Christopher Coffin
Consultant
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.
Track record
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Talks
Representing the largest litigation funders of the Excalibur case in subsequent proceedings relating to their liability to the successful defendants and their subsequent claim against their former advisers.
Representing the sellers of a substantial stake in a publicly listed CIS natural resources company in defence of a fraud claim by the purchasers, which included complex issues of disclosure pursuant to freezing orders and search and seizure relief obtained by the claimants.
Representing a CIS client in long running High Court litigation concerning alleged loans and conspiracy.
British Virgin Islands, 2012
England and Wales, 1980
Speaker at English Law Week in Moscow in November 2015
Speaker at the ABA conference on Dispute Resolution in Moscow in September 2015
Speaker at the 7th CIS Local Counsel Forum in Yerevan, the 8th CIS Local Counsel Forum in Kiev, and the 9th CIS Local Counsel Forum in Vienna
Board member of the Committee of the British Azerbaijani Law Association
Committee member of the British Kazakh Law Association
Russian and CIS Arbitration Network
London Court of International Arbitration
British Russian Law Association
British Italian Law Association
English Law Week in Moscow - November 2015
ABA conference on Dispute Resolution in Moscow - September 2015
The 7th CIS Local Counsel Forum in Yerevan
Me in a minute
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Education
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- English