Charles Ciumei KC

Practice Areas

“A master of the difficult brief” who combines “razor-sharp intelligence with enormous tenacity” and “cross-examines with devastating effect” Charles Ciumei KC has a broad-based trial and advisory practice at the intersection of commercial, employment and information law, with a focus on protecting confidential information.

He has a particular interest in cyber security and cybercrime issues and data protection. He has a considerable expertise in IT technical matters and has extensive experience of litigation between hedge funds about misuse of confidential information in algorithmic trading software.

He is regularly instructed in urgent injunctions and is often sought out for ‘team move’ cases, particularly with an international dimension or involving jurisdictional disputes.

His general commercial practice includes carried interest claims, directors’ duties, shareholder disputes and LLP disputes. His arbitration work includes LCIA and ad hoc arbitrations.