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Quillon Law LLP Offices
Holborn Gate
330 High Holborn
WC1V 7QH
England
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Michael Barnett
Position
Partner
Career
Michael is one of the UK’s leading financial markets litigators with almost 30 years’ experience. As well as specializing in the full range of financial markets disputes, Michael also has considerable experience in complex fraud and international commercial litigation, and a growing profile in commercial arbitration.
Before founding Quillon Law, Michael spent seven years as head of litigation at a leading international law firm. He has led teams on some of the highest profile cases arising out of the 2008 global financial crisis, including industry-wide banking scandals. Michael has acted for banks, corporates, high-net-worth investors and state-owned entities, seeking and resisting recovery of assets.
Michael has won major international and domestic cases in the UK High Court, up to the Court of Appeal, the UK Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice. His more recent cases include acting for a large, overseas state-owned entity seeking to recover over £300 million in assets from the former Chairman, and for an international bank in a dispute involving the restructuring of a US$700m capital markets issuing.
Education
The University of Cape Town, South Africa
(BA English and Private Law)
(LLB, Law)
Nottingham Trent University
(Common Professional Examination)
(Law Society Final Examination)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
A ‘go-to firm in the City of London with international reach’, Quillon Law LLP‘s team is led by Mark Hastings, a former civil fraud head at Addleshaw Goddard and ‘the doyen of fraud litigation’. The specialist conflict-free disputes practice also features Nicola McKinney, who acts in civil fraud cases involving new technologies such as cryptocurrency; financial markets disputes expert Michael Barnett; and Emma Kingstone, who works on large-scale civil fraud matters. Abigail Healey, who has extensive experience in civil fraud matters, and complex fraud disputes expert James Clark, were made partners in September 2023 and April 2024, respectively.