London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading junior5Donald Lilly – 4 Stone Buildings 'Donald is very responsive, pragmatic, and sensible. He is excellent on his feet and judges like him. He is a team player and a pleasure to work with.'
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Donald Lilly
4 Stone Buildings, London
- Phone020 7242 5524
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Position
Barrister specialising in corporate insolvency, commercial, company and trust litigation, with a particular emphasis on international and offshore disputes. Recent reported cases include: Faulkner v Vollin Holdings Ltd [2021] EWHC 787 (Ch), Maso Capital Investments Ltd v Shanda Games Ltd [2020] BCC 466, Patel v Iqbal [2020] EWHC 1174 (Ch), Gany Holdings (PTC) SA v Khan [2018] UKPC 21, Re Baxendale-Walker [2018] EWHC 3423 (Ch), Nagi v Nagi [2018] EWHC 90 (Ch), Re Meem SL Ltd [2018] BCC 652, Crowden v QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd [2018] PNLR 9. He was also instructed with Jonathan Crow, Q.C. and Richard Hill, Q.C. by Victor Pinchuk in respect of his claim against Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov, one of the largest pieces of litigation in the Commercial Court in 2016, and from 2012 until 2015 (with John Brisby, Q.C.) in respect of a minority shareholder’s oppression petition presented in Bermuda in respect of a multi-billion dollar company incorporated there (it being one of the largest minority shareholder disputes ever litigated in that jurisdiction). He continues to be instructed by the trustees in bankruptcy for the estate of Boris Berezovsky in respect of the matters arising out of that insolvent estate, including a dispute in Gibraltar for which he was called to the Gibraltar Bar (on a case specific basis) in 2019.
Career
Called 2006; Middle Temple. Called to the BVI Bar in 2013 and the Gibraltar Bar (on a case specified basis) in 2019. Publications of note: contributor to Oxford Journal of Trusts & Trustees; Tolley’s Company Law Service; and Butterworth’s Journal of International Bank and Financial Law.
Publications:
“Investigations by BIS”, Tolley’s Company Law Service
“It’s a real privilege: common interests in trust disputes”. Trusts and Trustees, T. & T. 2013, 19(1), 68-78.
“A Tale of Two Insolvencies”, Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Financial Law, (2012) 6 JIBFL 348.
Featured in The Lawyer, “Judgment Call”, 21 May 2012.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association and COMBAR.
Called to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands (2013)
Called (on a case specific basis) to the Bar of Gibraltar (2019).
Education
Wadham College, Oxford (MA, BCL), Scholar.
Leisure
Classical music, classic cars and wine
Mentions
London Bar
Company
Leading junior4Donald Lilly – 4 Stone Buildings ‘When instructing Donald, you get silk-quality work, and his effective advocacy style gets the key points across concisely and persuasively.’
London Bar
Insolvency
Leading junior4Donald Lilly – 4 Stone Buildings ‘An excellent all-rounder – his written work is exemplary, and he is a confident advocate. Donald is very popular with clients.’