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Adrian Giles
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration
Position
Adrian is a counsel in the Commercial Litigation practice in London. He focuses on corporate and financial disputes involving M&A, warranties and indemnities, shareholder agreements and joint ventures. He advises major corporates, banks and other financial institutions as well as individual directors and shareholders. There is often an international element to his matters in that he regularly works in multi-jurisdictional matters involving our various offices throughout the world. His areas of focus also include professional negligence, fraud and insurance. He is experienced in all aspects of litigation, including urgent remedies such as injunctions and has acted as the court-appointed supervising solicitor for the purpose of search and seizure injunctions. His recent work in the Commercial Court includes a number of applications enforcing and challenging international arbitration awards. He is also experienced in other methods of dispute resolution such as arbitration and mediation.
Memberships
Admitted as a Solicitor, England and Wales, 1991
Education
College of Law, Chester, 1989, Solicitors’ Finals Examination
University of Leicester, 1988, LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
The team at Dentons – described as an ‘outstanding international litigation department with a specialism in maximum complexity banking cases’ – is well-regarded for its expertise in financial services and energy disputes. The team can draw on support from the wider firm’s huge global platform, and acts for long-established clients both domestically and internationally. Louisa Caswell, known as as a ‘great leader’, has extensive experience in commercial and corporate disputes, particularly in relations to M&A, joint ventures and shareholder actions. Caswell, along with Dan Bodle and Thomas Leyland lead the team. ‘Likeable, shrewd, and experienced’ Adrian Giles is also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Transport > Rail
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Real estate > Environment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Finance > Islamic finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Trade finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Property finance
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport