Nicholas Saunders KC

Nicholas Saunders KC has a broad practice which encompasses commercial, competition and intellectual property law. He has a strong technical background and is usually instructed in complex cases including financial, telecoms, IT and pharmaceuticals disputes. He is regularly instructed relatively close to trial in major cases where effective cross-examination and presentation of technical expert evidence is critical.

In the last three years he has argued over twenty cases before the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Court of Justice of the EU and EFTA Court. He also has extensive trial experience where his recent work has included leading the trial of a $100m commercial claim against a state oil and gas company, leading a very large claim against the Libya Africa Investment Authority in the Commercial Court, arbitrations relating to licensing of standard essential patents, cross-examining technical expert witnesses in a trial relating to the design of chemicals plants in which his clients were awarded damages of $96m, appearing in numerous patent infringement and validity proceedings, and acting in a substantial High Court trial relating to an algorithmic trading hedge fund.