight-knit, boutique firm”  “An ‘innovative firm that is known for taking on some of the toughest opponents and the hardest cases against the biggest City firms’.”   1 October 2019...

1 October 2019: CYK senior associate Sam Roberts writes on the key legal issues surrounding the regulation of cryptocurrencies.  See link here for full article.

25 September 2019: CYK senior associate Michael Cumming-Bruce writes for Fintech Futures about the prospects of, and legal issues related to, Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency, Libra. See link here for full article at pages 10 and 11.

25 September 2019:  CYK associate Peter Stewart writes for Accountancy Daily on the risks to companies in paying their employees in cryptocurrency.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

24 September 2019: CYK partner Lydia Danon and Senior Associate Rosie Wild write for the International Bar Association Newsletter on issues surrounding pleading fraud.  See link here for full article.   (This article first appeared in the September 2019 issue of...

13 September 2019: CYK was pleased to be represented at the recent MCIA conference in Mumbai by Arish Bharucha and Shamilee Arora. The conference opened with keynote speeches by Mrs Justice Indu Malhotra (a judge of the Supreme Court of...

4 September 2019: Senior Associate Sam Roberts writes for Fintech Magazine on recovering stolen cryptocurrencies.  See link here for full article.

30 August 2019: CYK Senior Associate Sam Roberts comments for Law360 on key ruling as UK moves toward treating Bitcoin as property.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

29 August 2019: CYK Senior Associate Michael Cumming-Bruce comments for CDR on the challenges faced by the SFO following the recent report released concerning the management of the SFO.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

29 August 2019: CYK Senior Associate Sam Roberts writes on issues surrounding cyber security and the vulnerabilities of cryptocurrencies to fraudsters.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

14 August 2019: CYK senior associates Michael Cumming-Bruce and Matthew Gale write for Economia on the direction of the SFO in light of the recent Leadership Review Report.  See link here for full article.

25 July 2019: Stephen Elam comments for Funds Europe on the risks for investment brokers arising out of the recent Woodford debacle.  See link here for full article.

This edition includes our views on the future for boutique law firms, how unexplained wealth orders are being used to tackle money laundering in the London property market, and...

CYK client awarded indemnity costs in partnership dispute

5 July 2019: Peter Stewart writes for Economia on the potential legal and regulatory challenges facing Libra.  Click here for full article.

5 July 2019: The National Crime Agency (NCA) has just obtained another round of unexplained wealth orders (UWOs) to investigate multi-million-pound properties in London. But what are they, and how are they being used?   Philip Young and Shamilee Arora recently...

4 July 2019: Lydia Danon was delighted to be invited to speak for a second year running at the MoloLamken litigation summit in London. Her panel, “Law firm efficiency and case management”, covered topical issues such as lawyer wellness, allocation of...

28 June 2016: CYK associate Peter Stewart has been quoted in Law360 on potential regulatory and security issues relating to Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency.  Click here for full article. (Subscription may be required)

28 June 2019: Cooke Young & Keidan was very pleased to help spearhead, sponsor and participate in the inaugural India Disputes conference in London this week, organised by Knect365. The conference was extremely well attended by lawyers, other professionals and...

20 June 2019: CYK partner Stephen Elam has been quoted in an article published by Law360 on the FCA’s oversight into the Woodford fund suspension.  See link for full article.

20 June 2019: CYK Partners Robert Coffey and Sinead O’Callaghan consider, in an article for Legal 500 magazine, what is next for litigation boutiques. See link for full article.

20 June 2019: Daniel Burbeary comments in the New Law Journal after a multi-million-pound fraud trial collapsed.  See link for full article

19 June 2019: Senior Associate Sam Roberts reports on the French Government’s decision to ban statistical analysis of French judges’ reported decisions.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required)

19 June 2019: CYK lawyers Sam Roberts, Rosie Wild and Jake Calvert look at recent developments in freezing orders for PLC magazine.  See link here for full article (subscription may be required).

