England - London • Dispute resolution
Seladore Legal
‘Brilliant litigation boutique’ Seladore Legal acts on high-value multi-jurisdictional disputes, with specific expertise in fraud, asset tracing, and enforcement disputes. ’Tenacious lawyer��� Simon Bushell leads the ‘strong legal team with excellent technical capabilities’, regularly acting for large corporates, private equity houses, and financial institutions. Also of note are ’immensely hard-working, able, and insightful litigators’ Gary Milner-Moore, Gareth Keillor, and Kevin Kilgour.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Seladore is a boutique practice specialising in commercial litigation in particular in fraud and brings an enormous skill and experience to that sector, in particular at partner level'.
- 'A brilliant litigation boutique, packed with hand-picked litigators who trained and practiced at big City firms, Seladore offers a superb commercial disputes resolution service with lean, partner-led teams who work with the pick of the commercial Bar. Punches massively above its weight.
- 'Senior partner Simon Bushell is a hugely experienced litigator, who has seen it all. An expert in cross-border civil fraud. asset tracing and complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, he is a force to be reckoned with and feared by opponents'
- 'Simon Bushell - tenacious lawyer. Kevin Kilgour - safe pair of hands. Gareth Keillor - strong legal mind.'
- 'Strong legal team with excellent technical capabilities and commercial lawyers'.
- 'Small but agile firm punching well above its weight'.
- 'Gareth Keillor litigates and arbitrates with intensity and deep analytical insight, whilst remaining charming to deal with. He is across every detail and drives hard on behalf of his clients.'
- 'Simon Bushell brings a career's experience, and Gary Miler Moore, Gareth Keilor and Keving Kilgour are immensely hard-working, able, and insightful litigators'
Key clients
- Ziyavudin Magomedov
- Antoine Massad
- Liquidators of Kidman Asset Management Ltd
- DTEK
- Sian Participation Corp
- Whiteleave
- Group of shareholders
- Diana McFadzean
- Gulfvin
Work highlights
- Acting for companies in the SGS Group in a very high-stakes (US$1bn+), multi-pronged dispute concerning control of a major Russian company, FESCO.
- Instructed by one of multiple defendants in relation to the huge multi-party fraud claim brought by the Kuwait Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS), against Fahad Al-Rajaan and others.
- Acting for a shareholder in an unfair prejudice dispute concerning a challenger bank.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Simon Bushell