Enyo Law LLP

Firm Details:
Senior Partner: George Maling
Managing Partner: Edward Allen
Number of Partners: 16
Of Counsel & Assistant Solicitors: 31
Other fee-earners: 9

THE FIRM:
Founded in 2010, Enyo Law is today one of London’s leading specialist disputes firms and one of the best resourced. The firm has rapidly gained recognition for the results it has achieved for its clients, developing a reputation for succeeding in some of the highest value and most prominent international disputes before the High Court in London, and in the international arbitration sphere. Enyo is respected for its exceptional, partner-led, service at every stage of a dispute. The firm is known for its creative and commercial approach, for its effective implementation of its strategic vision, and for its ongoing focus on risk management. As a disputes-only specialist firm, it is conflict-free, completely independent and can act quickly. Enyo’s flexibility and agility has allowed it to work hand-in-hand with different practices worldwide, building up strong teams to face the largest law firms in the US and UK in a cost-efficient way.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK:
Enyo is a disputes-only firm with two parallel and complementary trajectories in international litigation and international arbitration.

Commercial Litigation:
Enyo’s litigation team has advised on some of the most prominent and significant High Court cases in recent years, with a focus on complex financial transactions, fraud, competition and energy.

Recent cases include:
■ PJSC Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors
■ Libyan Investment Authority v Credit Suisse
■ Libyan Investment Authority v Société Générale
■ SCOR SE v Barclays Bank PLC
■ Leidos Inc v The Hellenic Republic
■ Erste Bank AG v JSC ‘VMZ Red October’ & Ors
■ AMC III Purple B.V. v Amethyst Radiotherapy Limited
■ Acting for Banco de Portugal in relation to ongoing claims against Novo Banco
■ Privatbank v Kolomoisky & Bogolyubov

International Arbitration:
Enyo’s specialist international arbitration lawyers have a track record of successfully representing commercial clients, investors and states in many seats around the world, under the rules of all the major arbitration institutions as well as ad hoc cases and those brought under UNCITRAL rules.

The firm’s experience also includes litigation in support of arbitration. Much of this work is confidential, but recent cases include:

■ Advising in relation to a Bilateral Investment Treaty claim concerning the alleged expropriation of a license for extracting coal where damages claimed exceeded $500m
■ Acting on behalf of a state entity owned by the United States’ Federal Government in three London Bermuda-form arbitrations worth in excess of $250 million, following an incident at one of the State entity’s fossil fuel power plants
■ Acting for a Nigerian state in arbitration proceedings before the International Chamber of Commerce where over $150m was in dispute in relation to the construction of an airport and runway
■ Acting for a leading healthcare institution in Kuala Lumpur in an arbitration in relation to breaches of a management agreement where the Respondent’s senior managers had fraudulently obtained secret commissions through the creation of sham companies

CLIENTS:
Enyo’s clients include multinational corporations and major state-owned organisations as well as high-net worth individuals, and governments. They act in disputes involving parties in the corporate, energy, infrastructure and financial services sectors, amongst others.

INTERNATIONAL:
Enyo excels in complex cross-border work and the majority of its work entails a multi-jurisdictional element. Its lawyers are frequently called upon to lead multi-jurisdictional teams and the firm has native speakers in over a dozen languages.

Enyo is based in London and has chosen to remain independent from formal international networks in or-der to retain flexibility to work in other jurisdictions with leading practitioners and firms most appropriate to each client’s needs. Its lawyers maintain international contacts through client work, frequent travel and organisations such as the International Bar Association and membership of arbitral institutions.

RECRUITMENT:
Enyo has grown significantly since its founding in 2010 and continues to supplement its team at all levels with exceptional lawyers from the UK and abroad, many with prior experience working in magic circle and US firm backgrounds. They chose to work at Enyo for the flat structure, friendly ethos, quality of work and strong team spirit.

Uniquely for a London law firm, Enyo has an in-house business intelligence team to provide support both during and following the conclusion of its clients’ disputes, adding particular value by identifying assets globally against which an award or judgment can be enforced. This allows Enyo Law to be more cost-effective by avoiding the need to hire expensive external investigation firms and provides clients with a seamless service from commencement to enforcement.