Ranked in 6 Practice Areas
3

Band 3

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

5 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

19 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Company

London (Bar)

6 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

13 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Andrew de Mestre KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Commercial litigation and arbitration with particular emphasis on civil fraud and asset recovery; financial services and banking including CMBS and other securitisation disputes; insolvency and company law including proceedings under the Insolvency Act 1986, directors’ duties, and shareholder disputes. Recent cases include: Banca Generali v SCO [2023] EWHC 1732; Croxen & Ors v GEMA [2022] EWHC 2826; Banca Generali v CFE (Suisse) [2022] EWHC 1450; Re Bulb Energy [2021] EWHC 3735; GEHC v Gray [2021] EWCA Civ 123 and [2020] EWCA Civ 1668; Travelport v WEX [2020] EWHC 2670 (Comm); Stanford International Bank Plc v HSBC Bank Plc [2020] EWHC 2232; Deutsche Trustee Co Ltd v Duchess VI CLO BV [2020] EWCA Civ 521; Singularis Holdings Ltd v Daiwa Capital Markets Europe Plc [2019] UKSC 50, [2019] 3 WLR 997; Hosking v Apax Partners LLP [2019] 1 WLR 3347; Re Peak Hotels and Resorts Ltd [2019] 1 WLR 2145; Playboy Club London v BNL SA [2018] UKSC 43.

Career

Queen Mother Scholar of Middle Temple. Called March 1998. Joined 4 Stone Buildings in October 1998. KC in 2019

Professional Memberships

Commercial Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association (Main committee; Chair pro bono sub-committee).

Publications

Contributor to OUP's 'Annotated Companies Acts'; Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Finance Law.

Personal

Educated at Sherborne School, Dorset and Magdalene College, Cambridge (MA).

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