Banking, Litigation, Civil Fraud, Arbitration

Associate

Expertise and Practice

Vaiben represents clients in disputes across a wide range of industries, with a particular emphasis on commercial litigation, arbitration and investigations arising from insolvency, non-performing loans, fraud and professional negligence in the UK and internationally.

Vaiben joined LK Law in London in 2017. He commenced private practice in Australia, before joining Lewis Baach (now LBKM Law) in Washington, D.C. in 2016.

Project Highlights

Vaiben’s recent experience includes:

Representing various offshore investment funds in liquidation in actions for fraud, negligence and contractual disputes against culpable directors, investment managers and third party service providers. Vaiben’s role has included conducting initial forensic research into fund collapses, analysing asset valuations and other internal and third party conduct and ultimately advising on potential claims under Commonwealth and Unites States law, as well as analysing judgments and underlying evidence in preparation for offshore appeals. Representing a private investor in share disputes in the UK and Middle East. Vaiben’s role has included conferring with local lawyers on foreign share agreements, negotiating, drafting and enforcing settlement agreements and deeds of guarantee in resolution of these disputes, including advising on foreign enforcement options. Representing a European-based bank to trace and recover assets (including the use of insolvency procedures) to repay high value non-performing loans. Representing a leading manufacturer of steel buildings in an ICC arbitration against a state and state-owned enterprise in construction and payment dispute. Representing a group of companies in offshore proceedings involving allegations by a foreign bank of conspiracy, fraud and asset dissipation, including challenging and advising on the impact of worldwide freezing injunctions and jurisdiction challenges. Representing various athletes faced with allegations of the use of banned substances and whereabouts failures in proceedings brought by World and UK National Anti-Doping bodies.

Member, Commercial Litigators Forum Associates Committee (events sub-committee) Member, Anglo-Australasian Lawyers Society Member, Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association Member, Future Fraud Professionals Network Member, American-Qualified Lawyers in London

Master of Laws, Georgetown University Law Center (2016) Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, College of Law (2014) Bachelor of Laws (Honours), University of Adelaide (2013) Bachelor of Arts, University of Adelaide (2012)