PCB Byrne

Risk Management and Compliance Law Consultant

Neil is a market leading litigation and compliance lawyer with over 30 years as a partner in leading law firms handling large complex litigation and regulatory investigations. He acts for international corporations, asset managers and hedge funds, as well as representing UHNW individuals in large scale litigation cases and in defending regulatory investigations both in the UK and worldwide.

Neil has extensive experience in complex disputes concerning civil fraud and asset tracing claims across multiple jurisdictions, including considerable experience of major litigation and arbitration relating to disputes in the Middle East, Russian Federation and other CIS states. Neil was head of litigation in London at DLA Piper, Bingham McCutchen and Brown Rudnick.

Alongside his work as a practicing lawyer, Neil also acts as a Consultant to corporates, family offices and UHNW individuals in providing corporate governance, risk management and compliance advice.

Notable Experience

Representing Recovery Partners GP Limited and another v. Rukhadze and others at trial and before the Court of Appeal in the successful pursuit of damages in excess of US$100 million from the Defendants for breach of fiduciary duty in the unlawful pursuit of the assets of the late Badri Patarkasishvili  (https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/Comm/2018/2918.html UKSC/2023/0062

Representing Andrei Guriev in his successful defence of high value and complex legal proceedings brought by Alexander Gorbachev (Alexander Gorbachev v. Andrei Grigoryevich Guriev: CL-2020-000358) before the UK Commercial Court and the Cyprus Court.  https://www.judiciary.uk/judgments/gorbachev-v-guriev/

Acting for the Republic of India in respect of a s. 45 Arbitration Act 1996 application, a rarely used provision of law, seeking the English Court’s clarification on a provisional point of law made in connection with an English seated arbitration brought by three Mauritian Companies (now in administration) under the Bilateral Investment Treaty between India and Mauritius.

Representing Threadneedle Asset Management Limited in a US$120m claim against Otkritie Capital Management Limited/JSC Otkritie Holding seeking to hold Threadneedle vicariously liable for the actions of a former employee held liable in earlier fraud proceedings https://essexcourt.com/wp-content/uploads/old/OTKRITIE_Final_Judgment_100214.pdf

Acting for Pensioenfunds Vervoer in its €250 million claim against Goldman Sachs for alleged professional negligence concerning breaches of a fiduciary investment mandate.  https://www.reuters.com/article/business/dutch-pension-fund-files-claims-against-goldman-idUSBRE8690BK/

Acting for Hermitage Capital Management Limited in relation to a major $230 million fraud affecting business in Russia, as well as advising on civil asset tracing issues and criminal investigations in the UK, Guernsey, Switzerland, the BVI and the US.  https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/a-230-million-fraud-and-a-trail-of-death-that-just-keeps-growing-8360444.html

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