Eleanor Wilson-Holt

Advising a group of institutional investors in their claim against Petrofac Ltd under section 90A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.

Acted for one of the defendants in the “Ingenious Litigation”, a multi-party film financing / tax saving dispute (involving 463 claimants) which brings claims of fraud and/or negligence with respect to investments in Ingenious’ film investment scheme.

Acted for a US party that had been funded in US litigation by a claims funder who now alleges that the claim was under-settled and what ought to have been the fruits of the claims was diverted to another group company.

Advised certain subsidiaries of a Russian mining and metals group listed on NYSE and their Swiss lawyers with respect to potential English law claims and remedies to which they might be entitled (in Swiss litigation and potential English litigation), after becoming embroiled in attempts made by another party to make the clients accountable for a c.US$100million debt owed to that party by a bankrupt Swiss entity.

Acted for the Claimant in The Software Incubator Ltd v Computer Associates UK Limited, which sought statutory compensation and other payments pursuant to the Commercial Agent (Council Directive) Regulations 1993 (the “Regulations”) and damages for breach of contract.