Seladore Legal

Seladore Legal is a London-headquartered law firm specialising in complex, cross-border litigation and international arbitration. The firm’s six partners and 22 other fee-earners include some of London’s most experienced and acclaimed litigators who have worked on many of the biggest commercial disputes of recent years.

The firm does not undertake transactional work, leaving it able to pursue claims where necessary against large financial institutions, multinational corporations and government entities as the case may be. It takes a focused, partner-driven approach, developing and pursuing effective solutions for clients faced with the most difficult and challenging problems.

Seladore Legal was founded in 2020 by highly experienced former Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers Simon Bushell and Gareth Keillor. Simon spent 26 years at Herbert Smith Freehills, having established its Russia and CIS disputes practice and led its civil fraud team. He subsequently became Chair of the Litigation Department at Latham & Watkins in London. All of Seladore’s partners have trained and worked at Herbert Smith Freehills.

Seladore has a vast wealth of collective experience at all levels of the English higher courts and the team are veterans of complex multijurisdictional disputes, with wide experience of coordinating parallel cross-border litigations, and proceedings before a number of courts. The firm also has considerable experience in acting for clients under all major sets of arbitration rules, including LCIA, ICC, ZCC, SCC, DIAC, SIAC, UNCITRAL, OHADA, TAI and others.

The firm also has a corporate crime, internal investigations, & regulatory practice led by specialist partner Dan Hudson. This complements Seladore’s already well-established practice in civil fraud, with the recoveries of assets and damages arising from bribery, corruption and other forms of misappropriation having a significant overlap with criminal and regulatory issues.

Seladore’s unique white collar crime capability enables it to manage an issue with discretion from the moment it is first identified internally. Being an unconflicted specialist firm, Seladore combines heavyweight forensic skills, astute judgment and the level of independence necessary for companies to maintain the trust of investors, regulators, and other stakeholders throughout the process. The firm has genuine expertise navigating the interplay between potentially competing civil and criminal processes and dealing with the relevant criminal investigatory and prosecution authorities.

The firm continued its strong growth in 2024, working on some of the biggest cases to ever pass through the commercial courts and expanding its high-calibre team.

2024 also saw the arrival of Laurence (Larry) Shore as partner at Seladore. Larry, who joined from a leading Italian law firm, is a distinguished international arbitration practitioner with a wealth of expertise, and heads Seladore’s newly-opened Milan office.

• Art Law
• Banking and Financial Market Disputes
• Civil Fraud and Asset Tracing
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Data Breach and Cyber Litigation
• Energy and Infrastructure Disputes
• Enforcement of Judgements
• Independent Investigations
• Insolvency Disputes
• International Arbitration
• Private Equity Disputes
• Professional Negligence
• Professional Services Expertise
• Securities and Shareholder Claims
• Trust Disputes
• White Collar Crime and Regulatory Disputes

London

20-22 Bedford Row, WC1R 4EB

+44 203 882 2201

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Milan

Via Sant’orsola 3, 20123

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