Sophie Holcombe
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : Chancery: Commercial
Band 3
About
Provided by Sophie Holcombe
Practice Areas
Sophie Holcombe has a commercial chancery practice, with a particular focus on contentious domestic and offshore trusts and civil fraud. Sophie’s work is often multi-jurisdictional, involving issues of private international law.
Recently, Sophie acted on behalf of a Georgian billionaire in a trusts dispute against Credit Suisse for losses arising from fraudulent mismanagement of an investment portfolio worth over USD 1 billion. Claims have been successful in Singapore and Bermuda (Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse). Sophie also acts for the claimants in Muncipio de Mariana v BHP Group Plc, the largest piece of group litigation before the English Courts, which aims to determine corporate responsibility for the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil.
Career
LLB in Law - Cardiff University (First Class Honours)
BVC - Cardiff Law School (Outstanding)
Professional Memberships
Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Sophie produces excellent and timely drafting, and further provides consistently well-reasoned and practical advice."
"Sophie produces excellent and timely drafting, and further provides consistently well-reasoned and practical advice."
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