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About
Provided by Camilla Bingham KC
Practice Areas
Specialises in commercial litigation, arbitration, civil fraud, banking and finance and conflict of laws. Current instructions include representing (1) Morgan Stanley in its Commercial Court dispute with Frasers Group plc; (2) UBS in an international arbitration; (3) ING Bank N.V. in EU sanctions-related proceedings concerning a performance bond; (4) EFG Bank S.A. in proceedings brought by Kuwait’s Public Institution for Social Security to recover sums alleged to have been misappropriated by its former director general and (5) New Frontier Health Corporation in a ‘fair value appraisal’ action pending in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands pursuant to section 238 of the Companies Act.
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 (striking out a billion dollar claim for Henderson abuse); Donohue v. Armco Inc & Ors [2002] 1 Lloyds Rep 425 (anti-suit injunctions to enforce exclusive jurisdiction agreements).
Career
Called 1996; Inner Temple (Princess Royal Scholar). Silk 2013; Bencher Inner Temple, 2015.
Personal
Education: Balliol College, Oxford (Reynolds Scholar).