Business today can be a risky endeavour. You may find yourself confronted by a commercial or corporate dispute, whether it be a falling out with a joint venture partner, a shareholder who claims the company is being run in a manner prejudicial to its interests, a supplier who will not fulfil its obligations under a contract or a warranty/indemnity claim following a merger or acquisition.

Our commercial litigation team has the knowledge, skill set and experience to help you deal with the challenges posed by the full range of commercial and corporate disputes. Our disputes resolution experience makes us ideally placed to advise you on contractual and risk management issues that your business may be facing. We have a proven track record of providing practical and commercial advice to a wide range of clients at all stages of the dispute relation process - from drafting dispute resolution clauses during pre-contractual negotiations, through to obtaining emergency injunctions in situations where assets may be at risk, to litigating complex multi-jurisdictional disputes and enforcing judgements and recovering assets. We appreciate, however, that litigation may not fit within your commercial objectives and we are committed to exploring the resolution of disputes by alternative methods, where appropriate.

Relevant experience includes:

• Defending a claim by a split capital investment company in connection with advice given on the flotation of a fund and the management of the fund after flotation, reported as Real Estate Opportunities Ltd v Aberdeen Asset Managers Jersey Ltd and others
• Pursuing a claim in relation to a hotel management agreement and trade mark dispute, taking the matter from claim form to a two-week trial in under six weeks, including two injunction applications; reported as Bouverie No 1 Limited v De Vere Hotels & Leisure Ltd
• Defending a claim brought by one of the parties involved in a failed bid to take over an internet auction company; reported as Great Hill Partners II LP v Novator One LP and Others
• Acting for a shipbroker defending claims brought by the two largest Russian State-owned shipping companies involved in the export of the State’s oil & gas assets, involving allegations of a fraudulent conspiracy to defraud the claimants through secret commissions and the sale of vessels at an undervalue