Matthew has wide-ranging litigation and dispute resolution experience. He regularly handles applications for interim relief (including search orders and freezing orders) and trial litigation, and is well versed in alternative dispute resolution, with experience in expert determination, arbitration and mediation.
Matthew is routinely instructed on heavyweight, high value commercial disputes of all kinds, and has particular experience and expertise in handling claims arising from fraud.
He has a split practice, acting both for corporate clients and for individuals.
Corporate disputes
Matthew acts for both established, substantial businesses and earlier stage companies, across a variety of sectors, including technology, financial services, retail, entertainment, and sport.
His caseload covers the full range of contractual disputes, civil fraud, economic tort, and company law disputes (including shareholder disputes).
He also has significant experience in dealing with commercial property disputes, including landlord and tenant disputes, claims in Nuisance, and claims for possession.
Disputes involving individuals
Matthew represents and advises UHNWIs, HNWIs, and families.
He has significant experience in representing individuals in connection with civil fraud and asset recovery, and in disputes in which individuals may become involved in their capacities as directors, shareholders and investors.
He is equally comfortable acting for individuals in their personal, private capacities, handling all manner of contractual claims, negligence claims, art disputes, contentious educational issues, and property disputes (including landlord and tenant disputes, ‘neighbour disputes’, and disputes arising out of property renovation and development).
He is highly attuned to the particular sensitivities which can arise in the context of disputes involving clients with a public profile, and works closely with the firm’s Media & Information team.
Commercial Litigation
- Representing a ‘prime of prime’ FX brokerage business in multi-jurisdictional proceedings (England, Florida, and Illinois) with its former retail brokerage client. The dispute involved complex factual issues relating to price construction, system latency and other market practice, regulatory issues, and comprised a contractual claim and tortious counterclaims arising from alleged misrepresentation and conspiracy.
- Representing private investors in investigating and pursuing claims in respect of a substantial property fraud (obtaining substantial and unusual Interim Relief and multiple indemnity costs orders).
- Representing the manager of an algorithmic hedge fund in defending claims arising from an alleged fraud.
- Representing an offshore financial advisory company in successfully pursuing contractual and tortious claims in respect of an investment by an overseas investment fund (managed by a UK Plc) in a foreign, listed property investment vehicle.
- Representing an entertainment industry leader in a confidential expert determination as to industry practice and remuneration.
- Representing an overseas company and its owner in LCIA arbitral proceedings concerning price adjustment and warranty claims under a share purchase agreement.
Private Capital
- Advising an individual in relation to multi-jurisdictional proceedings and attempted asset confiscation by a foreign state.
- Representing a family office-related lender in pursuing and defending contractual and regulatory claims arising out of a property-backed loan.
- Advising the founder of an international business in relation to issues arising from his dismissal, including as to his leaver status under relevant shareholder documentation.
- Advising a multi-family office in respect of a variety of contentious commercial and operational issues.
- Representing an individual in respect of an international asset recovery project, arising from fraud and breaches of fiduciary duty.
Financial Distress
- Advising a private company in financial distress and its board in defending and resolving various shareholder claims.
- Advising a company in relation to issues arising from a major partner’s financial distress and insolvency.
- Acting for the surviving spouse of a deceased individual in defending ‘clawback’ action by the Trustee of the Deceased’s insolvent Estate.
- Representing an Office Holder in pursuing to trial an application to set aside a property transfer, as a Transaction Defrauding Creditors.
Technology Disputes
- Advising a company and resolving a dispute concerning the supply of inadequate software.
- Representing a leading engineering group in pursuing contractual and other claims in respect of a technology sharing agreement relating to software and data.
- Representing the designers and developers of mobile telecommunication hardware and software in a claim for ‘earn-out’ payments due in respect of the fulfilment of technical performance criteria.
Contentious Property work
- Representing a private individual in relation to a dispute arising from the defective condition of super-prime residential premises and associated lease termination.
- Advising a leading theatre group in relation to a host of contentious property issues.
- Representing a cultural institution in respect of claims arising out of defective renovation and specialist construction work.
- Qualification date: September 2007
- Academic qualifications: BA 2002, GDL/LPC 2003-2005
