Craig is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Commercial disputes team. He is a commercial litigator with particular experience in managing complex multi-party disputes, often with a financial markets or regulatory element.
Craig has over 20 years’ experience in commercial litigation, international arbitration and banking / financial disputes. He has achieved successful outcomes for a wide variety of clients, including large corporates, high net worth individuals, financial institutions, venture capitalist and professionals.
Clients have engaged Craig to conduct arbitration proceedings under the rules of the leading international arbitration institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the Swiss Chambers’ Court of Arbitration.
Craig specialises in complex and high value disputes, in both the English courts and arbitrations. His cases often involve an international element, usually with competing multiple jurisdictions and laws (common law and civil code).
Craig also has significant experience in both applying for and opposing the grant of freezing orders and other interim relief, jurisdictional challenges and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Craig is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Commercial disputes team. He is a commercial litigator with particular experience in managing complex multi-party disputes, often with a financial markets or regulatory element.
Craig has over 20 years’ experience in commercial litigation, international arbitration and banking / financial disputes. He has achieved successful outcomes for a wide variety of clients, including large corporates, high net worth individuals, financial institutions, venture capitalist and professionals.
Clients have engaged Craig to conduct arbitration proceedings under the rules of the leading international arbitration institutions, including the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the Swiss Chambers’ Court of Arbitration.
Craig specialises in complex and high value disputes, in both the English courts and arbitrations. His cases often involve an international element, usually with competing multiple jurisdictions and laws (common law and civil code).
Craig also has significant experience in both applying for and opposing the grant of freezing orders and other interim relief, jurisdictional challenges and enforcement of arbitral awards.
Work highlights
- Acting for a venture capital firm pursuing post-SPA claims against the former directors of a retail company for breach of warranties, deceit and breach of fiduciary duties to the company.
- Acting for a US aerospace consultancy firm in LCIA arbitration proceedings against a Saudi aerospace manufacturer in a multimillion-dollar dispute under the LCIA Rules.
- Acting for the management team of a pharmaceutical company defending claims for breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation arising out of the sale of the company.
- Acting for a property investment group in $200 million LIBOR manipulation proceedings.
- Acting for an investment bank in two separate arbitration proceedings, the first under the LCIA rules and the second under the rules of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
- Acting for a chemical science company pursuing claims against three former employees and a shareholder who exploited trade secrets and confidential information.
- Acting for a South African mining company in ICC and Swiss arbitrations seated in London, involving allegations of fraud in connection with a mining project.
- Acting for a leading US software supplier in relation to an LCIA arbitration seated in London on matters arising out of the termination of contracts in a large UK infrastructure project.
- Acting on behalf of a leading petrochemical company in fraud proceedings, including successful application for a worldwide freezing order in the English Court and Norwich Pharmacal orders in the BVI and Cyprus. US Section 1782 orders were also obtained against related entities in the US.
- Acting in a fraud claim for a life-sciences company, including successful application for a worldwide freezing order against the defendants in four separate jurisdictions.
- Acting on a US$30 million ICC arbitration on behalf of a US client involving allegations of fraud and wrongful early termination of four aircraft leases.
- Acting on behalf of a financial services company concerning theft and misuse of confidential information, including successful application for Search and Disc Imaging Orders against the defendants.
- Acting on behalf of a private client in an ad hoc arbitration against a Canadian art gallery in a dispute over the ownership of £40 million of art.
Qualification date: 2001
