About me
I specialise in commercial dispute resolution, dealing with a wide range of disputes for a broad range of clients spanning SMEs, companies, entrepreneurs, partnerships, high net worth individuals and regulators.
I deal with a wide range of contractual disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, breaches of directors’ duties, civil fraud and regulatory issues. I also have expertise in construction and engineering, IT/software licensing and professional negligence claims.
The disputes I handle are often highly complex, typically involving High Court and appellate litigation or international arbitration. I’m also familiar with adjudication, expert determination and mediation.
I put my clients’ interests first and determine at the outset what result they want to achieve and then work to secure the optimum outcome for them, whether that’s settlement on the best possible terms or winning a case at trial.
Whatever the nature of the dispute, I provide clear strategic insight, tenacity, responsiveness, skilful handling of complex matters and, where appropriate, a suitably forceful and robust approach.
I also Chair the firm’s international committee, the Referral Alliance.
Outside of work I enjoy tennis, canoeing, singing in a city choir, theatre and travel.
My experience
- Clients worked with by way of example only - The Council for Licensed Conveyancers, 80 Mile plc, UK Oil & Gas plc and Al Taqnayat Al Waadah for Information Technology.
- Acting for directors and minority shareholders of a multi-million-pound IT company in a s.994 unfair prejudice petition.
- Acting for a global diversified business headquartered in the Middle East, assisting with a $150 million claim by a large high-profile software company relating to licensing issues.
- Assisting a client in the Oil & Gas sector with a dispute relating to the terms of a participation agreement and a joint operating agreement in relation to the proposal to drill a particular oil well.
- Acting for a claimant in relation to the division of partnership assets in the form of a substantial family-owned property portfolio.
- Acting for various UK and overseas clients with professional negligence claims against legal, financial, accountancy and construction professionals/their insurers.
- Acting for a large international telecoms company dealing with SMS fraud and relevant contractual and regulatory issues.
- Dealing with various construction disputes, including claims for defects and/or delays to project. Also dealing with Building Safety Act (BSA) claims. Acting for one RTM company and over 100 lessees in relation to a large multi-million-pound cladding/fire safety claim against a top-tier contractor relating to a residential tower block and another RTM company bringing a claim for recovery of various costs against a developer/its associated companies under the BSA.