Camilla Bingham KC

Practice Areas

Camilla's practice covers the broad spectrum of company and commercial law arising both domestically and internationally in litigation and arbitration. She has particular expertise in civil fraud, banking and finance and issues concerning jurisdiction and conflict of laws. Camilla is consistently ranked as a Leading Silk in the legal directories for Banking and Finance, Commercial Dispute Resolution and Civil Fraud, and is described as “a stand-out commercial silk”, “incredibly bright and loved by the courts” and “superb”.

Career

Called 1996; Inner Temple (Princess Royal Scholar). Silk 2013; Bencher Inner Temple, 2015. Also called to the Bars of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Bermuda and is registered with DIFC on the Register of Practitioners (Part II) in Dubai.

Publications

Former contributor to Gore-Browne on Companies.

Work Highlights

Recent and current instructions include:

• Frasers Group Plc v Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc (2024) - For Morgan Stanley. The Commercial Court proceedings brought by the British retailer group (formerly Sports Direct) centred on economic torts said to arise out of a $900 million odd margin call in respect of options in Hugo Boss AG.

• LLC Eurochem North-West-2 -v- Société Générale & ING Bank [2023] EWHC 2720 (Comm) - Representing ING in EU sanctions-related proceedings brought by Eurochem for payment pursuant to performance bonds issued in connection with a project for the design and construction of a fertiliser plant in Russia. Trial is due to take place in 2025.

• PIFSS v Al Rajaan & Ors - Representing a Swiss bank (EFG Bank S.A) in proceedings brought by the Kuwaiti Public Institution for Social Security to recover sums alleged to have been misappropriated by its former director general. Trial of the action is due to commence in 2025.

• Dolphin Capital Partners Ltd v DCI Advisors Ltd [2024] EWHC 678 (Comm) - For the Claimant, Dolphin Capital Partners Limited, in a dispute concerning the termination of an investment management agreement.

• In the Matter of iKang Healthcare Group, Inc (Grand Court, 21 June 2023) - For the Petitioner, seeking a fair value appraisal pursuant to section 238 of the Companies Law (2013 Revision) in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands against the backdrop of a going private transaction in 2018. Judgment on interested handed down 11 September 2024

Notable past cases include: Cavendish Square Holding BV & Anr v. Talal El Makdessi [2015] UKSC 67 (penalty clauses); Al Khorafi & Ors v Bank Safra Sarasin-Alpen (ME) Ltd & Anr [2018] DIFC CA 010 (Henderson abuse); Donohue v. Armco Inc & Ors [2002] 1 Lloyds Rep 425 (anti-suit injunctions to enforce exclusive jurisdiction agreements).

Industry Sector Expertise

Arbitration; Banking and Financial Services; Breach of Warranty; Civil Fraud and Investigations; Commercial Litigation; Commodity Trading; Company and Insolvency; Energy and Natural Resources; Jurisdiction and Conflict of Laws; Partnerships; Professional Liability; Restrictive Covenants, Non-Compete and Team Moves; Sale of Goods and Supply of Goods and Services; Trusts.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

England and Wales; Cayman Islands; British Virgin Islands; Bermuda; DIFC

Education