PeopleSunil Gadhia

Sunil is a commercial litigation partner.

He has extensive experience of many forms of international dispute resolution including High Court litigation, arbitration, expert determination and mediation, acting for both claimants and defendants.

He has advised on major disputes in a wide range of areas including banking, fraud, contract disputes, joint venture disputes, IP, insolvency and professional negligence, across numerous different industries ranging from financial services to engineering and technology.

Sunil is ranked as a leading individual for both banking litigation and commercial litigation in Legal 500 and a leading individual for banking litigation in Chambers.  Chambers UK 2009 referred to him as "definitely a big-gun in the field".  Sunil was awarded 'Successful Solicitor for the Year 2006' by the Society of Asian Lawyers.

Banking and finance litigation

Sunil has extensive experience of many sorts of banking and financial disputes including complex derivatives, fraud, securitisation transactions and trade finance.  His cases include: 

• Advising a leading European bank in all aspects of its involvement in the Madoff affair including advising on recovery strategies and defence strategies.
• Advising Natixis in its ground breaking claim against various parties including the arranger and joint lead managers of a £750 million securitisation transaction relating to the securitisation of the receivables of Box Clever.  
• Advising a leading European bank in a complex and substantial derivatives dispute against another leading European bank. 
• Advising Melli Bank Plc on its challenge in the English and European Courts to sanctions imposed by the EU.  
• Advising on various trade finance cases including Santander -v-Paribas, about the risk of fraud in a discounted deferred payment letter of credit.

Fraud and asset tracing

Sunil's experience in fraud and asset tracing derives from his involvement in the Maxwell debacle when he was part of the team advising Maxwell's pension fund company on the loss of more than £400 million of pension fund assets.  This led to numerous claims which Sunil was involved in including against investment banks and auditors, culminating in substantial recoveries for the pension fund company. 

Sunil has also advised one of the world's leading banks in significant fraud cases involving the recovery of assets in numerous jurisdictions around the world, including in relation to letter of credit disputes. 

Sunil has also advised a leading European bank in a fraud case arising out of a complex and high value securitisation transaction and more recently he has been advising a leading European bank on all aspects of its involvement in the Madoff affair including its recovery strategies and its defence strategies.

Commercial litigation

Sunil has been involved in a wide range of commercial disputes including contract disputes, joint venture disputes, IP disputes and disputes involving issues arising under the European Union treaty, including freedom movement of goods and state aids. 

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