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Sebastian Said

Position

Sebastian practises in the Cayman Islands at the leading litigation practice in that jurisdiction, Appleby (Cayman) Limited. He is also a Door Tenant at Fountain Court and is authorised by the Bar Standards Board to accept instructions in his main areas of practice where circumstances allow.

Sebastian has a broad experience of commercial law cases, both in an onshore and offshore context, from his practice in London, the Channel Islands and the Cayman Islands. His main practice areas are:

Sebastian has acted in high-profile litigation and advisory matters for the following corporate clients: Aspinall’s Club, Bank Julius Baer, Barclays, Gazprom, Generali, HBO, HSBC, ISS, KPMG, Lloyds TSB, Man Financial, NatWest, Nimax Theatres, Northern Rock, Perella Weinberg Partners, Pokerstars, Queen’s Park Rangers FC, Rawlinson & Hunter, Royal Bank of Canada, RBS, Saipem and the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority. Individual clients have included festival promoter Vince Power and hedge fund manager Alexander Jackson.

He has a particular interest in disputes relating to investment funds and fund managers. He has advised on the $1bn claim by the liquidators of the RMBS fund set up by The Carlyle Group (Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited), the derivative claim relating to the $1bn Tetragon CDO fund (and the related Silverstein proceedings in New York), as well as the claim against the directors of the collapsed Arch Cru funds (all in the Royal Court of Guernsey). In the Cayman Islands, he has advised a redeeming shareholder on potential claw-back claims that might be issued by the Joint Liquidators of the well-known collapsed fund vehicle, Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund Limited, as well as advising unpaid redeemed investors in other distressed fund vehicles.

With Patricia Robertson QC, he is the co-author and editor of the chapter on Fund Managers, in the leading professional negligence text, Mark Simpson QC and Lord Hoffmann (eds.), Professional Negligence and Liability.

He also publishes articles in his main practice areas – the most recent being published by the Hedge Fund Law Review (on Hedge Fund Side Letters, with Christopher Russell).

Career

• Monk Prize in Law (Pembroke College, BA)
• Domus Scholarship for Law (Pembroke College, BA)
• Simms Prize for Best Performance in Criminal Justice Paper (Oxford University, BCL)
• Major Scholarship (Inner Temple, BVC)
• Research Assistant to the Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law (2001)
• Researcher, AIRE (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) Centre (2002)
• Volunteer Legal Adviser, Bethnal Green Legal Advice Centre (2005)
• Member, Bar Pro Bono Unit (2009)
• Assisted with the Inner Temple Schools Project: “Speakers for Schools” (2009)
• Barrister Member, Joint Academic Stage Board (2009)
• Bar Council, International Committee (2012)
• Assisted with the Social Mobility Foundation and Bar Council Bar Placement Week (2012)

Education

• BA (Law), Pembroke College, Oxford (Double First)
• BCL, Pembroke College, Oxford (Distinction)
• BVC, Inns of Court School of Law (Very Competent)