Commercial Litigation

Acting for institutional and retail holders in proceedings against the Swiss authorities, Credit Suisse and UBS in respect of the write-down of the AT1s and the merger between UBS and Credit Suisse.

Acting in complex English court proceedings against the Republic of Mozambique and Credit Suisse with respect to the “tuna bond scandal”, where amounts in dispute are over £500m.

Advising holders of interests in the supply chain finance funds invested in Greensill to seek to recover shortfall amounts from Credit Suisse.

Acting for the group of senior noteholders (all institutional investors) in respect of a dispute regarding the payment of “Spens” following partial early redemption of the notes.

Acting in complex proceedings before the English Courts to assert and retain rights to distributions and valuable statutory interest from the Lehman estates.

Advised a minority shareholder group on s. 90A FSMA, unfair prejudice and other claims against an AIM listed company and its majority shareholder.

Representing Ad Hoc Group of Hertz creditors to recover backstop fee owed in connection with restructuring of Hertz’s European businesses.

Acting for a significant group of institutional investors in prospectus liability claim against Glencore plc, for amounts in excess of £2 billion.

Acting as trustee in complex litigation (and related arbitration) proceedings relating to the bail-in of the Ukrainian bank PrivatBank, and the resultant failure to repay €500m of notes.

Acting for senior secured noteholders to resist the attempts of the Mclaren group to “trap-door” out assets in breach of the terms of the finance documents.

Acting in respect of the Taberna CDOs, crafting and implementing a litigation strategy that involved a novel use of a summary judgment to secure early victories.

Acting in multi-jurisdictional proceedings against Qualcomm, breaking new ground in jurisdictional arguments in the competition/IP space.

Representing 2034 Noteholders of Bombardier Inc. in litigation to collect a make-whole payment arising from a covenant breach and to invalidate a vote-rigging liability management exercise.

Section 1782 discovery proceedings for dissenting shareholders pursuing billions of dollars in offshore shareholder appraisal claims, including in connection with the take-private mergers of 58.com, Jardine, SINA, 51job, Myovant Sciences, and New Frontier Health.