Seladore Legal’s banking litigation department consists of ‘great hands-on partners’, and has a focus on high-value cross border disputes, particularly linked to fraud, asset tracing, and enforcement disputes. The team is renowned for its international expertise, and is highly capable at acting on matters in offshore jurisdictions. Simon Bushell leads the team, acting for leading corporates, private equity houses, and financial institutions on complex disputes. Bushell is noted for handling investment banking disputes, professional negligence matters, and money laundering cases. Gary Milner-Moore is ’extremely clever and knowledgeable’, and skilled at handling large insolvency disputes, while Kevin Kilgour and Gareth Keillor are ‘outstanding, very hardworking, and very perceptive’.
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Testimonials
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- 'Seladore is a boutique litigation firm, which offers serious case commitment from its partners, all of whom have enormous previous experience; and great ability.’
‘Gary Milner Moore, extremely clever and knowledgeable Kevin Kilgour and Gareth Keillor are outstanding, very hard-working and very perceptive.’
‘The best claimant firm in London - great hands-on partners who make the winning combination.’
‘Gary Milner-Moore and Kevin Kilgour are superb partners who pack a mighty punch.’
Key clients
- 9089900 Canada Inc.
Work highlights
Acting for a Canadian company in proceedings against a UAE-incorporated company and a guarantor seeking payment of a debt and interest pursuant to a loan facility agreement and an accompanying guarantee, with proceedings having been restarted to enforce a previously agreed settlement.
Acting for liquidators in seeking English law avenues of recovery on behalf of a purported asset management vehicle whose clients were the victims of a sophisticated fraud carried out by its owner, an individual who was charged with extensive criminal wrongdoing.
Advising two major investment funds specialising in emerging markets in respect of unpaid debts from a group of companies that owns and operates a number of midstream and downstream petrochemical projects in the Middle East.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Simon Bushell
Other key lawyers
Gary Milner-Moore; Kevin Kilgour; Gareth Keillor