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A particular strength of the firm is its expertise in litigation in support of arbitration. In addition to representing our clients in arbitrations, we are often instructed to act in parallel litigation proceedings.

Our work in this area spans jurisdictional challenges, anti-suit injunctions and other urgent interim relief applications in the English courts, the enforcement or setting aside of arbitral awards, and the tracing and recovery of assets.

Representative cases:

Anti-suit injunctions, freezing orders and other urgent relief

Representing Gazprom venture RusChemAlliance LLC in three separate anti-suit injunction proceedings in the English courts brought by UniCredit Bank, Deutsche and Commerzbank. The matter culminated in the English Supreme Court authority on the matter and was named Global Arbitration Review case of 2025.
Acting for leading wind energy company Enercon in a complex dispute between joint venture partners, leading to parallel court proceedings in India and England. We sought the appointment by the English courts of the Presiding Arbitrator, freezing orders and an anti-suit injunction preventing Indian court proceedings that interfered with the arbitration.
Acting for two companies in expedited Court of Appeal proceedings in successfully resisting an anti-suit injunction sought by a member of the Renaissance Capital Group.

Recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments

Acting for the Argentine Republic in defending enforcement proceedings in the Commercial Court of a USD16 billion Southern District of New York judgment.

Recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards

Resisting the enforcement of an ICSID award issued against a Sovereign state in the United Kingdom.
Advising a Belgian client on the enforcement of an ad hoc arbitration award against a Southeast African state-owned company.
Advising a Russian mining conglomerate on the enforcement of an LCIA award following a leading bank’s failure to pay under separate bank guarantee.
Discharging an antisuit injunction for Orient Express Bank in a high-profile shareholder dispute involving four LCIA arbitrations, an arbitration in Russia and Russian High Court proceedings.
Acting for French multinational Alstom before the UK Courts in relation to the enforcement of a Geneva-seated USD150 million arbitral award.
Enforcing a confidential LCIA award and preventing the unlawful sale of multi-million worth artworks in the context of an art fraud perpetuated by Inigo Philbrick, known as the “Madoff of the art world”.
Representing an oil major in relation to the enforcement of an arbitral award, which was the subject of set aside proceedings commenced in its national courts.

Challenges to arbitral awards

Representing the Hellenic Republic in a series of challenges to a EUR40 million ICC award.
Acting for an investment vehicle in successfully resisting a challenge of the Arbitration Act to an USD50 million award.
Acting for the seller of one of the world’s most iconic sailing vessels in a challenge under section 69 to an arbitration award.
Acting for state-owned oil company Petronas in resisting a challenge under section 68 of the Arbitration Act (and related challenges) to a USD43 million LCIA award.
Acting for an investment vehicle in resisting a challenge to an USD50 million award under section 68 of the Arbitration Act.
Representing a German medical developer and manufacturer in proceedings before the UK courts to set aside an LCIA award.

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