Oliver Humphrey
Partner Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
French, Spanish
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Experience
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Chambers, 2023Oliver is a strategic thinker.
Oliver Humphrey, a litigation partner at the London office, is widely recognized for solving high profile and complex disputes, often spanning many jurisdictions. Oliver is recommended in the Chambers and Legal 500 directories.
Oliver's wide-ranging practice encompasses fraud, contentious insolvency, asset tracing and enforcement, as well as other commercial and financial disputes for clients across a range of business sectors, including private credit, financial services, energy and consumer products. He regularly clients in relation to distressed and insolvent businesses, and has acted on numerous matters involving default and enforcement scenarios.
Oliver's clients, which include private credit funds, financial institutions, large corporations, insolvency professionals and high net worth individuals, rely on him for commercial and practical advice delivered persuasively and clearly. Oliver has extensive trial experience, and his experience of working in-house at Lloyds Banking Group helps him to deliver advice that avoids legal jargon and focuses on his client's real-world needs.
Legal 500, 2024Oliver fights hard for his clients, makes excellent strategic decisions, and is a very clever litigator.
Representative experience
Acting for JSC CB PrivatBank against Igor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Bogolyubov and others in a fraud claim worth over US$2bn relating to the misappropriation of assets from the Bank.
Acting for Madison Pacific and Argentem Creek Partners in claims to enforce USD 100m personal guarantees given by the UBOs of GN Terminal Enterprises, a Ukrainian grain transhipment business.
Acting for Gramercy Funds Management in claims against Oleg Bakhmatyuk in connection with the enforcement of USD 275m of defaulted notes issued by Ukrainian agriculture conglomerate UkrLandFarming.
Successfully defending the Formula 1 litigation, a series of high profile claims alleging bribery in relation to the sale of the Formula 1 business in 2006.
Acting for FM Capital Partners, an FCA-regulated asset manager, in its successful fraud claims against its former CEO and associates for receipt of secret commissions.
Acting for Teneo, the Special Administrators of Sova Capital, a regulated brokerage house, in connection with multiple court applications arising out of Sova's insolvency.
Acting for PwC, the administrators of Travelex, in the defence of claims brought by a creditor in relation to a US$50m transaction.
Acting for BTA Bank in a successful US$1bn claim against its former chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov, relating to a fraudulent loan scheme.
Successfully defending NAMA in a £660m loan transfer dispute relating to three of London's most famous hotels, Claridge's, the Connaught and the Berkeley.
Acting for financial institutions on various matters, including financial product mis-selling, professional negligence and fraud claims.
Credentials
- L.P.C., BPP University Law School, 2008
- Graduate Diploma in Law, Nottingham Trent University, 2007
- B.A. Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge, 2006