Data protection and information
Data breach
Advising a financial services provider in relation to a data breach which had resulted in hackers gaining unauthorised access to the personal data of customers of over 5,000 merchants who used a payment platform operated by the client.
Data breach
Advising a private equity fund in relation to a data breach which had been suffered by an investee company which had resulted in hackers gaining unauthorised access to personal data, including addresses and bank details, of various parties, including investors in the company.
Contentious data protection related issues
Advising a financial services provider in relation to various contentious data protection related issues including, whether exemptions in the GDPR permitted the disclosure of personal data relating to UK based data subjects in proceedings against them in another member state; and the extent to which their obligations to provide personal data pursuant to a DSAR were subject to a proportionality restriction, and, accordingly whether the client was obliged to restore access to systems which had been disabled, in order to provide personal data held in response to a DSAR.
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Commercial litigation
Allegations of bribery
Advising one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds in respect of allegations of bribery made against it by the UK regulatory authorities in relation to investments valuing in excess of £4.5 billion.
Real estate finance claims
Advising five banks in defending claims relating to the alleged mis-selling of financial products with a combined value of in excess of £1 billion.
Claims under securitised notes
Advising the security trustee of securitised notes in respect of claims of approximately £25 million in value against the note issuer for breach of contract and misrepresentation.
Mukhtar Ablyazov
Advising a Kazakh oligarch and other parties in respect of multi-billion pound fraud claims against them. The clients were subject to several High Court claims, as well as arbitral proceedings.
Boris Berezovsky
Advising a Russian oligarch who had commenced claims against a range of persons / entities in order to recover sums in excess of $1.5 billion.
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Commercial litigation
International arbitration
Ad-hoc arbitration
Advising the general partner of a limited partnership in arbitral proceedings commenced against the limited partnership pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996.
LCIA and ICSID arbitrations
Advising parties beneficially owned by a politically exposed person in LCIA and ICSID arbitral proceedings.
ICSID arbitration
Advising a Turkish company in relation to commencing ICSID arbitral proceedings against the government of a Middle-Eastern country.
Arbitration before the Swiss Chambers of Commerce
Advising a Qatari company in relation to commencing arbitral proceedings arising out of a breach of a distribution agreement which had caused it losses of in excess of £20 million.
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International arbitration
Banking and financial services litigation
Real estate finance claims
Advising five banks in defending claims relating to the alleged mis-selling of financial products with a combined value of in excess of £1bn.
Claims under securitised notes
Advising the security trustee of securitised notes in respect of claims of approximately £25m against the note issuer for breach of contract and misrepresentation.
Advising an arranger of a multi-billion dollar mezzanine loan in respect of its potential liability to other lenders.
Claims for mis-selling
Advising an Irish bank in a claim for misrepresentations allegedly made regarding securities they had purchased and on which they had suffered very significant losses.
Advising a Chinese company in defending a claim (and opposing an anti-suit injunction) brought by a major investment bank in relation to a foreign exchange hedging product sold to the company by the bank.
Advising a hedge fund in relation to claims against various entities controlled by a major bank in relation to misrepresentations and negligent advice which they made / provided in relation to a total return swap.
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Banking and financial services litigation
Regulatory litigation
Allegations of bribery
Advising one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds in respect of allegations of bribery made against it by the UK regulatory authorities in relation to investments valuing in excess of £4.5 billion.
Advising a large international ship owning company in relation to allegations that it had obtained preferential charter rates from a company based in the CIS by paying bribes.
Sports integrity
Advising a client in relation to allegations of its involvement in impropriety in the relation to the bidding for a prestigious international sporting event.
Compliance review
Advising a major arms manufacturer in respect of its compliance with bribery legislation.
Allegations of breach of HSE requirements
Advising an offshore drilling company in respect of regulatory matters arising from the loss of one of their vessels and of several of its crew.
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Regulatory litigation
Fraud and asset recovery
Mukhtar Ablyazov
Advising a Kazakh oligarch and other parties in respect of multi-billion pound fraud claims against them. The clients were subject to several High Court claims, as well as arbitral proceedings.
Boris Berezovsky
Advising a Russian oligarch who had commenced claims against a range of persons / entities in order to recover sums in excess of $1.5 billion.
Allegations of bribery
Advising one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds in respect of allegations of bribery made against it by the UK regulatory authorities in relation to investments valuing in excess of £4.5 billion.
Advising a large international ship owning company in relation to allegations that it had obtained preferential charter rates from a company based in the CIS by paying bribes.
Mortgage fraud
Advising an individual in obtaining rectification of the Land Registry's register in his favour following his house being fraudulently transferred out of his name.
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Fraud and asset recovery