Boutique firm Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP specialises in commercial, corporate, and financial related litigation, acting for a roster of clients which includes a number of FTSE 100 companies. Tech related work is an increasing focus for the team, including many high-profile matters in the fintech and cryptocurrency area. The practice has continued to grow on the back of the arrival of Jon Felce and Natalie Todd from PCB Byrne in April 2022. Other key practitioners in the team include Sinead O’Callaghan, Lydia Danon and Stephen Elam.

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Testimonials

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'A very practical and knowledgeable team. CYK has a reputation, which I have seen from working with them in practice, of delivering clear, practical and tactical advice to those working with cutting edge technology.'
'Sam Roberts is an industry leader. He is very practical but also knowledgeable. Both combine to mean that he inspires confidence in clients and really does have a very good technical knowledge of the underlying technology that his clients were working with.'
'Jon Felce is an outstanding partner with a wealth of experience.'
'During my long professional career, they have been one of the best law firms I have deal with, worldwide.'
'Natalie Todd and Jon Felce really stand out as both technically excellent and very approachable.'

Key clients

Domidias Limited and Merbau Synergy Limited/ Sian/Merbau
Jason Cox and Amaury Sechet
Olga Scherbakova and Alexander Scherbakov
PL Holdings Sarl (PLH)
ThinkMarkets (FCA and ASIC-regulated online trading broker)
Topalsson GmbH
iFinex Inc (trading as Bitfinex).
Investors in Echosense, a MedTech business
Medhat Hanna
S&B Consultancy Services Limited (“S&B”)
Sovcomflot company defendants: Cally Shipholdings Inc, Vital Shipping Corporation, Dainford Navigation Inc, Tamara Shipholdings SA, Tuscany Maritime SA, Novoship (UK) Limited

Work highlights

Acting for defendants in a $91m matter relating to an underlying fraud and secret profits dispute concerning sex tapes, secret documents and a Conservative peer.
Acted for Topalsson GmbH in its claim for breach of contract against Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Ltd relating to a failed software project
Acting for the defendants in substantial cross-border dispute relating to the shareholding of FESCO, Russia’s largest intermodal transportation company.