Fiona Gillett

Practice Areas

Fiona advises on a broad spectrum of high value commercial disputes (contract, tort and statutory claims), with a particular expertise in financial services claims against banks.

Fiona has acted for states, state entities (including central banks), corporates, institutional investors and private individuals, whether as claimants or defendants.

Her matters often have an international dimension, whether representing international clients, acting in claims involving aspects of foreign law or in coordinating proceedings in both England and other jurisdictions.

She has worked on some significant and high profile cases including the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2020 (National Bank of Kazakhstan and Republic of Kazakhstan v The Bank of New York Mellon SA/NV London Branch, Anatolie Stati, Gabriel Stati, Ascom Group SA & Terra Raf Trans Traiding Limited) which also became the first ever Commercial Court trial to be conducted on a fully remote basis (due to the Covid-19 pandemic) in late March 2020.

Career

Fiona joined Stewarts in 2010 as a partner after spending four years at a litigation boutique and six years prior to that at an international full-service firm. Fiona studied a joint English and French law degree (King’s College, London/the Sorbonne, Paris).

Personal

Having grown up in Switzerland and spent nine years in the local schooling system, Fiona is a bilingual English/French speaker.