Our Work
Our lawyers have been involved in many leading cases including:
- Representing an international aviation broker, in a $125m fraud dispute over the purchase of an aircraft for the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Sultan of Brunei successfully challenging the jurisdiction of the English courts.
- Acting for a CIS mobile telecommunications company in relation to two frauds that were perpetrated against the company in 2005. The case involves complex multi-jurisdictional issues relating to the misappropriation of money through a network of vehicles in the Isle of Man, BVI and Liberia.
- Representing major hedge funds in relation to a challenge to a Scheme of Arrangement in the bankruptcy of the £2.1 billion TXU Europe utilities group.
- Representing the Government of the State of Maharashtra in defence of a claim for US$300m brought by a US consortium (Enron, Bechtel and GE) over the cancellation of a contract for the construction of a power station at Dabhol, India.
- Acting for a major banking group in relation to a £160m claim by the Central Bank of Ecuador arising from the collapse of the country’s major financial and corporate conglomerate.
- Representing a leading UK bank in its defence of English High Court proceedings involving a £70million fraud claim brought by a Swedish fund management company (Trustor AG) against its former controllers and various banks.
- Acting in a major shareholder dispute concerning the wrongful transfer of call option rights arising from the proposed merger of Rusal/SUAL valued at approximately US$250m prior to the planned IPO of the business.
