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Provided by Zaiwalla & Co
Zaiwalla & Co specialises in high-value, multi-jurisdictional dispute resolution, acting for corporates, financial institutions, sovereign entities, and high-net-worth individuals.
The Team’s expertise spans LCIA, ICC, GAFTA, LMAA, and DIAC arbitration, as well as high-profile litigation in commercial, banking, trade, and regulatory matters. The firm is particularly known for its sanctions and public international law work, including acting for a private Iranian Bank challenging its sanctions designation in the precedent-setting Supreme Court matter of Bank Mellat v HM Treasury (2011 – 2019).
Zaiwalla & Co has recently acted on three high profile disputes in the UK Courts:
- Viterra BV v Sharp Corp Limited (UK Supreme Court, 2024), a commodities dispute relating to the correct assessment of damages following a breach of an SPA.
- Berisha v Secretary of State for the Home Department, acting for the former Albanian President challenging the UK’s decision to exclude a former President (the first ever challenge of its kind) (featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2024)
- Central Bank of Venezuela v Bank of England, acting for the Venezuelan Bank in a US$4 billion Supreme Court dispute over Venezuelan gold reserves held in the Bank of England (featured in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2023).