Bio
Toby is a Disputes Partner.
Toby is a commercial litigation partner specialising in complex, high-value disputes with an international dimension.
He advises corporates, high-growth and technology businesses and high-net-worth individuals across a broad range of contentious matters, including contract disputes, shareholder disputes, fraud, misrepresentation and regulatory issues.
He has extensive experience acting before all levels of the English courts, and regularly represents clients in arbitration under major institutional rules, including LCIA, ICC, LME and GAFTA.
His practice also includes mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.
Toby is particularly known for his expertise in urgent and strategic applications, including freezing injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other forms of interim relief.
Many of his cases involve multi-jurisdictional issues, and he works closely with international counsel to deliver coordinated cross-border litigation and arbitration strategies.
Toby’s client base spans a range of sectors, including technology, energy, commodities and marine, financial services, gaming and hospitality.
He has acted for distributors, multinational trading houses, insurers and investors in complex, high-value disputes worldwide, alongside acting in a range of yacht and super-yacht disputes.
Toby is valued for his pragmatic, commercially0focused approach and his ability to guide clients through high-risk disputes with clarity and strategic insight.
Examples of Toby’s work include:
- Acting for energy infrastructure and commodities companies in Nigeria and Pakistan in disputes in the English High Court, including matters concerning injunctive relief.
- Acting for Part 20 Defendant stockbrokers in a class action brought by a group of investors who claimed that structured notes had been missold to them.
- Obtaining freezing orders and Norwich Pharmacal orders in a series of cases in relation to cyber-fraud and breach of mandate.
- Acting for a bank defending a claim for professional negligence.
- Acting in disputes relating to gaming companies based in Cyprus involving tax arrangements and regulatory issues.