ONTIER LLP

International firm Ontier LLP has offices in 11 countries all over the world. It is the first time that a global firm has been created using an innovative model where the local approach defines the international strategy. Each Ontier office in every country is comprised of partners who are established market leaders in their respective jurisdictions. All of the partners worldwide share the same client-centric values and are always ready to facilitate efficient solutions to clients’ problems. The shared goal is to enhance and maintain the prestige and respect for which Ontier has been recognised for many years.

The firm: Ontier LLP in London is staffed by high-calibre, experienced solicitors and barristers. It provides a bespoke service of the highest quality in order to achieve the best possible result for clients in the most cost-effective and efficient way.

Most of the firm’s cases and corporate transactions are high-profile. The firm appears regularly in the law reports and its cases have contributed to developments in the law in several different fields. In particular, Ontier's litigation experience covers a broad spectrum of commercial activities including contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, banking and financial services disputes, trust claims, derivatives and capital markets disputes, contentious insolvency and intellectual property disputes. In recent times, Ontier has been instructed in a number of cryptocurrency disputes for which it has established market-leading credentials.

Types of work undertaken
International corporate and commercial: Ontier's corporate and commercial team provides practical and commercial advice to assist entrepreneurs, investors and directors on all aspects of corporate and commercial transactions – both domestic and international. Clients come to the firm at every stage of a company’s life cycle, from seed capital to development capital and eventual exit, either through sale or IPO.

International commercial litigation: Ontier's litigation experience covers a broad spectrum of commercial activities including contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, banking and financial services disputes, trust claims, derivatives and capital markets disputes, contentious insolvency and intellectual property disputes.

Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency disputes: Ontier has become a market-leader in this emerging field of commercial disputes, acting in a number of high profile and billion dollar disputes.

Offshore litigation and insolvency: Ontier has unparalleled experience of large-scale, complex litigation involving offshore jurisdictions. As a result, it has extensive experience in overcoming problems of conflicts of laws, enforceability and recognition of judgments and orders and the application of foreign laws.

International arbitration: Ontier has considerable experience of conducting and assisting in domestic and international arbitration. It has particular experience of arbitration in the oil and gas sector, investment fund disputes, and of enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in several jurisdictions under the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards.

Fraud and asset tracing: Ontier's professionals have extensive experience of fraud claims both domestically and internationally, many of them arising from major corporate collapses associated with fraudulent accounting and other irregularities. The firm frequently advises on the critical phases of fraud investigation including locating and freezing any misappropriated assets and taking proceedings to recover them, obtaining disclosure and search orders and asset tracing.

Intellectual property: Ontier has developed a substantial contentious IP practice. It advises on disputes concerning all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, database right and design law as well as for breach of confidence and passing off.

Privy Council litigation: as Privy Council agents, Ontier is experienced in Privy Council litigation. It has a long history of conducting appeals from first instance, in an offshore court, through the offshore court of appeal process and then to final determination in the Privy Council.

Insolvency and restructuring: Ontier has very substantial experience of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring in both the UK and offshore jurisdictions. It is instructed on all aspects arising in restructuring, turnarounds, insolvencies and collapses, whether they involve companies, individuals or partnerships and has considerable experience of provisional liquidators, special managers, CVAs, CCA’s and schemes of arrangement.