Deborah Horowitz

Deborah Horowitz specialises in general commercial litigation, including aviation, insurance, banking and finance, regulatory investigations, international trade finance, company law, corporate crime and civil fraud. Recent instructions include: acting for the Financial Conduct Authority in the business interruption insurance test case litigation, which impacted some 370,000 policyholders; representing RBS in the litigation relating to its £12bn Rights Issue; and appearing for GECAS in its successful defence in the Court of Appeal in respect of a large-scale claim in relation to aircraft finance. She has a particular interest in cases dealing with aircraft leasing and finance, aviation operations (including regulation of airports and airlines), insurance coverage, cross-border fraud, transnational financial instruments such as letters of credit, performance bonds and guarantees, and AI and cybersecurity.  She was previously a litigation solicitor at Mallesons Stephen Jaques and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. She is dual-qualified in England and Australia, and receives instructions from both jurisdictions, as well as from Singapore.

University of Melbourne (BA (Hons) English and French; LLB (Hons)); Merton College, University of Oxford (BCL Distinction; M Phil Distinction; D Phil in Law).