Ranked in 5 Practice Areas
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Band 1

Group Litigation

All Circuits

3 Years Ranked

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Band 3

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

3

Band 3

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

17 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

6 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

8 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Peter de Verneuil Smith KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Peter practises in Banking & Finance, Chancery Commercial, Commercial Litigation, Civil Fraud, Group Litigation, Financial Services, Arbitration, Professional Negligence and Offshore Litigation.

Career

Peter is well known for his excellent advocacy and client skills. He is frequently the lead advocate in large and complex litigation. He has a particular specialism in group litigation and appears regularly in leading securities litigation (such as RBS Rights Issue, Tesco & RSA). His practice spans pure banking disputes (including derivative, mis-selling, duties of care owed by a bank, and unjust enrichment) and banking related litigation such as shipbuilding finance, performance bonds and guarantees. He has appeared in major fraud cases (including Group Seven Ltd v Nasir, Tatneft v Bogolyubov and NML v Chapman Freeborn), identity-based frauds and often seeks urgent injunctive relief to support domestic and foreign proceedings. His commercial work includes company disputes (unfair prejudice, derivative actions, breach of director duty) and breach of trust claims. He is regularly involved in financial services disputes including tax scheme litigation (the GlobalCure scheme), co lective investment schemes and FSMA related claims. His cases frequently involve offshore centres and he has worked in Guernsey, the Cayman Islands, BVI, and Bermuda. His arbitration practice is a mix of energy, mining, finance and project disputes with London, Paris, HKIAC, SIAC and DIFC seats.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Personal

Selwyn College Cambridge.

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