Amelia White

Commercial litigation

• Advising the liquidators of a commodities trading group in respect of worldwide claims against a former director.
• Advising a cryptocurrency asset service provider in respect of a claim in the DIFC against a payment processor.
• Advising a GCC telecoms company in respect of a number of SPA disputes.
• Advising liquidators of a BVI company in respect of DIFC aspects of a high-profile cryptocurrency fraud.
• Advising the administrators of the NMC Group regarding applications in the ADGM.
• Acting for Mr Jóhannsson, former member of Kaupthing Bank ehf's Resolution Committee, in respect of proceedings brought in the English High Court by Robert Tchenguiz.
• Advising a Moroccan aluminium company in respect of a multimillion-pound banking fraud.
• Acting for the Defendant companies in an English High Court claim involving international torts and issues of parent company liability. 
• Acting for a Japanese manufacturer of ball bearings used in the automotive industry in defense of a follow-on damages claim brought in the Competition Appeals Tribunal.
• Advising the liquidators of several of the Saad Group companies on the contentious aspects of the respective liquidations.
• Advising a private equity house in respect of a warranty claim under an SPA.
• Acting for the administrators of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) on several aspects of the administrations.
• Advising News Group Newspapers on the UK’s phone hacking scandal.

Commercial arbitration

• Acting for a GCC telecoms company in an ad hoc arbitration against a regulator.
• Acting for the Claimant in a London seated LCIA arbitration concerning the construction of an oil facility in Iraq.

Regulatory: CCI/Sanctions

• Advising a European bank on a c.EUR200bn money laundering investigation.
• Advising a FTSE 100 consumer goods company on sanctions and compliance matters.
• Advising a range of financial institutions, technology companies, manufacturing and defence companies in respect of sanctions and compliance matters.