Simon Miller is a partner in Squire Sanders' Litigation team and is co-leader of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group working with global practice group leader James D Thomas. Simon was formerly head of Hammonds LLP's Leeds office and was international department head of Hammonds LLP's Commercial & Dispute Resolution practice. Simon is a solicitor advocate and has appeared in many interim applications, conducted trials and appeared in the Court of Appeal. Simon has wide ranging commercial litigation experience.

Representative Experience

General Commercial and Trading Disputes

• Acting for a Japanese printing company in a dispute with the Dutch Revenue following its seizure of a printing press after an administration of a local printing company.
• Advising one of the UK's mail order businesses in a multimillion pound dispute with its carrier.
• Advising a Europe-based telecommunications company in a warranty dispute with the vendor of its England- based subsidiary.
• Acting for a UK IT plc in arbitration proceedings in California arising out of the sale of its UK subsidiary.
• Acting for a number of UK corporations and financial institutions in fraud claims against former and current employees involving freezing injunctions and search and seizure orders.

Shareholder and partnership disputes

• Acting for an international law firm in a multimillion pound dispute with a number of its former partners.
• Advising a UK law firm on a claim against another national UK law firm for poaching a team of lawyers in breach of their partnership covenants.
• Advising an international law firm on a jurisdictional and partnership dispute with the former head of one of its European offices.
• Acting for the minority shareholders in a high value, high profile claim for unfair prejudice in relation to the diversion of a corporate opportunity.
• Representing a minority shareholder in injunction proceedings to restrain the use of pull provisions in a shareholder agreement.

Banking, Pensions and Professional Negligence Claims

• Advising one of the UK's clearing banks on structured alternative dispute resolution in relation to a portfolio of claims valued at more than £50 million.
• Representing a bank in Spain in relation to a number of high value disputes arising out of a €400 million securitisation.
• Acting for the trustees of a number of pension schemes in disputes as to the true benefits to be paid to members following an acquisition.
• Advising an international law firm in relation to a claim against its auditors.
• Advising a number of UK corporations on claims against their actuarial, tax and investment advisers.
• Advising a number of banks and financial institutions on claims against their former professional advisers.