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Orlando Gledhill KC

Orlando Gledhill KC

Position

A broad range of commercial litigation, arbitration and advice. Recently acted for Legal and General in £370 million claim for breach of exclusivity agreement and breach of confidence, Bonhams auction house in £70 million claim for conspiracy and deliberate breach of fiduciary duty, NCR Corporation in £35 million conspiracy and fraud claim, Google in a claim for breach of confidence, Alstom in public policy defence to enforcement of arbitration award, Barclays Bank in alleged breach of Quincecare duty not to follow payment instructions and in separate US$800 million claims for breach of confidence and LIBOR misrepresentation by investment funds, Goldman Sachs International in US$1.2 billion trial of claims by Libyan Investment Authority to set aside equity derivatives transactions, Liquidators in claims against RBS and Mercuria for dishonest assistance arising out of carbon trading, British Gas in trial of dispute arising from carbon emissions reductions, real estate investment fund established by Deutsche Bank, Spanish oil major in arbitration against exploration joint venture.

Career

Called 1998. Silk 2017.

Memberships

Combar

Education

BA (Hons) Queen's University, Canada (First). MPhil, Corpus Christi College, Oxford. DipLaw, City University (Distinction).

Mentions

London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

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Orlando Gledhill KC – One Essex Court ‘Orlando is diligent and considered in his approach, and very user-friendly. He was able to get up to speed with some difficult issues in very short order and slot into the team seamlessly.’
London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Orlando Gledhill KC – One Essex Court 'Orlando is able to identify issues and grasp huge amounts of complex information very quickly. His advocacy is very smooth and he really knows how to handle strategic decisions.'
London Bar

Energy

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Orlando Gledhill KC –One Essex Court ‘One of the best energy silks around.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Orlando Gledhill KC – One Essex Court 'Orlando is very user-friendly and dedicated to presenting his client's case as strongly as possible.'