29 May 2019: CYK Associate Shamilee Arora comments on the National Crime Agency’s decision to secure three Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWOs) relating to London properties worth £80 million.  See link here for full article.

28 May 2019: CYK partner Stephen Elam speaks to Law360 about the issues surrounding the FCA’s little-used Settlement Process.  Click on link here for full article (subscription required).

29 May 2019: Rosie Wild and Kajal Patel recently attended the Half-Year International Association of Young Lawyers’ conference in Hong Kong, organised by AIJA.  The conference was attended by over 200 international lawyers and dealt with topical issues including the latest on...

14 May 2019: We are delighted to have been shortlisted as ‘Litigation Team of the Year’ by The Lawyer Awards alongside a number of other leading law firms.   The Lawyer Awards are celebrating their 25th anniversary and are described as ‘The...

9 May 2019: CYK Managing Partner Robert Coffey has been recently quoted by the Times on the increased use of London courts for international litigation and arbitration.  See link here for full article.

8 May 2019: Peter Stewart has recently spoken to the Brief about some of the legal issues surrounding the alleged off-field criminal behaviour of Australia’s National Rugby League players. See link here for full article.

8 May 2019: CYK Managing Partner, Robert Coffey, speaks to the Law Society Gazette about issues surrounding Russian litigants and how they “loom large” in a record year for London Courts.  See link here for full article.

Robert Coffey and Dan Burbeary share their views on the future for arbitration in London.

We are delighted to be a principal Gold sponsor of a major new two-day ‘India Disputes’ conference which is taking place at The Bloomsbury in London on 26 and 27 June 2019, organised by Knect365.  The event invites delegates to...

24 April 2019: CYK partner Daniel Burbeary has recently written an article for Financial Director on the SFO’s anticipated guidance to clarify its rules on self-reporting of fraud and corruption offences.  See link here for full article.

17 April 2019: Peter Stewart of CYK’s Sports Dispute Practice Group has been quoted on the front page of the Sunday Sports edition of the Telegraph on the huge compensation risks involved if concussion injuries are not taken seriously.  Click...

9 April 2019: CYK partner Daniel Burbeary and Ben Pilling QC look at issues arising from the Eastern European Engineering Limited v Vijay Construction (Proprietary) Limited case. Please click here for full article.

CYK ‘Highly Commended’ as boutique law firm of the year at the Legal Business Awards 2019

2 April 2019: CYK partner Daniel Burbeary is quoted in ALB on the recent brewery investment in Mozambique and how “those who seek to do business in the region still face significant compliance challenges” – click here for full article.

28 March 2019: CYK Partner Daniel Burbeary comments on the opening of a new Mozambique brewery and tells ALB that  it is “a vote of confidence by a multinational corporation in a country that has been hit by a series of...

CYK reviews recent developments for the New Law Journal

CYK sports disputes lawyer comments on a possible move by top rugby coach Shaun Edwards

19 March 2019: Senior associate Sam Roberts recently spoke at the  Legal Week Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum in Girona, Spain on ‘Game Theory and Psychology in Trust Litigation’, alongside Jessica Henson, a senior associate at BCLP.  Their talk covered...

5 March 2019: The Barrister magazine has published an article written by Senior Associate Liam McNeely and Associate Jake Calvert considering whether assets of state-owned enterprises are immune from the enforcement of arbitral awards.  Please click here for full article

CYK is moving to new offices at 21 Lombard Street from 11 March

28 February 2019: We are delighted to announce that Hannah Carroll and Michael Cumming-Bruce have been promoted to the role of Senior Associate and Simon Robinson to Senior Paralegal.  We are proud to have them on our team.

28 February 2019: The Law Society Gazette has published an article by CYK Partner Daniel Burbeary which outlines the importance and value of witness statements in commercial arbitrations.  Click here for full article (subscription may be required).

