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Douglas Paine
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Band 4 : Commercial Dispute Resolution
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Douglas Paine
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Douglas is a leading junior with extensive experience of complex and high-value commercial litigation and international arbitration. His practice covers a broad range of commercial disputes, including banking and finance, civil fraud, energy and group litigation work. Current and recent cases include: PIFSS v Al Rajaan & Ors (defending claims based on alleged payment of secret commissions as part of US$900 million consolidated Commercial Court proceedings); Microsoft v CMA (intervening in an application for review of the CMA’s decision to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard); Various Claimants v Glencore & Ors (muti-action shareholder claims brought under section 90 of FSMA); and NOx emissions litigation (defending manufacturers of diesel vehicles in claims concerning alleged breaches of emissions requirements).
Career
Called 2009 (Lincoln’s Inn). Trinity College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) English (double first), MPhil (Distinction, 1st in year), PhD); GDL at City Law School (Distinction, 1st in year); BVC at BPP Law School (Outstanding).
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Douglas is affable, user-friendly, great to work with and someone who digests and absorbs information very quickly.
Douglas is a very deep thinker and a real team player.
Douglas is affable, user-friendly, great to work with and someone who digests and absorbs information very quickly.
Douglas is a very deep thinker and a real team player.
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