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About
Provided by Sonia Tolaney KC
Practice Areas
Specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, in particular banking (including all aspects of credit and security), commercial fraud and asset tracing, insolvency, professional negligence and insurance/reinsurance. Notable cases include: Mastercard v Merricks (2024); Banca Intesa Sanpaolo and Dexia Crediop v Comune di Venezia (2023); PAGI v Cigna (2023); Deutsche Bank v Vik (Committal) (2023); Deutsche Bank v Busto di Arsizio [2021] EWHC 2706 (Comm); Qatar Airways v Airbus (2022); Lehman Brothers Holdings Plc and LB Holdings Intermediate 2 Limited [2021] EWCA Civ 1523; WEX v Travelport [2020] EWHC 2670 (Comm); Sabbagh v Khoury [2019] EWHC 3004 (Comm); LLB Verwaltung (Switzerland) AG v Group Seven & Ors [2019] EWCA Civ 614; Deutsche Bank v Unitech [2019] EWHC 969 (Comm); ECU v HSBC [2018] EWHC 3045 (Comm); Privatbank v Kolomoisky [2018] EWHC 3308 (Ch); Deutsche Bank v Savona [2018] EWCA Civ 1740; RBS Rights Litigation [2017]; Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) v. DB & Bank of New York Mellon [2016]; Rosneft v. HM Treasury [2015] EWHC 248; Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander v. UBS [2014] EWHC 2540 (Comm); Deutsche Bank v. Sebastian Holdings [2014] EWCA Civ 1100; HSH Nordbank AG v. Intesa Sanpaolo SpA [2014] EWHC 142; Berezovsky v. Abramovich [2012] EWHC 2463 (Comm); UBS AG v. HSH Nordbank AG [2009] EWCA Civ 585 (CA).
Career
Called 1995; KC 2011. Elected Joint Head of Chambers (2024). Appointed Deputy High Court Judge (Comm Ct) (2016). Appointed Attorney General to the Duchy of Lancaster (2021). Elected Middle Temple Bencher (2013). Chair of COMBAR (2019-2021).