7 King’s Bench Walk has members who handle disputes across the full operational chain from downstream to upstream, including exploration, the licensing of oil and gas fields, and the negotiation of supply contracts. Jonathan Gaisman KC represented the claimant in VTB Bank v JSC Antipinsky Refinery and Sberbank of Russia, which concerns attempts to recover €250m for alleged breach of contract, deceit and conspiracy. New silk Jason Robinson KC is recently handled a successful application for summary judgment to recover a $26m unpaid debt from Cummins Power Generation Ltd. Among the juniors focusing on energy matters, Michael Ryan truly stands out. His work for Apache North Sea Limited in a case against several oil and gas majors.
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Profile
Position
Michael Ryan’s practice encompasses cross-border disputes, banking and finance, energy disputes, company litigation, insurance and professional liability.
Many of Michael’s cases include allegations of dishonesty and he has extensive experience of commercial fraud. He is familiar with the demands of hard-fought commercial cases and has substantial advocacy experience, having conducted trials, appeals and applications in his own right. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
Michael has experience of interim applications, including worldwide freezing injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal Applications, Bankers Trust Orders and jurisdictional applications.
Cases include: Aercap Ireland v AIG Europe [2023] EWHC 96, US$4.5bn insurance dispute; UBS Switzerland v Kumar [2023] EWHC 2041, freezing orders in banking/fraud dispute; Deposit Guarantee Fund v Bank Frick [2022] EWHC 2221, banking fraud dispute; Natwest Markets Plc v Bilta [2021] EWCA Civ 680, carbon credit trading fraud; VTB Commodities v JSC Antipinksy [2021] EWHC 1758 (Comm), Russian banking fraud dispute; PDVSA Servicios S.A. v Petrosaudi Oil Services Limited [2020] EWHC 2819 (Ch), 1MDB fraud and offshore oil drilling; Apache North Sea Ltd v INEOS FPS Ltd [2020] EWHC 2081 (Comm), North Sea oil dispute; Group Seven Ltd v Notable Services LLP [2020] Ch 129, appeal on dishonest assistance.
Career
Called 2011 (Middle Temple, scholar and exhibitioner; ver Heyden de Lancey Prize; Certificate of Honour). BA (Oxon) Jurisprudence (First Class). BCL (Distinction). BPTC (Outstanding).
Memberships
COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association.
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