John Tillman

As a partner, John Tillman advises clients on major commercial disputes, focusing particularly on cases involving financial transactions and insolvency/distressed situations. He also regularly advises on fraud and asset recovery exercises, from investigations through to litigation and enforcement. The majority of John's cases have an international element, and he regularly advises on disputes involving multiple jurisdictions where cross-border co-ordination is critical.

He guides a wide range of clients, including financial institutions, major corporates, pension schemes and insolvency practitioners through some of the most complex and sensitive disputes with a focus in each case on his client's strategic objectives. Regularly recommended in the leading directories, John advised on many of the most significant disputes to arise from the financial crisis, ranging from his work for insolvency practitioners on SIV defaults to advising the security trustee on a dispute concerning the validity of 'flip' clauses in structured finance deals. He advised the UK pension scheme and the PPF in the international litigation arising from the worldwide Nortel insolvency, and is currently advising a variety of financial institutions and officeholders on matters ranging from an ISDA dispute to a substantial capital markets dispute.

John has advised on three cases which have reached the UK Supreme Court, and regularly presents and publishes on litigation and insolvency related topics.