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Patrick specialises in company law, insolvency, commercial fraud and arbitrations involving corporate law issues.

Patrick regularly acts on substantial shareholder disputes and restructurings with recent cases including the Petropavlovsk plc, a board dispute relating to the $1.4bn UK listed Russian gold mining company, the Tonstate Group litigation, relating to the owner of £500m hotels, and the Arcadia (Topshop/Topman) and Regis (Supercuts) CVAs.

Patrick has been involved in some of the largest civil fraud claims in recent years including the $2 billion LIA v Societe Generale litigation, involving allegations of bribery and undue influence and the JSC Mezhdunarodniy Promyshelnniy Bank v Pugachev litigation on applications for £1.17 billion freezing orders, search orders, passport orders and committal applications.

Patrick’s cases often involve an international element and applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory relief including freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other interim injunctions.

Patrick also has particular experience of corporate law issues arising in arbitrations, including on s. 9 stay applications and s. 69 appeals, having acted for BAE Systems plc in its long running dispute with companies owned by Andrew Ruhan.

Patrick regularly appears both as a sole advocate and with a leader.

Called 2008; Lincoln’s Inn.

PUBLICATIONS:Patrick contributes to FromCounsel.

COMBAR; ChBA.