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About
Provided by Alain Choo Choy KC
Practice Areas
Commercial dispute resolution with a wide range of experience in the English courts, in international commercial arbitration under the auspices of different institutional rules, and in the offshore jurisdiction courts of the BVI, Cayman Islands and Mauritius. Specialising in banking, finance and financial services (including restructurings, derivatives, and structured finance); general commercial litigation; domestic and international sale of goods; energy and utilities; civil fraud and freezing injunctions; company and insolvency; jurisdiction and conflict of laws. Recent instructions include: acting for a large international metals trading group in multiple restructuring and insolvency proceedings in the UK, EU and Singapore; acting for one of the largest group of claimants in English litigation regarding the Fundao Dam collapse in Brazil; advising an ad hoc group of bondholders relating to the payment of a make whole premium following a loan event of default; appearing in the Privy Council regarding an application to set aside an international arbitral award on grounds of conflict with public policy; representing a subordinated note holder in connection with a disputed restructuring which resulted in the release of the junior debt; acting for a claimant in connection with an unfair prejudice claim which is on appeal to the Privy Council; appearing in the Court of Appeal in connection with issues as to the validity of a notice of claim in the context of warranty and breach of covenant claims under SPAs; representing retail investors in claims against an investment platform and risk manager.
Career
Called: 1991, Inner Temple; Silk: 2009
Professional Memberships
COMBAR.