12 February 2019: CYK partner Marc Keidan is quoted in an article published recently in the Law Society Gazette on “How to give a client bad news”. Please click on this link to see the full article (subscription may be required).

8 February 2019: Robert Coffey joined a panel chaired by Jeremy Cousins QC of Radcliffe Chambers at the Legal Business Financial Services Regulation and Disputes Conference on 7 February.  The session subject was complex dispute resolution strategy, and the panel considered which strategies may best be...

4 February 2019: CYK associates Arish Bharucha and Michael Cumming-Bruce write for African Law & Business exploring the issues that arise when attempting to enforce arbitral awards in England and Wales against sovereign African states.  Please click here for full...

31 January 2019: The Law Society Gazette has published an article by CYK Partner Lydia Danon on “claims of a false and misleading case” surrounding CYK’s recent success for its client GPP in its claim against RBS. Please click here for...

Welcome to the first 2019 edition of FYI, Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newletter.  Below, you'll find a quarterly round-up of cases that have caught our attention, plus selected news from the world of commercial litigation and arbitration, and some short updates about CYK, including news of our office move. 

14 January 2019: CYK had recent success for its client GPP whilst acting against RBS in a dispute arising out of the now notorious lending practices of RBS in the run-up to the global financial crisis of 2008. RBS had...

Robert Coffey writes for Africa Global Funds on the likely impact of new legislation in Tanzania on international arbitration

An in-depth analysis of a recent CYK freezing injunction case

Hannah Carroll looks at arbitration in workplace disputes

The Global Arbitration Review reports on a recent CYK case

Sam Roberts and Rosie Wild look at legal and technology innovation for the Law Society Gazette

Sam Roberts speaks on post-judgment asset-tracing and enforcement

CYK’s Arish Bharucha, recently took part in an expert panel session at the African Law and Business Summit 2018.

Chambers & Partners: CYK is "a litigation boutique with a solid reputation in the market for its capacity to handle large-scale, complex disputes against banks and major corporates"

Firm described as “A well-established powerhouse boutique” and “Innovative, super-efficient, devastatingly effective and technically excellent”

CYK have been included in The Times Top 200 Law Firms, noted for our “conflict-free alternative to full-service City law firms on complex and high-value litigation” and commended in the category of commercial dispute resolution.

Reuters Risk & Compliance has published an article written by CYK Partner Stephen Elam on whether behaviour has improved one year after the launch of the FX Global Code of Conduct. 

Welcome to the first edition of FYI: Cooke, Young & Keidan’s newletter. Our aim is to give you a quarterly round-up of cases that have caught our attention, plus selected news from the world of commercial litigation and arbitration, and some short updates about CYK.

16 Oct 2018: Stephen Elam and Sam Roberts to speak at the KNect365 Financial Institutions Litigation conference on Forex manipulation and banking payment fraud

This article examines the effect of the recent judgment of the High Court of England and Wales in which it determined that, in principle, it had jurisdiction to make a worldwide freezing order over an award debtor’s assets

A look at the parallel legal and technology aspects of a ground-breaking fraud case

An update on CYK's recent presentation to a group of Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh lawyers at the Law Society

An update on the Law Commission’s consultation and early conclusions

05 October 2018: Philip Young comments in today’s edition of The Times

‘Third Party Debt Orders: Clarifying the Location of a Debt’

Coverage of our success in a ground-breaking online fraud case

20 Sept 2018: Press release on ground-breaking judgment in online fraud case

12 September 2018:  The Barrister magazine has published an article written by CYK associates Matthew Gale and Elizabeth Meade regarding the decision of the US Eleventh Circuit Court to overturn a lower court ruling and upholding the parties’ original agreement...

Peter Stewart, CYK associate and employed barrister, has been quoted in the Global Arbitration Review on a US appeal court decision that a row over the chartering of a vessel from Brazil to Mexico belongs in arbitration...

