Oran Gelb
Bryan Cave Leighton PaisnerBryan Cave Leighton Paisner regularly handles high-stakes litigation, from large-scale contractual disputes to multi-party claims. Practice head Graham Shear represents banks, corporates, governments and high-net-worth individuals, as well as leaders in the sports and entertainment industries. Joby Davies leads on large-scale commercial disputes, from damages claims to cases concerning the misuse of personal data. Rachel Ziegler – ‘very astute, commercially switched on and very clever’ – bolsters the team’s cross-border offering, focusing on multijurisdictional disputes. A ’phenomenally intelligent and hardworking litigator’, Oran Gelb is active in the sports and telecoms sectors. Promoted to partner in January 2024, Andrew Street excels in shareholder, civil fraud and trust disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘Great knowledge base, very dynamic and very savvy.’
‘Rachel Zeigler is very astute, commercially switched on and very clever. Joby Davies is a dynamic and inspiring team leader with great intuition and a savvy approach to disputes.’
‘Graham Shear combines a hands-on approach with a strong tactical mind.’
‘BCLP has an agile, high value litigation resource that provides first rate, commercial driven litigation advice and representation.’
‘Oran Gelb is a phenomenally intelligent and hardworking litigator, who brings a committed hands-on approach to managing matters. He has a great eye for the commercial drivers of a case, which he brings with him in giving strategic advice. Alexandra Kirby is a tenacious and confident litigator who pursues client interests relentlessly. She inspires great confidence in clients and those who work with her. Not someone you want to be against! Megan Applegarth is a highly intelligent future star. Unflappable and polished, she shows great judgment and makes very effective calls well beyond her level of experience.’
‘The BCLP team is particularly collaborative. They respect the talents and roles of those they work with, getting the best from each and bringing them together effectively. This makes them particularly well-suited to running the sort of large-scale commercial litigation on which we worked together.’
‘Excellent commercial approach to cases and will always fight hard for a client.’
‘Graham Shear, Andy Street, and Oran Gelb. All excellent. First-rate.’
Key clients
- Legal & General
- Tata Consultancy Services
- British Telecommunications Plc / EE Limited
- Playtech Plc
- Northern & Shell PLC / The New Lottery Company – national lottery
- Angel Trains Rolling Stock Limited
- CSC Computer Sciences Limited
- Sportority Plc (trading as Minute Media)
- Olsam Group
- Asturion Fondation
Work highlights
- Representing Legal and General (L&G) in a claim against Glencore, concerning alleged losses to shareholders resulting from Glencore’s statements to the market
- Acting for BT/Openreach in respect of a significant £15m debt claim against TalkTalk Communications Limited concerning wholesale access to the client's high-speed fibre optic based Ethernet products.
- Acting for EE Limited in ongoing litigation against Virgin Mobile, concerning allegations that Virgin Mobile deliberately and wrongfully migrated customers away from the EE data network in breach of a telecommunications supply agreement entered into between the parties.
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Graham Shear