Sarah Rees
Blake Morgan LLP‘A go-to firm that always delivers outstanding results’, Blake Morgan LLP’s London practice represents high-profile individuals, financial institutions, and national and international corporations in heavyweight litigation. London commercial litigation head Sarah Rees routinely acts for clients from CIS countries and former Soviet Union states. 'Standout partner' Justin Weare litigates fraud claims, as well as shareholder and boardroom disputes, while Alex Shirtcliff focuses on pursuing and defending assets in civil fraud contexts. Conor Daly is a commercial and insolvency litigation expert.
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- ‘Blake Morgan can run very effective litigation, and they do it efficiently. An excellent firm with an exceptional commercial dispute resolution practice.’
‘Blake Morgan’s lawyers are enthusiastic, diligent and outcome driven, providing the highest quality of service in every case.’
‘With extensive level of expertise in all aspects of commercial disputes, Blake Morgan is a go-to firm that always delivers outstanding results, no matter how challenging or complex the legal dispute.’
‘Justin Weare is a standout partner because he is user friendly and committed to achieving good results for the client. When it comes to commercial litigation, Justin is simply as good as it gets.’
‘Justin Weare is meticulous, detail oriented, and always one step ahead of his opposing number. Offering the highest level of client care, Justin consistently provides clear and simple advice, and delivers excellent results. A bona fide superstar.’
‘Sarah Rees is incisive and clear with her legal and strategic advice, technically excellent and commercially savvy.’
‘Alex Shirtcliff is an amazing practitioner who always offers clients every possible solution and provides the most comprehensive advice possible.’
‘Conor Daly is extremely intelligent, highly responsive and commercial’.
Key clients
- The Kerry Group
- South American Aircraft Leasing
- Transomas
- Transomas Investments
- Media Entertainment
- Awendale Resources
Work highlights
- Acting for Georgian billionaire and former Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, (and members of his family) in their global claims against entities within the Credit Suisse Group, which stem from the mismanagement of assets.
- Acting for Maxim Chechetkin in a Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 claim against global crypto platform Kraken.
- Acting for Amber Murphy in UK proceedings that concern the use of a registered trade mark for a series of novels that have sold over 10m copies.
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Sarah Rees