CANDEY

Litigation: Corporate & Commercial

Robin has almost 20 years of litigation and arbitration experience. He conducts a broad range of commercial, financial and insolvency disputes and has extensive experience of high-value international cases. Robin acts for large corporates and individuals alike, and is praised by clients for his commercial approach.

Prior to joining CANDEY, Robin spent almost 10 years at Magic Circle firm Linklaters, including secondments at investment bank clients, and four years at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, where he led the contentious insolvency practice alongside his broader commercial litigation role. Robin then spent time at litigation funder Burford Capital and in the litigation insurance industry at Aon and Fidelis. Robin is therefore uniquely well placed to assist clients looking to obtain funding and insurance for their disputes, and to advise on disputes in relation to funding agreements and insurance policies.

Key cases that Robin has acted on include:

Commercial litigation:

• Acting for RBS in anti-suit injunction proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal

• Acting for BCA trading on an unfair prejudice petition

• Acting for a real estate investment firm headed up by a high-profile individual in confidentiality proceedings to protect their business information

Insolvency:

• Acting in the MF Global CVA proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal

• Acting for the liquidators in the Saad insolvency on fraud and trust claims

• Acting for the administrators of Lehman Brothers in various insolvency proceedings at the start of the financial crisis

Fraud / White Collar Crime:

• Acting in injunction proceedings relating to a client’s bank accounts that were frozen due to money laundering suspicions

• Acting for a large investment bank on an international trade finance fraud, investigating the fraud and recovering assets

• Advising on bribery issues in relation to the sale of a prominent sports business

Arbitration:

• Acting for a business founder of a prominent social networking site in a shareholder dispute

• Acting for a CIS client against a former business partner in LCIA arbitration proceedings and linked BVI court proceedings

• Acting for a Venezuelan client to set aside an arbitral award in the High Court

Robin took a First from Oxford in Modern Languages and speaks French, Italian and Spanish. He is qualified as a Solicitor Advocate and can appear himself for clients before the Higher Courts of England and Wales.

French, Italian and Spanish