Fountain Court Chambers

A wide range of commercial and other civil litigation, including banking and financial services, civil fraud, breach of confidence, competition, conflicts of law, energy, insurance, international arbitration, restitution, professional liability and restitution. Current / recent cases include the Standard Chartered and Entain s.90 / s.90A cases; Eurochem v SocGen (sanctions); Evergrande v PwC International (professional negligence – Hong Kong); M1 Limited v Credit Suisse (dispute over sale of collateral following margin default); RTI v OWH (sanctions; arbitration and challenge to award); JP Morgan International v Werealize.com (call options in shareholders’ agreement); Federal Deposit Insurance Corp v Barclays Bank plc & Ors (alleged collusion between banks to manipulate LIBOR); R v FSCS (on the app. of Manchikalapati)  (judicial review; construction of Policyholder Protection Rules); Watchstone Group v PwC (M&A; alleged misuse of confidential information); Moon v Link Fund Solutions (GLO application arising out of the collapse of the Woodford Fund).

Called 1993. QC 2009.

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Bristol University (LLB Hons 1st Class, 1991) and Brasenose College, Oxford (BCL 1st Class, 1992).