Disputes

• Weavering Capital (UK) Ltd.: Acted for the fund manager in insolvency, civil, and criminal proceedings in the UK, the Cayman Islands, and the British Virgin Islands arising from the collapse of Weavering Capital (UK) Ltd and related offshore entities.
• Confidential client: Acted in arbitration proceedings in a derivatives portfolio valuation dispute for a major participant in the collapse of the Icelandic banking sector in the 2008-2011 global financial crisis.
• Confidential client: Acted as co-counsel to a significant Latin American sugar producer in arbitration proceedings related to the execution of trades in commodities futures on a transnational exchange.
• Confidential client: Acted for the trade finance division of a large French bank in an arbitral dispute with a Brazilian financial institution as to the enforceability of exchange-traded credit support instruments.
• Confidential client: Acted for a major Swiss financial institution in large-scale, multi-year fraud recovery and forfeiture proceedings across several European, Middle Eastern and offshore jurisdictions.
• Insolvency of Lehman Brothers: Acted for several European financial services sector participants impacted by the 2008 insolvency of Lehman Brothers.
• LIBOR: Member of a large team of UK lawyers acting for several London-based financial institutions in civil and regulatory proceedings in respect of the 2012 LIBOR fixing controversy.
• Offshore data leaks: Acted for trust managers involved in a globally significant data leak from an offshore services provider.
• Confidential client: Acted in regulatory and civil proceedings for an institutional market participant in the collapse of a high-profile Ponzi scheme in the course of the 2008-2011 global financial crisis.
• Encore FX, Re: Co-counsel in insolvency proceedings for the secured creditor of a money services business offering forex products.
• Labourers Pension Fund of Central and Eastern Canada (Trustee of) v. Sino-Forest Corp. and others; Sino-Forest Corp, Re: Acted as co-counsel for a former executive in litigation arising from the insolvency of Sino-Forest Corp.
• Poonian v British Columbia Securities Commission: Appearance in the Supreme Court of Canada for the Alberta Securities Commission in respect of the enforceability of administrative monetary penalties post-bankruptcy.
• Bouzari et al v. Hashemi Bahremani et al.: Acted as associate counsel for a prominent politically-exposed person in Canadian litigation regarding matters of state liability and choice of forum.
• Earl Mason et al v Minister of Citizenship and Immigration: Advocacy in the Supreme Court of Canada in a matter related to the application of the “security” ground for exclusion of non-citizens from Canada.
• Ostrowski v Weinstein and others: Trial and appellate counsel to a police service in a high-profile, complex civil liability matter.
• Confidential client: Acted for a Dubai and Mogadishu-based trading enterprise in a dispute, resolved through negotiation, with a globally-recognized news media organization and a United Nations-related NGO regarding the logistics and financing of food aid delivery in Somalia.

Investigations and Projects

• Confidential client: Conduct of an international investigation of a globally-significant European bank, touching on aspects of anti-money laundering and fiscal controls in the UK, France, Switzerland, and the Ukraine.
• Confidential client: Lead counsel to a recognized Canadian financial services entity in an investigation related to mortgage fraud and misconduct in select branches.
• Confidential client: Counsel to a UK bank in an investigation triggered by a whistleblower into the use of central banking short-term credit facilities.
• Confidential client: Part of a large advisory team assisting with the successful establishment of an international financial centre in Astana.
• Confidential client: Conducted an investigation on behalf of an international financial institution into potential misappropriation of funds from an Asian central bank.