JUNIOR PROFILE

Guy Olliff-Cooper

UK Bar 2026

4 Stone Buildings

Ranked in 1 practice area

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Guy specialises in commercial disputes with a particular emphasis on civil fraud and cryptoassets. He frequently appears unled in both the High Court and the Court of Appeal, often against silks. He enjoys a busy offshore practice having been called to the Bar of both the BVI and the DIFC.

In September 2025, Guy was appointed to the Attorney General’s B Panel of Counsel.

Guy’s recent reported cases include:

• Dos Santos v Unitel SA [2025] KB 438. A £580 million claim against Isabel Dos Santos, daughter of the former President of Angola, in relation to sums allegedly due under various loan agreements; now the leading authority on the merits threshold for freezing relief.

• Mex Group Worldwide Ltd v Ford [2023] EWHC 3394 (KB). An application for a freezing injunction under s.25 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 in support of proceedings in Scotland valued at €68.5 million based on an alleged unlawful means conspiracy to induce breach of a consent order.

• Therium Litigation Funding A IC v Bugsby Property LLC [2023] Costs LR 1641. An application by a litigation funder for an asset preservation order over £27.5 million of settlement proceeds.

Career

Called: 2015

Attorney General’s B Panel: 2025

Professional Memberships

Commercial Bar Association

Chancery Bar Association

Young Fraud Lawyers Association

Publications

Loose and Griffiths on Liquidators 9th Ed. (2019). Contributor.

Transaction Avoidance in Insolvencies 3rd Ed. (2018). Contributor.

Personal

BPTC, City Law School (Outstanding)

GDL, City Law School (Distinction)

BA (Hons), Philosophy & Theology, Oxford

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Guy Olliff-Cooper is constructing a notable civil fraud practice centred on complex cross-border cases. Having been called to the Bar in the BVI, he is regularly called upon to deal with complex offshore civil fraud cases.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He combines excellent legal analysis, forceful advocacy, commercial common sense and a tenacity to get the best results for clients.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
His advocacy is always impressive and compelling.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He is very impressive on his feet, quick-thinking and very forensic in his recall and understanding of key facts.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He is very tenacious in face of difficult issues.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar