GIR Awards 2022: Most Important Court Case of the Year
GIR unveils another shortlist for its eighth annual awards ceremony to be held in Washington, DC, on 17 November.
Read on for the nominees in the Most Important Court Case of the Year category.
The shortlists for further award categories will be released in the coming days.
The black-tie event includes a drinks reception and dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in DC and is held in support of the Swawou Layout Girl’s School in Kenema, Sierra Leone, which helps disadvantaged girls in the region.
On the night, GIR will celebrate the people and firms behind the investigations and court cases that have impressed the most in the past year.
We will also unveil the GIR 30, our ranking of law firms’ investigations practices, based on our annual research for the GIR 100 – our guide to the best investigations firms.
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If you have worked on one of these below cases and your name is not listed, please let us know.
Most Important Court Case of the Year
US appeals court overturns LIBOR convictions
Counsel to Matthew Connolly
Paul Hastings/Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft
Partners Kenneth Breen and Phara Guberman in New York*
*The lawyers joined Cadwalader in September.
Counsel to Gavin Black
Levine Lee
Partners Seth Levine, Scott Klugman and Miriam Alinikoff in New York
US appeals court upholds Lawrence Hoskins’ acquittal on FCPA charges
Counsel to Lawrence Hoskins
Clifford Chance
Partners Christopher Morvillo, Daniel Silver, Celeste Koeleveld and associates Benjamin Peacock and Brian Yin in New York
Former traders beat RICO charges in landmark spoofing trial
Counsel to Gregg Smith
Kobre & Kim
Jonathan Cogan, Matthew Menchel and Sean Buckley in New York, and Leanne Bortner in Washington, DC
Counsel to Michael Nowak
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Partner David Meister and counsel Chad Silverman in New York, and partner William Ridgway in Chicago
Counsel to Jeffrey Ruffo
Petrillo Klein & Boxer
Partner Guy Petrillo and partner Daniel Goldman in New York
Jones Day
Partner Bethany Biesenthal in Chicago
Court of appeal in UK quashes ex-Unaoil executive’s conviction
Counsel to Ziad Akle
QEB Hollis Whiteman
Adrian Darbishire KC in London
Instructed by
Paul Hastings
Partners Joanna Dimmock and Jonathan Pickworth in London
JPMorgan defeats UK lawsuit over Nigeria transactions in OPL 245 case
Counsel to JPMorgan
Fountain Court Chambers
Rosalind Phelps KC, David Murray and Aaron Taylor in London
Instructed by
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Partner Sarah Parkes in London
UK court rules against Dechert and SFO in ENRC litigation
Counsel to ENRC
Matrix Chambers
Clare Montgomery KC in London
Essex Court Chambers
Nathan Pillow KC, Tim Akkouh and Freddie Popplewell in London
One Essex Court
Anna Boase KC, James MacDonald, Alyssa Stansbury and Matthew Hoyle in London
Erskine Chambers
Jack Rivett in London
Instructed by
Hogan Lovells
Partner Michael Roberts in London
Dutch Supreme Court opens door for foreign in-house lawyers to assert legal privilege
Counsel to Shell
NautaDutilh
Partner Francien Rense and consultant Rob van der Hoeven in Rotterdam
Debevoise & Plimpton
Partner Bruce Yannett in New York
Counsel to Shell’s in-house lawyers
Stibbe
Partner Daan Doorenbos and junior associate Nikita Nowotny in Amsterdam
Van Doorne
Adviser Ed van Liere and lawyers Frederike Ahlers and Rutger ten Ham in Amsterdam
Milan appeal court upholds dismissal of charges against Shell and ENI in OPL245 case
Counsel to Shell
Debevoise & Plimpton
Partner Bruce Yannett and counsel Erich Grosz in New York
Studio Legale Delfino e Associati Willkie Farr & Gallagher
Partners Bruno Cova and Francesca Petronio in Milan
Counsel to Eni
Studio Legale Nerio Diodà
Nerio Diodà, Elena Vedani, Valeria Torresin, Federico Luppi, Massimiliano Diodà, Simone Giuliani, Riccardo Gussoni, Paolo Vivian and Elisa Taglietti in Milan
Counsel to Claudio Descalzi
Studio Legale Paola Severino
Paola Severino in Rome
Counsel to Malcolm Brinded
Studio Legale Mucciarelli
Francesco Mucciarelli, Marco Calleri and Andrea Rossetti in Milan
Slaughter and May
Partner Richard Swallow in London
Counsel to John Copleston
Giuseppe Bianchi in Milan
McDermott Will & Emery
Partner Simon Airey in London
Counsel to Guy Colegate
Giuseppe Bianchi in Milan
Studio Legale PLF
Nicoletta Parvis in Milan
Charles Russell Speechlys
Partners Rhys Novak and Caroline Greenwell in London
France’s constitutional court stops financial regulator from bringing obstruction complaint against Novaxia Investissement
Counsel unknown