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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP

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Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP is seen as an ‘absolutely top litigation firm, including in fraud’, taking on cases from Europe, CIS jurisdictions, Africa, the Middle East and offshore jurisdictions, and representing a broad variety of clients, including banks, corporations, bankruptcy office holders and high net worth individuals, in both litigation and arbitration proceedings. The team is ‘able to bring to bear the greatest resources in quality and quantity’ when advising on matters such as contractual fraud, asset recovery, shareholder and individual fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, fraudulent misrepresentation, evasion of enforcement as well as freezing injunctions. The fraud practice is led by the ‘outstanding’ Nick Marsh and fields ‘probably the highest concentration of legal superstars specialising in litigation in London’, which includes ‘legendary’ Ted Greeno as well as Alex Gerbi, who regularly acts for states and governments, and Khaled Khatoun, who has particular experience of disputes involving the Middle East and UAE territories.

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  • ‘An absolutely top litigation firm including in fraud, able to bring to bear the greatest resources in quality and quantity.’

  • ‘QE are to my mind the most effective heavy litigators in London. Their offering is backed by huge international heft, and their client offering is 360 degrees.’

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Key clients

  • Airbus SAS
  • Process & Industrial Developments Limited

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Work highlights

  • Acted for Process and Industrial Developments Limited in its high profile dispute before the English High Court against the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with an estimated worth of USD 11 billion, and instructed to take over from Kobre & Kim in September 2022 just six months before the start of the 8 week trial.
  • Acted as co-counsel with Clifford Chance in the highly-publicised Qatar Airways v Airbus High Court proceedings, worth in excess of USD 2.5 billion.

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