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Oliver Butler
Work Department
Commercial.
Position
Oliver has a broad commercial practice, encompassing litigation, arbitration and advice.
Oliver is currently acting for Barclays (with Jeffery Onions QC, David Quest QC and Alexander Polley) in PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank, one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2020. PCP claims damages of over £1 billion arising from its alleged role in a capital raising conducted by the bank in 2008. A 10 week trial took place in the summer/autumn of 2020.
Other current and recent work includes:
Bilta (UK) Ltd & Ors v (1) RBS plc and (2) Mercuria Energy Europe Trading Ltd [2017] EWHC 3535 (Ch): For the Claimants (with Christopher Parker QC and Orlando Gledhill QC) in a 6-week trial in June/July 2018 of dishonest assistance claims relating to carbon emissions allowance (EUA) trading that formed part of an €88 million missing trader VAT fraud.
RREEF European Value Added Fund v Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (UK) (Ltd) (Comm) (2014-2016): For the Claimant (with Daniel Toledano QC and Orlando Gledhill) in a claim for over €150 million for breach of contract and/or gross negligence by a fund manager.
Mercuria Energy Trading Pte Ltd & Anor v Citibank NA & Anor [2015] EWHC 1481 (Comm): Acting for the defendant Citibank (with Daniel Toledano QC and Richard Mott) in expedited proceedings arising under master agreements for commodity (metal) ‘repo’ transactions, including counterclaims for over US$250 million and declaratory relief.
Pathfinder Minerals Plc & Ors v Veloso & Ors [2012] 2856 (Comm) Acting for the Claimants (with Craig Orr QC) successfully at first instance and in the Court of Appeal ([2013] Civ 505) in a claim for declaratory and injunctive relief arising out of a dispute over mineral rights in Mozambique valued at over US$ 500 million.
Career
Called in 2010, Inner Temple.
Memberships
COMBAR.
Education
Westminster School; Balliol College, University of Oxford.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Oliver Butler –One Essex Court ‘Oliver is an excellent junior – he has a clear and incisive sense of the law and how it applies practically, his drafting style is concise, clear and persuasive and he is extremely quick on the uptake and efficient.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Oliver Butler – One Essex Court
‘Oliver is an excellent junior – he has a clear and incisive sense of the law and how it applies practically. His drafting style is concise, clear and persuasive, and he is extremely quick on the uptake and efficient.‘