Duncan Saunders' practice encompasses a broad spectrum of commercial, corporate, financial services, energy and banking disputes; both international and domestic.

Duncan has experience of representing for parties in disputes involving litigation in the English High Court, international arbitration, and mediation.  He has acted for a diverse range of clients including leading energy industry conglomerates, hedge funds, banks, public-private partnership concessionaires, pension schemes and football clubs, both in the UK and in matters spanning several overseas jurisdictions.

Representative Experience

• Representing Russian and Ukrainian claimants in a US$385 million LCIA arbitration concerning the ownership of an industrial group operating in Central Asia.
• Advising investors in a Swiss company on potential US$3 billion investment treaty claims against a Central Asian state, in connection with nationalisation of energy assets.
• Advising a Swiss hedge fund on complex unsecured, trust asset and client money claims totalling £55 million in the Lehman Brothers administration, including filing protective claims.
• Assisting with advice to a Spanish bank on several disputes with other financial institutions arising in connection with a €455 million securitisation structure, leading to a favourable settlement.
• Advising a leading Russian investment bank on dispute resolution mechanisms in various corporate sale and guarantee agreements.
• Acting for the trustees of an international engineering group pension scheme in connection with professional negligence claims against the scheme's investment advisors, concerning a £5.8 million loss caused by the incorrect implementation of currency hedges.
• Acting for an English Premier League football club in relation to the settlement of a dispute with a Spanish club concerning €3 million unpaid transfer fees.
• Assisting with representation of a US multinational in connection with an investigation of its UK pension scheme deficit, under the Pensions Regulator's 'moral hazard' powers, in connection with Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings in the US.