England - London • Dispute resolution
HFW
HFW has the ‘knowledge and competence to operate at the very highest level on multi-jurisdictional cases’, acting for high-value clients across a wide range of sectors. ’Hard worker with excellent commercial nous’ Andrew Williams leads the team, with a practice spanning director and shareholder disputes, banking, fraud, and general contract disputes. Damian Honey is key to the team, with expertise across commodities, trade finance, banking, energy, and fraud. At associate level, Gordon Rieck and Roxanne Johnson are noted.
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‘Knowledge and competence to operate at the very highest level on multi-jurisdictional cases.’
‘Andrew Williams is a hard worker with excellent commercial nous. He and Damian Honey lead a small but very experienced and effective team including their accomplished senior associates, Gordon Rieck and Roxanne Johnson.’
‘A smooth operation acting in highly complex, high-value commercial litigation.’
- 'Rick Brown is excellent - brilliant with clients and not afraid to tactfully steer them in the right direction as appropriate.’
Key clients
- Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC
- ICTSI Middle East DMCC
- Uniserve Limited
- Vitol S.A.
- Salt Ship Design A/S
- Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
- StoneX Financial Limited
- Quantuma Advisory Limited
- Chinese Leasing Co.
Work highlights
- Advised Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC on a claim for $20bn issued by the State of Qatar for damages, restitution and an account of profits arising out of an alleged conspiracy to harm Qatar via manipulating the market for the Qatari Riyal.
- Advised ICTSI Middle East DMCC on a claim against the Government of the Republic of Sudan for the repayment of a debt and payment of an ongoing indemnity in respect of the costs of funding under a refund bond governed by English law.
- Advising Uniserve Limited on a claim issued by Advanced Multi-Technology for Medical Industry for the alleged breach by Uniserve of a contract for the supply of PPE face masks, which Uniserve had agreed to purchase from Hitex to supply to the NHS.
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Andrew Williams