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Andrew Popplewell QC
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Position
Recent cases include: Fiona Maritime v Privalov (civil fraud, shipping, arbitration); Berezowsky v Abramovich; the Buncefield litigation (energy); Eggborough v Credit Suisse (banking, syndicated loan); Mobil Exxon v PDVSA & UBS (banking, freezing orders); QBE v Temple (insurance); Citibank v MBIA & others (banking, Eurobond issue); Abu Dhabi Investment Company v Clarkson & others (shipping, banking); BP v Aon (insurance, brokers negligence); Lady Navigation Inc v Lauritzencool (shipping, freezing orders); Bonner v Cox (insurance); Grupo Torras v Sheikh Fahad and ors (civil fraud, trusts, bankruptcy); Indofood v JP Morgan (banking, bond issue, double taxation); Agapitos v Agnew (shipping, marine insurance); Derhalli v Lehman Brothers (banking, employment); The Borvigilant and Romina G (shipping); Manifest Shipping v Uni Polaris, The Star Sea (shipping, marine insurance); Hill v Mercantile and General, Axa v Field (reinsurance, LMX).
Career
Called 1981; Inner and Middle Temple; QC 1997; Supplementary Panel of Treasury Counsel 1988; Recorder 2001; sits as arbitrator in international, maritime, and insurance/reinsurance arbitrations, including ICC, LCIA, ARIAS and LMAA arbitrations. Member of the Cayman Islands Bar and Seychelles Bar.
Education
Radley College; Downing College, Cambridge (1980 BA Hons Law 1st).
Practice Areas
Litigation - commercial; Shipping - marine
