Watson Pringle > Chambers of Michael Gibbon KC > London, England > Barrister Profile

The partnership practice at Maitland Chambers covers a range of partnerships, from traditional, including disputes within solicitor’s firms and doctors practices, to complex partnership structures in offshore funds, private equity and high net worth individuals’ wealth management structures. David Mumford KC has advised on a number of partnership disputes and LLP issues, while Watson Pringle is also involved in contentious partnership work. Ted Loveday is involved in Melford Capital Partners LLP v Digby, a cross-border dispute arising out of attempts to expel the client from a private equity partnership. Emily Gailey and Amanda Hadkiss are more key names at the set.

Maitland Chambers frequently appears in the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division, as well as in international courts and arbitration tribunals. David Mumford KC and Watson Pringle are defending the shipping company FESCO against conspiracy claims made by imprisoned Russian businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov, related to his efforts to resist a raid by the Russian state on his assets. Meanwhile, Andrew Twigger KC is representing Primer Design Ltd and Novacyt S.A. in a multi-million-pound claim filed by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care over a contract to supply rapid-PCR test kits during the COVID-19 pandemic. In JD Wetherspoon v AB Inbev UK, Gregory Banner KC is representing the claimant in a contractual dispute regarding responsibility for installing taps for serving Budweiser beers under a 20-year agreement. Following the corporate restructuring of a private hospital group, Rebecca Page successfully defended Gerard Barnes against Henderson & Jones’s accusations of breach of directors’ duties, conspiracy, and dishonest assistance.