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Rachel Oakeshott

Barrister
Date of call: 2006
Email: roakeshott@oeclaw.co.uk

Rachel’s practice covers a broad range of commercial work in litigation and international arbitration.  She has experience of and particularly enjoys civil fraud, share purchase disputes, claims in relation to contracts for the sale of goods and supply of services, and sports and media cases. She has experience of being led in large, complex matters as well as handling cases in her own right.

Rachel’s work in 2012 includes:

  • Acting (with Lord Grabiner QC) for a subsidiary of a private equity firm in its Commercial Court dispute with the world's largest brewer, arising out of the US$ 3.5bn sale of a Central and Eastern European brewing business (Starbev GP Ltd v. Interbrew Central European Holding BV).
  • Acting (with David Wolfson QC) for LSG in its Commercial Court claim for damages suffered as a result of repudiation of  a catering services agreement (LSG Sky Chefs UK Ltd v. Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd).
  • Acting (with David Wolfson QC) for shareholders of an oil and gas company with assets worth US$ 1.5bn in LCIA proceedings concerning breaches of a share purchase agreement.
  • Acting (as sole counsel) for an individual defending a US$ 4m debt claim in relation to a guarantee in respect of loans to buy shares in a solar energy company Solar Millenium AG (Stahlschmidt Inc v. Hannes Kuhn).
  • Acting (as sole counsel) for a firm of consulting engineers against a Romanian state enterprise in an UNCITRAL arbitration concerning non-payment of fees. 
  • Acting (as sole counsel) for an international steel distributor in LCIA proceedings concerning breaches of six contracts to buy steel (claims worth €6m).
  • Acting with David Wolfson QC and Neil Kitchener QC to obtain anti-suit injunctions in two confidential cases.
  • Acting (with Stephen Auld QC) for Claimants in claims against their former solicitors for breach of fiduciary duty, deceit and negligence (Aida Hersham & Cherrilow Ltd v. Osmond & Ors).  This is the third set of proceedings following judgments and freezing orders in the Claimants' favour in related proceedings: Cherrilow Ltd v. Richard Butler-Creagh & Osmond Solicitors Ltd [2011] EWCA Civ 1679 and Cherrilow Ltd v. Richard Butler-Creagh [2011] EWHC 2525 (QB). For case summary, click here.

Scope of practice

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking & finance
  • Civil fraud
  • Company & Insolvency
  • Directors' duties, contracts & terminations
  • Distribution agreements
  • Economic torts
  • Energy
  • Guarantees
  • Injunctions
  • Partnership
  • Professional negligence
  • Restraint of trade
  • Sale of goods & supply of services
  • Share sale agreements
  • Sports, media & entertainment

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