Constantine Fraser

Constantine acts across the full range of commercial disputes, with particular experience in civil fraud and contentious insolvency.

Notable recent cases include:

• Jinxin v Aser [2026] EWHC 765 (Comm): acted (with Simon Colton KC and Daniel Benedyk) for the successful defendants in a $660m deceit claim, arising from allegations of historic bribery, corruption and anti-competitive practices in the acquisition of Italian Serie A and FIFA World Cup media rights. The case was one of the Lawyer’s Top 20 cases for 2025, and among the largest M&A fraud claims to have been litigated in the English courts.
  
• Invest Bank v El-Husseini [2024] EWHC 2976 (Comm): acted (with Niranjan Venkatesan KC) for the successful defendants in a hard-fought claim under s.423 Insolvency Act 1986. The case gave rise to numerous interlocutory decisions, including in relation to freezing undertakings ([2023] EWHC 3350 (Comm)), disclosure ([2024] EWHC 996 (Comm)), amendments and limitation ([2024] EWHC 1235 (Comm)), and challenges to the authenticity of evidence ([2024] EWHC 1804 (Comm)).
  
• TAQA Bratani v Fujairah Oil and Gas: acting (with David Allison KC and Niranjan Venkatesan KC) in a claim under sections 238 and 423 Insolvency Act 1986 arising out of an oil and gas joint venture.
  
• Aberdeen City Council v Hermes: acting (with Steven Elliott KC and Ben Zelenka Martin) for the claimant in a high-value dispute with an investment management group alleging negligence in the acquisition of a stake in an onshore wind portfolio. The claim is brought in part on a derivative basis on behalf of a limited partnership against its manager.
  
• GBG v BDO: acting (with Rhodri Davies KC) in an audit negligence claim against a major professional services firm arising from the collapse of an insurance provider following the discovery of misstatements in its financial statements.
  
• Re a Retail Company: acting (as sole counsel) for the liquidator of a company belonging to a high street retail group, in a dispute with former directors and other group companies arising from up to £12m in allegedly backdated or undervalue transactions.
  
• Havant Biogas v Ofgem: acted (with Thomas Sharpe KC) for the claimants in TCC proceedings for damages for breach of Article 1 Protocol 1 ECHR, following the defendant’s unlawful withholding of biomethane subsidies.
  
  

Before coming to the Bar, Constantine covered European political economy for a leading financial markets forecasting company.