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Mr Guy Olliff-Cooper
Position
Guy has a broad commercial Chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on civil fraud. He appears regularly as both sole and junior counsel in the High Court and Court of Appeal. He enjoys a busy offshore practice and is called to the Bar of both the BVI and DIFC.
Guy’s recent cases include:
- Unitel SA v Unitel International Holdings BV [2023] EWHC 3231 (Comm). A £580 million claim by the state telecoms company of Angola against its former chair (and daughter of the former President of Angola), Isabel dos Santos, for alleged breaches of her directors’ duties under Angolan law.
- Mex Group Worldwide Ltd v Ford [2023] EWHC 3394 (KB). An application for a freezing injunction under s.25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 in support of proceedings in Scotland valued at €68.5 million based on an alleged unlawful means conspiracy to induce breach of a consent order.
- Therium Litigation Funding A IC v Bugsby Property LLC [2023] Costs LR 1641. An application by a litigation funder for an asset preservation order over £27.5 million of settlement proceeds
Career
Called: 2015 (Lincoln’s Inn).
Publications:
Loose and Griffiths on Liquidators 9th Ed. (2019). Contributor.
Transaction Avoidance in Insolvencies 3rd Ed. (2018). Contributor.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association
Commercial Bar Association
Education
BPTC, City Law School (Outstanding)
GDL, City Law School (Distinction)
BA (Hons), Philosophy & Theology, Oxford
Lincoln’s Inn: Hubert Greenland Scholarship, Buchanan Prize, Hardwicke Scholarship, Lord Bowen Scholarship
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Crypto and blockchain assets
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Guy Olliff-Cooper – 4 Stone Buildings ‘An outstanding junior for civil fraud. He goes the extra mile for the client.’
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 44 Stone Buildings is increasingly active in cross-border contentious and non-contentious commercial matters, especially in the Caribbean. Company and commercial litigation are strong areas of expertise for Jonathan Crow KC, who regularly appears before Courts of Appeal and Supreme Courts. Hermann Boeddinghaus KC specialises in corporate and commercial disputes, with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, the recovery of assets, and cross-border enforcement. Alongside Orlando Fraser KC, Boeddinghaus KC acted for a Liberian company seeking the restitution of $6m, which it alleges it was defrauded of by BVI companies. George Bompas KC, in addition to BVI work, and has also appeared before the courts of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cayman Islands. Alexander Cook KC is frequently instructed to handle disputes in the BVI, and he is representing the claimant in a $43m commercial fraud claim (Von der Heydt Invest SA v Mex Securities S.a.r.l and Others). Among the set’s juniors sits Nicola Timmins, who is especially active in Bermuda, BVI, and Cayman proceedings, and Guy Olliff-Cooper is another key name.