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Commercial Litigation

Our global Commercial Litigation practice is renowned for handling high value, complex and business critical cases that are frequently cross-border in nature.

Our litigators represent clients in the most significant commercial courts around the world, delivering accurate, holistic advice quickly, wherever disputes take place. It is this experience of handling high-stakes, complex cases around the globe and coordination of cross-border proceedings that distinguishes us from our competitors.

We work for national and multinational corporates and individuals, tailoring our approach to the unique requirements of every case. We have the full range of specialist expertise to assess and evaluate every aspect of a commercial dispute, devising legal strategies that deliver results in line with our clients' commercial drivers and objectives.

Our experience includes advising:

  • A U.S.-headquartered bank on litigation in the English High Court arising from its alleged anti-competitive conduct in the foreign exchange markets.
  • BNP Paribas in class action litigation in the Southern District of New York involving claims that some of the biggest banks in the world manipulated the global foreign exchange (FX) market.
  • WPP on a major corporate and shareholder litigation in Hong Kong, including liaising with the client and their English solicitors in relation to parallel English proceedings.

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Publications: 20 December 2023

从绝对豁免到相对豁免——《外国国家豁免法》对内地和香港跨境争议的影响

随着《中华人民共和国外国国家豁免法》(下称“《外国国家豁免法》”)即将于2024年1月1日起施行,中华人民共和国(下称“中国”)内地和香港长期以来所奉行的对外国国家及其财产的绝对豁免原则亦将迎来终结。《外国国家豁免法》引入了有关商业活动的例外,并允许外国国家事先以明示的方式放弃国家豁免,从而增加了可对外国国家提起诉讼的情形,并扩大了可对其在内地和香港境内的财产执行仲裁裁决和法院判决的范围。这一变化…

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