Commercial litigation boutique LK Law LLP excels at advising IPs on complex cross-border contentious insolvency matters, often involving allegations of fraud and the tracing and recovery of assets dissipated globally. Team head Andrew Ford and Caroline Phipps are key members of the team and both handle claimant and defendant work in the space.

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Key clients

  • Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers Company (‘AHAB’)
  • Fontaine & Associates
  • Corrado Tirelli
  • Mr Fawaz Hamadah
  • DHD Import Export

Work highlights

  • Acting as Privy Council agents in the appeal from the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The appeal relates to the refusal by the courts below to give the appellants, two Anguillan incorporated banks which were licensed to carry out offshore banking business, leave to commence judicial review proceedings against the respondents.
  • Representing an Italian individual in relation to the £1m recovery of the principal of a loan made to an English company, pursuant to a loan agreement. The money was transferred to this company for the purpose of purchasing a warehouse, but had not been repaid in accordance with the loan agreement.
  • Representing an English-registered company in respect of responding to a demand for payment by a Danish trustee of a bankruptcy estate of a Danish-registered company regarding a transaction which took place in 2021.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Andrew Ford

Other key lawyers

Caroline Phipps