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Andrew Foyle

Andrew Foyle

Call 2006

Andrew Foyle

Call 2006

  • Arbitration
Michael Malone

Michael Malone

Call 1975

Michael Malone

Call 1975

  • Banking and Financial Services
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Clare Reffin

Clare Reffin

Call 1981

Clare Reffin

Call 1981

  • Arbitration
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Matthew Cook

Matthew Cook

Call 1999

Matthew Cook

Call 1999

  • International Arbitration (including ICSID, LCIA, ICC, Ad-Hoc and UNCITRAL)
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Guy Hollingworth

Guy Hollingworth

Call 2001

Guy Hollingworth

Call 2001

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Derek Spitz

Derek Spitz

Call 2001

Derek Spitz

Call 2001

  • Arbitration
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James Nadin

James Nadin

Call 2002

James Nadin

Call 2002

  • Arbitration
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  • restitution
  • shareholder disputes
  • IT and Telecommunications
Daniel Hubbard

Daniel Hubbard

Call 2003

Daniel Hubbard

Call 2003

  • Arbitration
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  • Injunctions (including freezing orders and orders for disclosure of information)
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  • Shareholder disputes
Michelle Menashy

Michelle Menashy

Call 2003

Michelle Menashy

Call 2003

  • Arbitration
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  • Commercial Litigation
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  • Injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
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  • restitution
Laurence Emmett

Laurence Emmett

Call 2004

Laurence Emmett

Call 2004

  • Administrative & Public Law
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  • Jurisdiction, Conflict of Laws & International Litigation
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  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
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Henry Forbes Smith

Henry Forbes Smith

Call 2004

Henry Forbes Smith

Call 2004

  • Arbitration
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  • Commercial Dispute Resolution
  • Civil Fraud
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Alexander Polley

Alexander Polley

Call 2005

Alexander Polley

Call 2005

  • Agency
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  • Expert determinations
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Sebastian Isaac

Sebastian Isaac

Call 2005

Sebastian Isaac

Call 2005

  • Arbitration
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  • Company and Insolvency
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  • Injunctions and Interim Remedies (including freezing, search and disclosure of information orders)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Negligence and Liability
  • Shareholder Disputes
Marcos Dracos

Marcos Dracos

Call 2005

Marcos Dracos

Call 2005

  • International Arbitration (including ICSID, LCIA, ICC, Ad-Hoc and UNCITRAL)
  • Banking and Financial Services
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James MacDonald

James MacDonald

Call 2005

James MacDonald

Call 2005

  • Arbitration
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  • Civil Fraud
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  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Negligence and Liability
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Eleanor Campbell

Eleanor Campbell

Call 2005

Eleanor Campbell

Call 2005

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
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  • Company and Insolvency
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  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • restitution
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Financial Regulation
Michael Clark

Michael Clark

Call 2005

Michael Clark

Call 2005

  • Arbitration
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  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Injunctions and other interim relief
  • restitution
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • trusts
Richard Mott

Richard Mott

Call 2006

Richard Mott

Call 2006

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Financial Services and Regulatory Law
  • Injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Economic Torts
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
David Caplan

David Caplan

Call 2006

David Caplan

Call 2006

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial litigation
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Injunctions (including freezing order and search orders)
  • Jurisdiction and conflict of laws
Rachel Oakeshott

Rachel Oakeshott

Call 2006

Rachel Oakeshott

Call 2006

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud and Investigations
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Guarantees
  • Injunctions (including worldwide freezing orders and other interim relief)
  • IT and Telecommunications
  • Joint Venture Disputes
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • Share Purchase Disputes
  • Sports, Media and Entertainment
Saul Lemer

Saul Lemer

Call 2007

Saul Lemer

Call 2007

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Equity
  • Guarantees
  • Injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Restitution
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
Nicholas Sloboda

Nicholas Sloboda

Call 2007

Nicholas Sloboda

Call 2007

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Breach of warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy, oil & gas and utilities
  • Equity
  • guarantees
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Liability
  • restraint of trade
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • shareholder disputes
  • Sports and Entertainment
  • Media, Entertainment and Broadcasting
Sam O’Leary

Sam O’Leary

Call 2007

Sam O’Leary

Call 2007

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commodity Trading
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • takeovers, mergers and acquisitions
  • restitution
  • shareholder disputes
  • Sports and Entertainment
  • Media, Entertainment and Broadcasting
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Equity
Abra Bompas

Abra Bompas

Call 2008

Abra Bompas

Call 2008

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Breach of warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • breach of confidence/privacy
  • contempt proceedings
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Professional Liability
  • restitution
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • Equity
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
Michael d’Arcy

Michael d’Arcy

Call 2008

Michael d’Arcy

Call 2008

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • guarantees
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • Sports and Entertainment
Nehali Shah

Nehali Shah

Call 2008

Nehali Shah

Call 2008

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Asset Tracing and Recovery
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • breach of trust
  • Breach of warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • guarantees
  • injunctive relief
  • Professional Liability
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services
  • Equity
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
Owain Draper

Owain Draper

Call 2008

Owain Draper

Call 2008

  • Administrative & Public Law and European Law
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • company, shareholder and joint venture disputes
  • competition and EU law
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Administrative & Public Law
  • Sports, Gaming and Licensing
Sandy Phipps

Sandy Phipps

Call 2008

Sandy Phipps

Call 2008

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking & Finance
  • Breach of Warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Enforcement of judgments
  • Guarantees
  • Injunctions and Search Orders
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Negligence and Liability
  • Restitution
  • Sale of goods & supply of services
  • State Immunity
Alexander Brown

Alexander Brown

Call 2009

Alexander Brown

Call 2009

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Liability
  • Administrative & Public Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Trusts
Mehdi Baiou

Mehdi Baiou

Call 2009

Mehdi Baiou

Call 2009

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Breach of warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commodity Trading
  • competition and EU law
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • fund management
  • guarantees
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Partnerships
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Equity
Douglas Paine

Douglas Paine

Call 2009

Douglas Paine

Call 2009

  • Agency
  • Arbitration & Expert Determination
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions and urgent relief
  • Professional Liability
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
Michael Watkins

Michael Watkins

Call 2009

Michael Watkins

Call 2009

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Breach of Fiduciary Duty
  • Breach of Warranty
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • Professional Liability
  • Restitution
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
James Petkovic

James Petkovic

Call 2009

James Petkovic

Call 2009

  • Agency
  • Arbitration
  • Asset Tracing and Recovery
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company and Insolvency
  • Economic Torts
  • Energy and Natural Resources
  • injunctions (including freezing orders and search orders, and orders for disclosure of information)
  • Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws
  • Professional Liability
  • restitution
  • Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services

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