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Resolving commercial and other disputes across a wide range of industries, whether through negotiation, litigation, arbitration or any of the common forms of alternative dispute resolution.Representative experience:Banking and financial services - advising hedge funds, investment banks, brokers, financial intelligence providers on a variety of complex disputes, regular advice to clients in the payments industry.Professional negligence - defending barristers, solicitors, accountants, architects, surveyors, brokers and finance professionals against claims valued at up to £1bn.Construction - resolving disputes relating to major construction projects including a road bridge in the Far East, an airport in the Middle East and a landmark art gallery in the UK.Energy and natural resources - representing BNFL in substantial litigation over the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, acting on a $120m ad-hoc arbitration concerning three chemical plants in Iran, advising a commodities trader on recovery of a $30m consignment of jet fuel impounded in Jordan.IT, media and telecommunications - representing DuPont in the Court of Appeal in a dispute relating to flat screen display technology, advising the Turkish licensee of the MTV and Nickelodeon channels in litigation with MTV, advising a software company on a business-critical dispute with IBM.Healthcare and biotechnology - acting for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in litigation with a biotechnology company over the conduct of a clinical trial, representing a medical devices manufacturer in an inquest following the death of a patient, advising pharmaceutical companies on disputes with animal rights protestors.Partnership and shareholder disputes - advising on numerous internal disputes between partners and shareholders.Employment - acting on major team-move litigation in the financial sector, advising employers and employees in relation to issues arising out of restrictive covenants and misuse of confidential information.Fraud - acting for a Middle Eastern state in connection with a $120m fraud, advising brokers involved in the Langbar fraud litigation, advising a Swiss banker involved in a substantial multi-jurisdictional fraud.Crime - the Lockerbie bombing trial, the Harold Shipman Inquiry, acting for inmates on death row in the Caribbean.Specialties: Commercial dispute resolution, commercial litigation, international arbitration, mediation, alternative dispute resolution.

Listed skills include Dispute Resolution, Legal Advice, Commercial Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution, and 7 others.

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  Partner, Dispute Resolution

  Keystone Law

  Feb 2009 - Present - London, United Kingdom