Louis Castellani > Harbottle & Lewis LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Harbottle & Lewis LLP Offices

7 Savoy Court
LONDON
WC2R 0EX
England
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Louis Castellani

Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Louis is a litigation partner and undertakes a broad range of commercial litigation with experience that includes acting in cases in the High Court, the appellate courts, the Copyright Tribunal public inquiries. Investigations, as well as cases under various arbitration rules. His clients include international businesses and private offices from a wide variety of industries and countries for whom he also acts in an advisory capacity on managing risk and avoiding litigation. Louis also advises the firm’s sports clients on disciplinary and arbitration proceedings, as well as on regulatory issues. Case highlights include: BNP Paribas v AHAB v Maan Al-Sanea; Saad Investments Company Ltd (in liquidation) v Maan Al-Sanea (Court of Appeal); The Litvinenko Inquest and Inquiry; Lucasfilm Ltd v Ainsworth (Supreme Court); Experience Hendrix LLC v Times Newspapers Ltd; PRS for Music v Festival Republic Ltd and LiveNation Music (UK) Ltd v Gaming International Ltd.
Career
- Trained Clyde & Co; qualified 2000; partner 2010; solicitor-advocate (civil)
Memberships
- Association of Regulatory and Disciplinary Lawyers
Education
- St Peter’s RC School;
- King’s College London (1995, LLB)
Leisure
Lensbury
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
‘An excellent mid-market option‘, Harbottle & Lewis LLP‘s commercial litigation team routinely represents the firm’s core media, technology and entertainment sector clients in major disputes. It also acts for retail and financial sector clients, as well as HNW individuals from the firm’s renowned private capital department. Commercial litigation leader Sandi Simons ‘gets on top of cases’ details‘; Louis Castellani‘s caseload covers a range of contentious work; Matthew Leverton is ‘a standout litigator‘; and Sofie Hoffman acts in contentious trust and probate claims involving dishonesty allegations. In June 2023, Georgina Long and Lizzie Williams were elevated to managing associate level.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Media finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Video games
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Music
- Employment > Senior executives
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employers