Bio
Matthew is a Disputes Partner.
Matthew specialises in complex, high-value litigation, with particular expertise in reputation management and defamation, shareholder and partnership disputes, contractual disputes, ex-employee claims, commercial fraud, and intellectual property disputes.
Experienced in alterantive dispute resolution, Matthew advises across a range of matters including unfair prejudice petitions, derivative actions, disputes around acquisitions, breach of warranties claims, breach of director duties, international disputes cross-border enforcement, restrictive covenant disputes, confidential information misuse, and breach of employee duties.
He works with household-name gambling operators defending claims brought by customers; advises on a range of disputes in the sporting sector spanning football, cricket and boxing; and works with solicitors, accountants and surveyors accused of professional negligence.
Examples of Matthew’s work include:
- Acting for the seller of a championship football club in a dispute regarding deferred consideration and the sale of the club’s land.
- Securing judgment for circa £7 million following a contested High Court trial for the defendant in a dispute concerning a series of unpaid loans and allegations of misrepresentations and collateral agreements.
- Acting for the defendants in a £4 million fraudulent breach-of-trust claim brought by the trustee in the claimant’s bankruptcy.
- Acting for an individual and their business who were subject to defamatory posts on social media and slanderous statements.
- Supporting a large group of companies in a dispute with the Managing Director of two of its subsidiary companies.
- Acting for the majority shareholder in response to allegations of unfair prejudice and breach of directors’ duties.
- Advising several global bookmakers in relation to High Court claims brought by former customers.