Experience

BP

Advising on contentious issues in contract and in tort, and in multiple jurisdictions and fora including the UK inquest proceedings, arising from the terrorist incident at the In Amenas gas facility in Algeria between 16-19 January 2013

Bharti Airtel

Advising in defence of a claim in excess of US$4 billion relating to its business in Nigeria. The dispute includes an international arbitration and court proceedings in several jurisdictions including Nigeria

Nortel Networks UK (in administration) and 18 other European Nortel companies

Advising in relation to the global insolvency and sale of the Nortel group, which involved numerous applications to the English, US and Canadian courts, as well as bespoke arbitration proceedings between the global Nortel companies

Sutton 58 Associates LLC

Advising when the New York Court of Appeals reinstated a lawsuit brought by client Sutton 58 Associates LLC, an affiliate of Gamma Real Estate, against real estate investor Philip Pilevsky, his sons and related entities. The suit sought approximately US$100 million in damages against the Pilevskys for tortious interference with Gamma’s loan agreements with the original developer of a proposed residential tower on Sutton Place and 58th Street

Two banks in the UK

Advising on group litigation orders brought by multiple shareholders in relation to strategic decisions made by senior management during the start of the global financial crisis in 2008 

Fourth Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment for Chain Bridge Bank, NA

Advising successfully when Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, VA, unanimously affirmed the district court’s entry of summary judgment in favour of our client, Chain Bridge Bank, NA

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