Geraldine Elliott
Global Head of Commercial Disputes
London
Litigation is at the heart of our business and we know it inside out. At any one time, more than half our lawyers are handling complex, large-scale global disputes.
However, we always consider the possibility of commercial solutions through negotiation and mediation before going to court.KEY CONTACTS
RPC has extensive experience of acting on large scale, complex disputes emanating from the former Soviet Union (FSU).
Selected experience
The Fiona Trust litigation
Acting for the Claimants, Russian state-owned ship owners, Sovcomflot in the well-known and long-running Fiona Trust litigation. The complex proceedings, worth US$85m, involved a claim for damages said to have been suffered as a result of the freezing orders which had been made during the course of earlier which had exceeded the judgment awards made. The claim went to trial in July 2016 and has so far been appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Administrator of a Latvian Bank
We acted for an insolvent Latvian bank, AS Latvijas Krajbanka in respect of the enforcement of an English judgment against a high-profile Russian national. We received our instructions from the bank's insolvency process administrator in Latvia, and advised in relation to enforcement options against the defendant's worldwide assets, which are the subject of multiple worldwide freezing orders.
KEY CONTACTS
RPC has extensive experience of acting on large scale, complex disputes emanating from the former Soviet Union (FSU).
Selected experience
The Fiona Trust litigation
Acting for the Claimants, Russian state-owned ship owners, Sovcomflot in the well-known and long-running Fiona Trust litigation. The complex proceedings, worth US$85m, involved a claim for damages said to have been suffered as a result of the freezing orders which had been made during the course of earlier which had exceeded the judgment awards made. The claim went to trial in July 2016 and has so far been appealed to the Court of Appeal.
Administrator of a Latvian Bank
We acted for an insolvent Latvian bank, AS Latvijas Krajbanka in respect of the enforcement of an English judgment against a high-profile Russian national. We received our instructions from the bank's insolvency process administrator in Latvia, and advised in relation to enforcement options against the defendant's worldwide assets, which are the subject of multiple worldwide freezing orders.
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Commercial Disputes
Banking and Financial Markets Litigation
Banking and Financial Markets Litigation
Commercial cases
Commercial Disputes
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