England - London • Dispute resolution
Clifford Chance LLP
At Clifford Chance LLP the team leverages its strength across sectors and jurisdictions to achieve success in a wide range of complex, often high-profile disputes. At international leadership level, Jeremy Kosky is a name to note, along with Julian Acratopulo, notably acting for Airbus in the highly-publicised Qatar Airway proceedings. In London, Helen Carty leads the litigation and dispute resolution team, with specialist knowledge of financial institutions, regulatory investigations, and disciplinary proceedings. Maxine Mossman is another recommended practitioner, as is Chris Yates and Jeremy Sandelson. James Cranston is ‘terrifically clever’ and ‘massively tactically astute’, and is noted along with ‘excellent solicitor’ senior associate Christina Schuetz.
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Testimonials
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- This is an absolutely Rolls Royce litigation practice. They have strength in depth, both at partner level and below. They are fully committed to their client's cause. The partners 'live' their client's concerns and come up with clever and creative solutions. Totally outstanding.’
- ‘I have been instructed by CC in a wide range of high-profile disputes in each of the categories above, including covid-related business interruption claims.
- 'Maxine Mossman is massively brainy, produces superb documents, and is a delight to work with.'
- 'Chris Yates is the perfect sports lawyer - he loves the industry, works harder than anyone, is a great lawyer, and is charm personified. He’s a winner, what more could you want.'
- 'Julian Acratopulo is the full package: highly intelligent, an outstanding team-leader, a great tactician, and he strikes the fear of God into the opposition.
- 'James Cranston is terrifically clever, he produces first-rate documents, he’s massively tactically astute, and he’s enormously hard-working. A total superstar.'
- 'Christina Schuetz is an excellent solicitor, and a deeply experienced arbitration practitioner. If you’ve got a complex arbitration, you want her on your team.'
Key clients
- Airbus
- LzLabs
- Dr Mike Lynch
- News Group Newspapers Limited
- Terra Firma
- EE
- Citibank N.A. and Citibank UK Limited.
- Manchester City Football Club Limited
- Marks & Clerk
- Serco Limited
Work highlights
- Represented Airbus in two sets of proceedings being heard together, commenced by Qatar Airways against Airbus in the Technology and Construction Court (KBD) in December 2021 and February 2022.
- Acting for EE in a high-profile claim brought by Quinn Emanuel on behalf of the administrators of Phones 4U ("P4U"), the now-defunct mobile phone retailer, against a range of mobile network operators (EE, Vodafone, O2, Orange and Deutsche Telekom) for breaches of Article 101(1) TFEU/Chapter I of the Competition Act 1998 and for breach of contract.
- Advising Glencore plc in defence of claims brought by over 400 institutional shareholders, alleging that shareholders suffered multi-billion sterling losses as a result of statements made to the investing public.
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Jeremy Kosky, Julian Acratopulo