4 Stone Buildings is increasingly active in cross-border contentious and non-contentious commercial matters, especially in the Caribbean. Company and commercial litigation are strong areas of expertise for Jonathan Crow KC, who regularly appears before Courts of Appeal and Supreme Courts. Hermann Boeddinghaus KC specialises in corporate and commercial disputes, with a particular focus on shareholder disputes, the recovery of assets, and cross-border enforcement. Alongside Orlando Fraser KC, Boeddinghaus KC acted for a Liberian company seeking the restitution of $6m, which it alleges it was defrauded of by BVI companies. George Bompas KC, in addition to BVI work, and has also appeared before the courts of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cayman Islands. Alexander Cook KC is frequently instructed to handle disputes in the BVI, and he is representing the claimant in a $43m commercial fraud claim (Von der Heydt Invest SA v Mex Securities S.a.r.l and Others). Among the set’s juniors sits Nicola Timmins, who is especially active in Bermuda, BVI, and Cayman proceedings, and Guy Olliff-Cooper is another key name.
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Barrister specialising in litigation concerning, and advice on, all aspects of corporate affairs, including particularly civil fraud and asset recovery, commercial/chancery disputes, trusts and offshore trusts (including beneficiary trusts, charitable trusts and wills), general commercial disputes and insolvency.
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Orlando’s career began at 4 Stone Buildings in the 1990s, learning his trade under noted Chancery advocates Peter Curry and Philip Heslop, with early exposure to the Maxwell, BCCI and Marc Rich litigation, and on the DTI’s Directors’ Disqualification Counsel list. Since then, Orlando has gone on himself to feature in heavy financial litigation in the UK and throughout Commonwealth jurisdictions, being noted in particular for his own punchy advocacy and cross-examination. Orlando’s practice is at the commercial end of the Chancery Bar, with an emphasis on civil fraud, company, insolvency, commercial and trusts, and he has featured in numerous reported cases.
Orlando took silk in 2014, and is licenced to appear in the BVI, St Christopher and Nevis, and DIFC.
Career
- Called 1994, Inner Temple; admitted to Lincoln’s Inn;
- Directors Disqualification list for the DTI, 1997-1999.
- Queen’s Counsel, 2014
- Legal Board Member of the Charity Commission, 2013-2017
- Civil Justice Council, 2016-2019
Publications: Contributor to 4 Stone Buildings’ Litigation in a Time of Covid; Legal Issues in commerce, finance and industry (2021).
Languages
French.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).
Orlando was a Legal Member of the Board of the Charity Commission (2013-2017), and of the Civil Justice Council (2016-2019).
Education
St Paul’s School, London (Foundation Scholar); Cambridge University.
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- 'Top-notch commercial chancery set.'
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