Christopher is a consultant in the litigation and arbitration team.
He is a commercial litigator with 30 years' experience of major and complex cases. He advises on commercial disputes ranging from derivatives disputes, loan recoveries, asset tracing and fraud to contentious insolvency. He has acted for many family offices, major international companies backed by high net worth individuals and private capital, banks and financial services organisations. Chris specialises in handling disputes relating to Ukraine and the CIS
He is a regular speaker at conferences in Moscow, St Petersburg, Baku, Almaty, Kiev and Yekaterinburg.
He has acted for and against many international banks, high net worth individuals, insurance companies and members of the legal profession including High Court judges.
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Good dispute resolution lawyers come in all shapes and sizes and attract a range of personality types from the chess playing strategists to the disputes equivalent of bare knuckle fighters
Good dispute resolution lawyers come in all shapes and sizes and attract a range of personality types from the chess playing strategists to the disputes equivalent of bare knuckle fighters! The best combine the best bits of all types and I hope I have some of all. I like both resolving disputes and winning them; it is what the client needs that decides the approach. No two disputes are ever the same; there is the human element and the random, as well as the law and the knowledge of the client's business which we need to have.
I have two main focuses in the type of work I do. One is representing clients from Russia and the CIS, and from Ukraine, in any kind of dispute involving English law or England as a jurisdiction; I love that part of the world and its people and am a frequent visitor there. My wife does Russian translation work and I am learning. My other focus is representing clients with claims against professionals, but not barristers. I do not act against barristers because I look after them when they are sued; so far I have acted for 160 barristers over 20 years.