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Edwin Coe LLP Offices

Edwin Coe LLP
2 STONE BUILDINGS
LINCOLN'S INN
LONDON
WC2A 3TH
England
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Work Department

Litigation.

Position

David was articled with Edwin Coe and qualified in 1980, becoming a partner in 1984. He was appointed Senior Partner of the Firm in April 2011. David specialises in commercial litigation including competition claims and claims on behalf of shareholders, and is Head of the Group Action Litigation department.

He has developed a strong following in contentious competition work being involved in cases in front of the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), High Court and Competition Commission. He has for many years advised sovereign states on disputes in international tribunals and particularly specialises in work involving governments in sub-Saharan Africa.

David was appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Civil Procedure Rules Committee in 1997. He was then appointed in 2002 as a member of the Civil Justice Council. He is the author of “Civil Procedure Rules”, an associate editor of “Civil Practice Manual”, on the editorial board of Butterworths’ “The Civil Court Practice” (“the Green Book”), a contributor to the Law Society’s “Civil Litigation Manual”, and the author of two titles for Atkins Court Forms.

Career

Trained Edwin Coe; qualified 1980; partner 1984. Law Society’s Deputy Vice President 2018, Vice President 2019 and President 2020. President of the London Solicitors Litigation Association (2008 – 2010). Publications of note: editor and contributor ‘Civil Court Practice’ (Butterworths); contributor ‘Civil Litigation Handbook’; author ‘Atkins Court Forms’; author ‘Civil Procedure Rules’; contributor ‘International Employment’.

Memberships

Council member Law Society (international practice); IBA; American Bar Association (international section); executive member Eastern Africa Association; Royal Africa Society; trustee The Music Centre; consultant editor to the New law Journal; The Law Society (International Practice).

Education

London University (MSc); College of Law.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant

(Hall of Fame)

David Greene  – Edwin Coe LLP

Shareholder and investor claims and cartel cases are particularly prolific areas for Edwin Coe LLP, and the firm also fields an active mass tort practice. The team demonstrates expertise in the financial sector, representing claimants in fund recovery and claims of fraudulent activities against financial entities. Practice head David Greene has a successful track record representing shareholders, as well as demonstrating particular expertise in competition claims. Thomas Johnson, who was promoted to the partner in April 2023, is an active member of the team alongside Canadian-qualified Fred Sheppard.

London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil

Edwin Coe LLP‘s ‘class action team has great experience in high-value fraud claims’. Representing consumers (and others) in pursuing fraud-based collective claims, group action litigation team head David Greene is ‘an immensely gifted litigator and has the best advocacy skills in the business’. The caseload of litigation and insolvency head Ali Zaidi includes overseas asset tracing; pursuing and defending claims of misfeasance by directors; pursuing directors personally for fraud and deceit; and defending directors in disqualification proceedings.

London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market

(Hall of Fame)

David Greene – Edwin Coe LLP

‘A well-oiled machine undertaking an impressive range of high-quality instructions’, Edwin Coe LLP has an enviable market reputation for civil claimant litigation against major City firms. Heading up the firm’s litigation and insolvency practice, Ali Zaidi is experienced in fraud-related cases, as well as insolvency matters. Senior partner David Greene is ‘somewhat of a doyen of High Court group litigation‘. The practice further includes Zahira Hussain, who regularly handles contractual disputes, along with professional negligence, civil fraud and judicial reviews, and commercial litigation and ADR specialist Thomas Johnson, who is ‘on top of all the detail’.

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