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Dispute Resolution: Commercial Chancery - UK
What the Team is Known For
New Square Chambers handles commercial chancery disputes arising both in the UK and in several offshore jurisdictions. Areas of strength for the team include complex contractual disputes, insolvencies, shareholder disputes and high-value commercial fraud claims. The team is well versed in shareholder and partnership disputes. Members have experience of appearing before the highest courts in the UK and other jurisdictions. They have recently been involved in such cases as Ammar Al Assam and nine others v Dimitrios Tsouvelekakis, a multimillion-dollar international dispute regarding international investment companies, where they appeared on behalf of clients based in the Middle East, Panama and the BVI. Individuals here also acted in Kazzaz v Standard Chartered Trust (Guernsey) Ltd, an appeal raising issues of general importance on the scope and content of the duties of bank trust companies.
Michelle Greene is the senior clerk.
Strengths
Michelle Greene provides exceptional and consistently good client care. The clerks under her are also very attentive and responsive.
Notable practitioners
David is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is incredibly knowledgeable about many different areas and always provides reliable advice.
Simon is brilliant and particularly good on knotty legal issues. An engaging performer, who is great with clients, he's totally dedicated and hard-working.
Simon ticks all the boxes as a barrister and provides clear and incisive advice. He is a master of his craft.
Mark is user-friendly, very skilful and highly knowledgeable. He really rolls his sleeves up and gets stuck in.
Nigel has real experience behind him and is able to reassure clients due to that level of experience. He is not fazed by anything and he has an excellent sense of humour to boot.
Nigel is very thorough and has a great manner with clients. An astute and commercially aware barrister, he is quick to grasp the detail in a case.