Our latest work
Our advisers act on domestic and international projects of all shapes and sizes, working with many of the leading names across this diverse sector. Browse our experience below, or use the filters to look-up recent work in particular geographies and legal disciplines.
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Law Firm Poul Schmith
Advising Skatteforvaltningen (Danish Customs and Tax Administration) in "one of the most complex pieces of litigation in British history". With a value of c. DKK 12.6 billion involving over 100 defendants globally it’s an alleged fraud on a massive scale. Losses arise from Cum Ex trading and WHT refunds.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Acted for PWC as administrators of Concord Limited, BAS Castings Limited and H.I Quality Steel Castings Limited on their appointment and the sale of certain of the business and assets of the group and property disposals.
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Client confidential
Enforcement of claims against the client's former managing director who has been convicted of misappropriating the client's funds. Advised the client with respect to insolvency law risks in light of parallel enforcements initiated by the state prosecutor in the course of criminal proceedings.
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Client Confidential
Advised an international sports agency on the recovery of investments and debts from football clubs in Spain, Portugal, and Brazil through arbitrations in Brazil, Switzerland and England.
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Client confidential
Advised the directors and the audit chair of a financial services firm in the context of employee fraud within an overseas subsidiary, restatement of company accounts and repeated failure to comply with the Companies Act. Advised on engagement with auditors, regulators and in respect of a complaint to the ICAEW. Successfully represented a number of directors facing prosecution for offences under the Companies Act.
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Nucleus Property Finance Limited
Advised Nucleus Property Finance on a £25,000,000 back to back securitisation financing arrangement with Paragon Bank.
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RBS Invoice Finance Limited
Acted for a subsidiary of a UK bank on £21,000,000 of asset based lending facilities for a retail supplier client.
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Confidential
Advised the Trustee of a bankruptcy estate on pursuing a property in Mallorca, Spain, that has been transferred out of the bankrupt's estate.
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SKAT
Acting for a European Government Department in pursuing a substantial international fraud where significant assets and defendants were resident in the UAE. This involves proceedings in the DIFC and Dubai Courts.
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Client confidential
Acted for a petitioning creditor, the founder of Karen Millen, where the debtor contested the petition on the grounds of estoppel based on promise and argued abuse of process. The debtor faced, unusually, three petitions all of which proceeded at the same time and had debts of over £450 million.