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About
Provided by Fiona Huntriss
Practice Areas
Focusing on litigation and broader disputes strategies, Fiona’s portfolio encompasses high-profile finance litigation, restructuring and insolvency-related litigation, commercial litigation, shareholder disputes and sovereign debt disputes. She frequently litigates both before the English Courts and other fora, in complex, multi-jurisdictional and novel situations. Fiona also has a strong advisory practice working with clients to understand litigation risk and develop litigation strategies ahead of time.
Fiona’s expert litigation skills combined with commercial nous has resulted in a proven track record in her cases. She has successfully represented numerous bondholder and lender groups in English litigation, as well as in contentious restructurings where she is able to contribute authoritative technical knowledge with litigation savvy. Fiona has a prolific record in commercial litigations before the English High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
Work Highlights
Credit Suisse AT1 Holders – Acting for holders in correspondence and proceedings against the Swiss authorities, Credit Suisse and UBS in respect of the AT1 write-downs.
Major S90 FSMA Claim – Acting for large group of institutional investors in prospectus liability claim against Glencore plc, for amounts in excess of £2bn.
Tuna Bond Litigation – 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.
Madison Pacific – Acting for a 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.
Claimant in Misrepresentation Proceedings – Acting for Parsdome Holdings in English litigation concerning misrepresentations made in the context of negotiations to settle a convertible note.
Expert in these Jurisdictions
Solicitor of England & Wales
Education
BPP Law School
Legal Practice Course
Oxford University
M.A. (Hons)
Chambers Review
UK
Fiona Huntriss is frequently engaged to represent major financial institutions in cross-border disputes. She has considerable experience acting in a wide range of cases, including shareholder disputes and insolvency-related litigation.
Fiona Huntriss acts on a broad range of commercial disputes. She regularly represents institutional investors and clients in the financial services sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Fiona is a joy to work with. She is very responsive, very commercial and really understands the client's needs."
"It is very clear that she is on a meteoric rise."
"Fiona is a pleasure to deal with. She is eminently sensible and her advice is clear no matter how complex the issue."
"Fiona really knows her stuff. She is entirely unflappable, strategic and a safe pair of hands. She is someone you want on your side."
"She's highly responsive and demonstrates deep expertise in her area coupled with a high degree of commerciality to cut through to the key challenges of a case."
"Fiona is a very good litigator and someone who is always available and willing to help her clients."
"Fiona is a strong, client oriented partner with a keen ability to master the facts of a case."
"Fiona is a strong negotiator. She's incredibly savvy and really adds effective, critical input into case strategy."
"Fiona is capable and creative in her thinking, as well as proactive."
"Fiona has a very easy manner and a real ability to engage with clients in a way that is understandable."
"Fiona is a joy to work with. She is very responsive, very commercial and really understands the client's needs."
"It is very clear that she is on a meteoric rise."
"Fiona is a pleasure to deal with. She is eminently sensible and her advice is clear no matter how complex the issue."
"Fiona really knows her stuff. She is entirely unflappable, strategic and a safe pair of hands. She is someone you want on your side."
"She's highly responsive and demonstrates deep expertise in her area coupled with a high degree of commerciality to cut through to the key challenges of a case."
"Fiona is a very good litigator and someone who is always available and willing to help her clients."
"Fiona is a strong, client oriented partner with a keen ability to master the facts of a case."
"Fiona is a strong negotiator. She's incredibly savvy and really adds effective, critical input into case strategy."
"Fiona is capable and creative in her thinking, as well as proactive."
"Fiona has a very easy manner and a real ability to engage with clients in a way that is understandable."
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