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Frederick Wilmot-Smith

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Position

Frederick’s practice is principally in commercial law.

He has substantial appellate experience, having appeared before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on a number of occasions, and has also appeared in the Privy Council. As well as his practice as a litigator, he provides advice and acts as an expert on all aspects of English private law.

Fred is currently instructed in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International, a claim in the Commercial Court of over US$2 billion, and in Azima v RAKIA and others, a claim alleging State-sponsored hacking and which seeks to set aside judgments of the High Court and Court of Appeal as having been procured by fraud. And he is instructed as sole counsel in a number of arbitral matters as well as (in both the British Virgin Islands and United Kingdom) a claim brought by numerous Mongolian State entities. A number of his unled cases are valued at over US$100m. He has also appeared unled in the High Court and County Court on a range of applications.

In all his work he is able to draw on his considerable experience as an academic lawyer. He was previously an academic at the University of Oxford, where he is a Fellow of All Souls College. He has published widely on a range of subjects and taught, for example, graduate seminars in commercial remedies and restitution of unjust enrichment. His work has been cited by the United Kingdom Supreme Court, as well as the highest courts in Australia, Canada and Singapore.

Career

Call: 2018

Education

• D.Phil, All Souls College, Oxford
• M.Phil, Balliol College, Oxford (Distinction)
• B.C.L., Balliol College, Oxford (Distinction)
• Undergraduate, Christ’s College, Cambridge (Double First Class)