Norton Rose Fulbright ‘provides first-class legal advice and the disputes team is excellent’. Handling disputes across the commodities supply chain, the firm acts for financial institutions, commodity trading houses, and national and international mining and energy companies in matters concerning production, shipping, transportation, warehousing, physical supply contracts, collateral management and insurance, trade and commodity financing, as well as the hedging of commodity trades. Head of litigation and disputes for EMEA Patrick Bourke oversees a group that ‘knows the industry extremely well and has strength at all levels of seniority’. Holly Stebbing, who has a particular focus on energy disputes in Africa, is ‘commercially minded, calm in a crisis and tough when necessary’. Cross-border banking and finance litigation and arbitration specialist Harriet Jones-Fenleigh, commercial litigator Antony Corsi, and corporate disputes and investigations lawyer Ruth Cowley are among the firm’s many talented practitioners.
Testimonials
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‘The firm provides first-class legal advice and the disputes team is excellent. The people I have worked with are all good lawyers. As well as being technically sound they are commercially minded, looking for solutions to difficult problems, but prepared to be tough when that is required.’
‘The partner I have been working with most recently is Holly Stebbing. Holly is clever, with a good legal brain, commercially minded, calm in a crisis and tough when necessary.’
‘NRF's commodities disputes practice is brilliant. They are involved in many of the largest commodities disputes in London, and know the industry extremely well. They have strength at all levels of seniority.’
‘A top law firm with great experience in the commercial disputes area.’
Key clients
- Citibank N.A. and Citigroup Global Markets Limited
- Mercuria Energy Group
- Barrick Gold Corporation
- Lyondell Basel Industries NV (LYB)
Work highlights
- Acting for Esso Exploration and Production UK Limited as a co-defendant with Shell U.K. Limited and BP Exploration Operating Company Limited in Commercial Court proceedings brought by Apache North Sea Limited exceeding £440 million in value.
- Acted for Fenchurch as claimant in the High Court with respect to a claim against AA Limited (formerly AA PLC) for a debt due under a contract entered into by email or conduct with respect to financial advisory services provided by the client to the defendant.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Patrick Bourke