Daniel Cohen

Daniel is a dual English and Hong Kong qualified disputes lawyer with a practice focused on shareholder activism, complex cross-border litigation, contentious regulatory, market misconduct and trading-related matters, enforcement, asset recovery and corporate insolvency and restructurings. He spends significant time providing strategic advice to investment funds spanning the full life cycle and spectrum of debt and equity-linked investments, and has nearly two decades of experience coordinating complex disputes and enforcement strategies in jurisdictions across Europe and APAC, having worked extensively in both regions.

As a core part of his practice, Daniel leads shareholder activism engagements for some of the most prolific, experienced and well-known activists, covering stake-building, trading and exit strategies, position disclosures and reporting obligations, private and public proposals, company engagement, corporate governance, shareholder rights and meetings, as well as the contentious and transactional elements of value optimisation proposals and campaigns. The investments span non-public arbitrage trades to high-profile event and target-driven public campaigns, including several of the landmark situations over the past decade plus involving most of the major European and Asian markets and industry titans such as Samsung, Toshiba, BHP and Rio Tinto.

M.A., University of Cambridge (2008)

B.A., University of Cambridge (2004)