Real Estate Litigation and Disputes

Representative experience

Advised Ernst & Young as administrators of the Luminar Group, in successfully defending a landmark High Court action relating to payment of rent as an administration expense.

Securing vacant possession of a large development site in London's West End, including terminating more than 30 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 protected leases.

Successfully defended two financial institutions in litigation relating to a transfer of a portfolio of real estate and entities for roughly US$1.4bn.

Represented a large shopping mall developer in New York in defense of RICO claims.

Insights and Analysis

Lab-grown “fake” gems? Arbitrator’s comments not evidence of bias, Singapore court rules

25 April 2024

The Singapore High Court has rejected an applicant’s efforts to set aside an award on grounds that the arbitrator had breached the rules of natural justice by preventing a fair...

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Disciplinary, litigation risk - AFRC highlights skill shortage in Hong Kong public interest entity audits

22 April 2024

The Accounting and Financial Reporting Council (AFRC) has published its first report on the public interest entity (PIE) audit market in Hong Kong. Reviewing its own survey of PIE auditors, ...

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UK: How can data centres be ESG compatible?

22 April 2024

Here we consider 10 ways in which responsible data centre lease clauses can help further the ESG agendas of data centre investors, operators and customers. In this second article in our...

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UK Trespass and possession orders: Get out of my kitchen!

19 April 2024

In our recent article, we explored how to pre-empt and prevent anticipated trespass on your land through injunctions. But what do you do when it’s too late for that, and your property ...

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Is the writing on the wall for the shareholder principle? Privilege update in Hong Kong

19 April 2024

The concept of the “shareholder principle” in English law provides that a company cannot assert privilege against its own shareholders, unless the privileged documents in...

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Changing the legal representative in China is about to become much easier

17 April 2024

One of the key challenges for creditors in taking control of a mainland Chinese company in an enforcement type situation is how to remove the “legal representative”. New...

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