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About
Provided by Peter de Verneuil Smith KC
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. 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 is a go-to silk for group litigation for both claimants and defendants and acted in major group litigation relating to banking (PPI), securities (s.90 & 90A FSMA), financial services (collective investment schemes), product liability (NOx emissions) and data breach. He has an extensive commercial arbitration practice with experience of mining and energy disputes as well as arbitration related litigation (ASIs and enforcement proceedings). 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), collective investment schemes and FSMA related claims. He is often involved in offshore disputes and has appeared in Hong Kong, Guernsey, the Cayman Islands, BVI, and Bermuda.
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
Personal
Selwyn College Cambridge.
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