Fred Wilmot-Smith

Practice Areas

Frederick’s practice is principally in commercial law.

He has substantial appellate experience, having appeared before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court on a number of occasions, and has also appeared in the Privy Council. As well as his practice as a litigator, he provides advice and acts as an expert on all aspects of English private law.

Fred is currently instructed in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International, a claim in the Commercial Court of over US$2 billion, and in Azima v RAKIA and others, a claim alleging State-sponsored hacking and which seeks to set aside judgments of the High Court and Court of Appeal as having been procured by fraud. And he is instructed as sole counsel in a number of arbitral matters as well as (in both the British Virgin Islands and United Kingdom) a claim brought by numerous Mongolian State entities. A number of his unled cases are valued at over US$100m. He has also appeared unled in the High Court and County Court on a range of applications.