Commercial Litigation & Arbitration
We are renowned for our work in commercial litigation, both where that litigation stems from insolvency and in a wider commercial context.
High profile commercial trials in which members of Chambers have recently appeared include Constantin Medien v Ecclestone (Formula 1, bribery), Smithton v Naggar (directors’ duties), Azevedo v Imcopa International (legality of noteholder consent fees), Assenagon v Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (legality of noteholder consent fees), McKillen v Barclay (unfair prejudice, conspiracy), Standard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (derivatives) and Raiffeisen Zentralbank v Royal Bank of Scotland (misrepresentation).
Members also act in arbitrations across the world under ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID and other rules. Recent arbitrations, in which Members have been involved as Counsel or as Arbitrator, have included:
- Construction of Share Purchase Agreements between offshore entities;
- Disputes among shareholders of companies with rights to exploit significant mineral resources, governed by laws of an African State;
- Dispute between investors and a company in relation to the legality of the investment under Indian law and the conversion of shares purchased in the Company.
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Our barristers
The following members of South Square specialise in Commercial Litigation & Arbitration:- Michael Crystal QC
- Richard Hacker QC
- Mark Phillips QC
- Robin Dicker QC
- Martin Pascoe QC
- Fidelis Oditah QC
- David Alexander QC
- Glen Davis QC
- Barry Isaacs QC
- Felicity Toube QC
- Mark Arnold QC
- Jeremy Goldring QC
- David Allison QC
- Tom Smith QC
- Daniel Bayfield QC
- Richard Fisher QC
- Adam Goodison
- Stephen Robins
- Marcus Haywood
- Hannah Thornley
- Clara Johnson
- William Willson
- Georgina Peters
- Adam Al-Attar
- Henry Phillips
- Charlotte Cooke
- Alexander Riddiford
- Matthew Abraham
- Toby Brown
- Robert Amey
- Andrew Shaw
- Ryan Perkins
- Riz Mokal
- Madeleine Jones
- Edoardo Lupi
- Roseanna Darcy
- Stefanie Wilkins
- Lottie Pyper
- Daniel Judd
- Jamil Mustafa
- Paul Fradley