One Essex Court

Simon Gilson has a broad commercial practice encompassing banking and finance, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, general commercial disputes and advice, group litigation, injunctions/interim relief, international arbitration, jurisdiction/choice of law, professional liability and restitution. Current and recent instructions include acting: for Nissan Motor Corporation in the ongoing industry-wide NOx emissions group litigation; for a Dutch housing association in €150m restitution claims against Nomura concerning the validity of complex interest rate derivatives; for BNY in a Commercial Court corporate trustee claim; for 58 institutional investors in the Tesco Profit Overstatement Group Litigation, the first claims under s.90A FSMA for fraudulent financial reporting by a public company; for retail investors in a large financial services group action arising from the Woodford investment fund scandal; for HSBC in a two-part Privy Council appeal from the dismissal of US$2bn professional negligence claims arising out of the Madoff securities fraud; for an energy company defending High Court fraud and conspiracy allegations; for a private equity firm in a professional negligence claim against a City law firm (LCIA arbitration); for the applicants for a US$4bn freezing injunction relating to the Ablyazov affair; for a global chemical company defending Commercial Court claims relating to European Commission findings of anti-competitive conduct; for the liquidators of a European manufacturing group in claims against its former directors.

Called 2013, Middle Temple.

Good knowledge of French and Spanish.

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Pembroke College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) English (first class)); University College London (MA Philosophy); City University (GDL); BPP Law School (BPTC).