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Bruno Bainsfair
Senior Associate
Expertise
  • Banking (& Finance) Litigation
  • Commercial Arbitration/Litigation
  • Commercial & Contractual Disputes
  • Commodities, Competition
  • Fraud (& Asset Recovery)
  • Insolvency & Restructuring Disputes
  • International Arbitration
  • M & A Disputes
  • Professional Negligence
Qualifications & Education
  • History (BA), University of Oxford
Admissions
  • The Bar of England and Wales
Professional Accolades
  • Exhibition Award, Inner Temple
Professional Associations
  • COMBAR

Bruno has experience of handling complex and high value commercial disputes and has particular experience in banking litigation and insolvency disputes.

Background

Bruno read History at the University of Oxford, graduating with a First and then undertaking pupillage at 4 Stone Buildings. Bruno joined Enyo in October 2015, following the completion of his pupillage.

As a practising barrister, Bruno has full rights of audience in all higher courts in England and Wales and has the right to conduct litigation. He passed the GDL with Distinction and received an Outstanding on the BPTC, and was also awarded an Exhibition Award from the Inner Temple.

Cases include
  • The Libyan Investment Authority -v- Société Générale S.A. & Ors [2016] EWHC 2773 (Comm); [2016] EWHC 375 (Comm); [2015] EWHC 1720 (QB); [2015] EWHC 550 (QB)
  • The Libyan Investment Authority -v- Goldman Sachs International [2016] EWHC 2530 (Ch); [2014] EWHC 3364 (Ch)
News
Jul 9, 2024
The importance of directors’ knowledge in establishing the largest ever wrongful trading award and the first ever award for “misfeasant trading”
The High Court recently issued its judgment against two former directors of BHS Group Limited, Mr Henningson and Mr Chandler...
Jul 4, 2024
Supreme Court rules that planning authorities cannot give permission for oil drilling projects without considering the environmental effects of the oil’s combustion
On 20 June 2024, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in R (on the application of Finch on behalf...
Jul 2, 2024
UK sanctions ground payment obligations under letters of credit in aircraft leasing case
In Celestial Aviation Services Limited v UniCredit Bank GmbH, London Branch [2024] EWCA Civ 628, the Court of Appeal held...
Jun 13, 2024
Fair winds favour plaintiffs in wasted expenditure cases
A recent judgment of the High Court of Australia has clarified aspects of contract law and the availability of damages...