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Simon Gilson
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 5 : Commercial Dispute Resolution
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Provided by Simon Gilson
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Simon Gilson has a broad commercial practice encompassing banking and finance, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, general commercial disputes and advice, group litigation, injunctions/interim relief, international arbitration, jurisdiction/choice of law, professional liability and restitution. Current and recent instructions include acting: for a Dutch housing association in €150m restitution claims against Nomura concerning the validity of complex interest rate derivatives; for 58 institutional investors in the Tesco Profit Overstatement Group Litigation, the first claims under s.90A FSMA for fraudulent financial reporting by a public company; for retail investors in a large group action arising from the Woodford investment fund scandal; for HSBC in a two-part Privy Council appeal from the dismissal of US$2bn professional negligence claims arising out of the Madoff securities fraud; for a private equity firm in a professional negligence claim against a City law firm (LCIA arbitration); for Nissan in group litigation involving allegations of breach of EU emissions regulations; for limited partners in a Kuwait-based investment fund, bringing fraud and conspiracy claims against the general partner and its associates; for the applicants for a US$4bn freezing injunction relating to the Ablyazov affair; for a global chemical company defending Commercial Court claims relating to European Commission findings of anti-competitive conduct; for the liquidators of a European manufacturing group in claims against its former directors.
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