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Richard M Perkoff

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Position

Barrister specialising in general commercial and company law, arbitration and conflict of laws; financial services; banking; stock and derivative broking disputes; principal and surety, partnership and LLP. Leading cases include: United Bank of Kuwait v Hammoud [1988] 1 WLR 1051; ECU v Refco Overseas Ltd [1995]; Thomas Witter and Co Ltd v TBP Industries Ltd [1996] 2 All ER 573; Soinco SACI v Novokuznetsk Aluminium Plant [1998] QB 406 and (no 2) [1998] 2 Lloyds LR 346; Secretary of State v Jabble [1998] BCC 39; Refco Inc v Eastern Trading Co (CA) [1999] 1 Lloyd’s LR 159; Mayne v Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food (Times 12 October 2000); Fielding v Royal Bank of Scotland (The Times 26 February 2004); British Arab Commercial Bank plc v The National Transitional Council of the State of Libya [2011] EWHC 2274, Thomas & Anor v Frogmore Real Estate Partners GP1 Ltd & Ors [2017] EWHC 25.

Career

Called 1971; Middle Temple; DTI inspector 1996-8 inquiring into insider dealing in derivatives; accredited CEDR mediator 1997; Senior Adjudicator Channel Islands Splits Adjudication Scheme (2005-2010). Licensed advocate (Isle of Man). Finance Monthly – Banking and Finance Barrister of the Year 2017.

Publications: ‘Civil Practitioner’s Case Companion’ (assistant editor), ‘Civil Practice Law Reports’ (editorial board), ‘Civil Appeals’ (sections on banking, financial services and insurance); ‘Security for Costs and Other Court Ordered Security’ (pub. Jordans); Practical Law Company online – ‘Commercial Fraud and Insolvency’.

Memberships

COMBAR, Chancery Bar Association; LCLBA; LCIA.

Education

William Ellis School, Highgate; Brasenose College, Oxford (1976 MA).

Leisure

Photography; reading; theatre; cinema; classical music; swimming; cricket.