Conference report - globalisation and its impact

CYK partner Daniel Burbeary has been quoted in a Law360 article regarding one of the ‘Four Biggest UK Finance & Insurance Decisions of 2018 so far’. Daniel’s comments address the implications of the UK Supreme Court case of JSC BTA...

CYK partner Lydia Danon is delighted to be speaking at CDR’s Autumn Litigation Symposium on 20 September 2018. This year’s theme is based on the “business that the courts hear daily” and Lydia will be speaking on “The year in...

Cooke, Young & Keidan associate Kajal Patel has been invited to speak at the 56th International Young Lawyers’ Congress on 29 August in Brussels being organised by AIJA.  Rosie Wild who has spoken at previous events will also be present. The session...

09 August 2018: Peter Stewart, CYK associate and employed barrister, has been quoted on the importance of clarity in drafting commercial contracts in the Law Society Gazette.  The article relates to a US Federal Appeals Court ruling that an arbitration...

July 2018: CYK has acted for the defendants in an exceptional case concerning the legal existence of a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP).  The High Court has ruled that it has the power to reverse the administrative restoration of an LLP...

CYK associate Kajal Patel recently attended the International Young Lawyers’ Congress (AIJA) in Warsaw, where the themes were current trends in corporate governance and the development of relationships between lawyers and...

31 July 2018: Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP has successfully discharged an interim third party debt order that had been obtained against its client as part of proceedings seeking to enforce a substantial arbitral award in England & Wales. The...

16 July 2018: A team from CYK comprising Daniel Burbeary, Irina Buydova, Matthew Gale and Marc Keidan recently held a workshop for a visiting delegation of Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh lawyers organised by the Strasbourg-headquartered European Centre for Legal Cooperation...

In this article, originally published in the newsletter of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association, Rosie Wild and Thomas Burton Wills explain a novel approach to serving a freezing injunction by data room. CMOC v Persons Unknown [2017] EWHC 3599 (Comm):...

CYK secures UK freezing order and opens door to worldwide freezing relief in support of foreign arbitral awards...

Sinead O'Callaghan writes in this year's Disputes Yearbook published by Legal Business magazine on how to fight fraud in the age of the internet and social media.

This summit will cover a wide range of hot topics and emerging issues in UK/US cross-border litigation, and Lydia Danon from CYK will be speaking on ‘Social Media in Litigation’. 

CYK is delighted to be sponsoring the Association of Partnership Practitioners’ (APP) Up and Coming event on 19 June 2018 at the Shoreditch darts venue, the Flight Club  (18.30 to 21.30). CYK has a growing partnership practice acting in high...

Managing partner Robert Coffey and partner Daniel Burbeary attended the inaugural Knect365 Law/IBC legal conference on Asset Recovery, Fraud Litigation, Enforcement & Contentious Insolvency in Dublin recently...

CYK associate Rosie Wild recently travelled to Recife in Brazil to attend the AIJA litigation and civil fraud congress that had gathered to discuss “The Challenges Of Compliance And Anti Corruption“...

On 30th January 2018, Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP hosted a civil fraud seminar at the Institute of Directors...

CYK partner Lydia Danon recently spoke at the Knect Funds Disputes and Partnership Law Forum, which brought together...

Leading dispute resolution boutique Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (CYK), has announced that senior associates Daniel Burbeary and Lydia Danon have been promoted to...

A London subsidiary of an international mining company has obtained what it claims to be the first worldwide freezing order over the assets of...

Freezing injunction first - What is believed to be England’s first worldwide freezing injunction over the assets of ‘Persons Unknown’ who are...

CYK has obtained a worldwide freezing injunction over the assets of “Persons Unknown” who are accused of committing large-scale, international financial fraud via...

Leading dispute resolution boutique Cooke, Young & Keidan (CYK), has promoted Daniel Burbeary and Lydia Danon to the partnership. This announcement...

Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP (CYK), are pleased to announce senior associates Daniel Burbeary and Lydia Danon have been promoted to the partnership...

Robert Coffey has been appointed as new managing partner following Gerald Cooke's retirement...