Christopher Langley is an “excellent senior junior” known for producing “excellent written submissions and solid commercial advice”. He has a broad commercial practice which covers commercial dispute resolution, banking and finance, crypto and blockchain, civil fraud, insurance, aviation, and sport.
Christopher has extensive experience of complex and high-value commercial disputes, both as sole counsel and working as part of a larger team. Notable examples include the claims made by Stanford International Bank Ltd against HSBC in the fallout of a multi-billion dollar ‘Ponzi’ scheme orchestrated by Sir Allen Stanford (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2021 and Top 10 Appeals of 2022); fraud and conspiracy claims in connection with Wirecard’s purchase of an Indian payment services business; and acting in the most substantial proceedings ever brought before the Takeover Panel in relation to the dishonest cover up of breaches of the Takeover Code.
Christopher has particular expertise in matters involving bribery and corruption, having written the ‘Bribery in Commercial Litigation and Arbitration’ chapter in Lissack and Horlick on Bribery and Corruption (3rd edition).