A wide range of commercial and other civil litigation, including banking and financial services, civil fraud, breach of confidence, competition, conflicts of law, energy, insurance, international arbitration, restitution, professional liability and restitution. Current / recent cases include Federal Republic of Nigeria v Royal Dutch Shell & Ors (alleged bribery and corruption / jurisdiction); In Re: Prudential Life Assurance Company and Rothesay Life Plc (Part VII transfer of insurance business); Bombardier & Ors v London Underground (public procurement); Allianz Global Investors & Ors v Barclays Bank & Ors (competition law / fx); National Bank of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon (dispute relating to a Global Custody Agreement); State of The Netherlands v Deutsche Bank (interpretation of ISDA Credit Support Annex / negative interest rates); Property Alliance Group v Royal Bank of Scotland (alleged manipulation of LIBOR / interest rate swaps); Ingenious Litigation (alleged mis-selling of film finance investments).
Called 1993. QC 2009.
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Bristol University (LLB Hons 1st Class, 1991) and Brasenose College, Oxford (BCL 1st Class, 1992).