Work Area: Complex commercial litigation

14 June 2022

US prosecutors want to stop ZTE from challenging the findings of a court in Texas that recently concluded a five-year case against the Chinese telecoms company for sanctions evasion and obstructing an investigation.

01 June 2022

“I have little doubt that Mr [Neil] Gerrard had a large ego and a belief that he is always right and expected others to follow him implicitly,” the court said in an excoriating judgment concluding that the lawyer repeatedly leaked ENRC’s confidential information to the SFO.

16 May 2022

On the final day of a civil trial over JPMorgan’s liability in a Nigerian bribery scandal, the bank said Nigeria’s reluctance to implicate a former president in corruption has hamstrung the case.

07 April 2022

A federal court in Dallas has suggested US prosecutors pursue new charges against Chinese telecoms company ZTE for allegedly conspiring to commit visa fraud and violating compliance requirements of a 2017 plea deal.

23 March 2022

US lender JPMorgan has denied breaching its duty of care to the Nigerian government by allegedly enabling public officials to pilfer the lion’s share of a $1.3 billion oilfield sale in 2011.

28 February 2022

A US-based Clifford Chance partner said his firm relied on “substantial” on-the-ground research when it advised a client on whether a mining deal could be tainted by corruption.

08 February 2022

04 February 2022

03 February 2022

Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz has told a London court that Brazilian miner Vale is not an innocent victim in their bitter legal dispute over a joint project in Guinea that collapsed amid allegations of bribery.

01 February 2022