Julian is a partner, qualified solicitor advocate and CEDR accredited mediator in the Litigation and Arbitration Division, with wide experience in all forms of international dispute resolution, particularly in major commercial disputes including banking and financial matters, cross border fraud litigation and asset tracing.
Julian has lectured widely, in particular on asset tracing and civil procedure, including privilege and e-disclosure. He is the author of the chapter on civil procedure in The Lawyer's Factbook published by Sweet & Maxwell.
Julian was ranked as a "well recognised" leading individual for banking litigation in Chambers 2008. Chambers 2006 stated he "is celebrated as a 'young partner who is going places – he has the obvious potential'. Clients rate him for his 'truly exceptional' approach to 'problematic cases'". He has also been rated by Legal 500 as a leading individual for commercial litigation and claimant fraud.
Credentials
- JJB Sports on contentious matters relating to its restructuring and refinancing
- advising BAA in various contentious matters, including acting on behalf of Stansted Airport in a successful claim for unpaid fees against Ryanair, and currently for Gatwick Airport in a claim against Ryanair
- British Sky Broadcasting on its successful claims against EDS for deceit, negligent misrepresentation and breach of contract arising out of the installation of a new customer relationship management system
- Equitable Life Assurance Society in its claim against its former auditors and directors
- advising UBS in relation to the FSA's investigation concerning split capital investment trusts
- Generali Deutschland Holdings (AMB Generali) in litigation connected to an arbitration with SE Banken concerning pensions mis-selling
- Helphire Group in relation to a series of successful test cases concerning the effectiveness of its credit hire agreements in the Court of Appeal judgment of Clark v. Tull t/a Ardington Electrical Services [2003] QB 36. (One aspect concerning impecuniosity was confirmed by the House of Lords which held that a former decision of the Lords on the point (The Liesbosch) is no longer good law.)
- a group of investors in an arbitration against a Moscow based investment bank concerning structured investments in Russia.
- Rothmans in Philip Morris Products & Another v. Rothmans International Enterprises & Another
- Jyske Bank in its successful fraud claim against the former manager of its Gibraltar branch and some 40 other defendants