Gary Milner-Moore > Seladore Legal > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Seladore Legal
20-22 Bedford Row
WC1R 4EB
England

Position

Partner

Career

Gary is a Solicitor Advocate with over 25 years of experience dealing with complex disputes across most commercial sectors. For over 15 years, he was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.

He has acted for many leading companies and financial institutions on a wide range of issues, including contract disputes, derivative transactions, breach of warranty, unlawful dividends, shareholder disputes, company law and claims in negligence. He has worked on large insolvency disputes and on complex cases involving fraud.

Many of Gary’s cases have had a focus upon financial distress and insolvency. Gary has worked on international insolvencies including the global insolvency of Nortel, one of the largest corporate bankruptcies in history, as well as TXU. Gary has dealt with disputes between different estates within a global group structure, with disputes involving creditors and with the ongoing management of administration and liquidation. As well as English proceedings, he has dealt with parallel issues in numerous other jurisdictions.

Gary has broad experience of the contentious aspects of insolvency. He has advised on statutory demands and dealt with issues arising in relation to the insolvency of limited liability partnerships and trust structures, as well as corporates. He has dealt with preferences and transactions at an undervalue, as well as examination of interested parties. Gary has advised office holders, creditors and other interested parties, such as directors.

Gary has appeared as an advocate at hearings in cases before the Commercial Court, Court of Appeal and in arbitration, as well as in mediation.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail

Seladore Legal is, for one client, ‘probably the best boutique practice to litigate for investors in massive cases’, with the team focusing on fraud and asset tracing as well as enforcement disputes. The nature of the firm allows the team to routinely act on the claimant side against multinational and state-owend institutions. Head of the team and highly commended Simon Bushell brings a ‘career’s worth of experience’ to a practice that also counts Gary Milner-Moore, Gareth Keillor, and Kevin Kilgour as key contacts.

London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium

Brilliant litigation boutique’ Seladore Legal acts on high-value multi-jurisdictional disputes, with specific expertise in fraud, asset tracing, and enforcement disputes. ‘Tenacious lawyer’ Simon Bushell leads the ‘strong legal team with excellent technical capabilities’, regularly acting for large corporates, private equity houses, and financial institutions. Also of note are ‘immensely hard-working, able, and insightful litigators’ Gary Milner-Moore, Gareth Keillor, and Kevin Kilgour.