KC specialising in commercial litigation, arbitration, banking and finance, company law, energy, civil fraud, competition and professional liability. Recent cases include acting for: Credit Suisse in a claim for investors in loan assets purchased on the secondary markets in relation to the scandal-hit US$2bn “tuna bond” loans made to the Republic of Mozambique; Visa Europe Services in long-running multilateral interchange fee litigation (High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal); the Second and Third Defendants in the complex PJSC NBT v Mints litigation; the Danish Tax and Customs Administration in the SKAT fraud litigation; multi-national security services company G4S in defending shareholder claims for £100m+; defendants in Jinxin, Inc v Aser Media Pte Ltd in claims alleging deceit and unlawful act conspiracy; International Petroleum Investment Company in its dispute with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB; Hewlett Packard in £3.4bn damages claim regarding the acquisition of Autonomy; Tesco PLC in defence of shareholders claims brought under s90a FSMA 2000; a major international petroleum group in a c.US$5.5bn arbitration claim. Notable cases: BTI v Sequana; Dargamo v Avonwick & Ors; IGE v HMRC; Hulley; Travelport v WEX; Arcadia Petroleum Ltd v Bosworth; Société Générale v Goldas; Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund & Ors. v Novo Banco; Banco Santander Totta v Carris; RBS Rights Issue litigation; Littlewoods Limited & Ors v HMRC; Sabbagh v Khoury; Berezovsky v Abramovich; ‘Bank charges’ litigation; Colour Quest v Total Downstream ‘Buncefield’; Sempra Metals Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners.
University of Witwatersrand (1980 BA; 1983 LLB); Oxford University (1985 BA; 1986 BCL). Rhodes Scholarship, South Africa at Large (1983); Eldon Scholar (Oxford) (1986); Harmsworth Entrance Exhibition (Middle Temple) (1986) and Queen’s Mother Scholarship (Middle Temple) (1986).
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Laurence Rabinowitz KC –One Essex Court ‘Laurence is at the top of his profession. Very bright, very forensic, with huge expertise and first rate judgement. He's not afraid to give a view - and he can win over the room with ease. Exceptional with clients, including in difficult circumstances.'
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Laurence Rabinowitz KC –One Essex Court ‘He is extremely good at building a rapport with the client. Laurence listens well to the client and responds very well. He also has the ear of judges when addressing the court – all this making him one of the top commercial silks at the English Bar.’
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Laurence Rabinowitz KC –One Essex Court ‘A heavyweight commercial silk for big-ticket energy litigation, Laurence is clear in his advice and has an extremely strong following among clients.’
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Laurence Rabinowitz KC –One Essex Court ‘At the top of his game and, as such, commands the respect of judges. He has a very good court manner and can be aggressive where needed, but never unnecessarily so.’