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Tim Hardy

Exceptionally experienced former City litigator now practising as a full time Independent Mediator. Regularly appointed to mediate all manner of complex Commercial, Corporate, Investor, Partnership and Financial Disputes such as: A Shareholder Dispute between a private equity fund with a controlling interest in a publicly owned luxury fashion brand and the founder of the brand over the interpretation and enforceability of an agreement to sell the founder’s minority interest Deadlocked Private Company equally owned by the founders who could not agree on the future strategy resolved by a staged redistribution of equity and a split of the business Partnership Dispute between an international firm and a former partner claiming damages for misrepresentation, breach of duty of good faith and duress following an agreed termination on terms, which they subsequently discovered, were less favourable than those offered to others Liquidator and Creditor disputing a substantial proof of debt related to an alleged Carousel VAT fraud perpetrated on the creditor Investors in an African State in dispute relating to a claim for compensation for expropriation of their investments Bank Business Support unit being sued by shareholders of a business financed by the bank and put into liquidation following a financial review of the business undertaken by a firm of accountants allegedly without authority · IPOS Mediation

EnglandCommercial Litigation, CorporateEnglish

About

Former City litigator now practising full time as an Independent Mediator, regularly appointed to resolve complex commercial, corporate, investor, partnership and financial disputes. Experienced in shareholder and private company deadlock matters, partnership claims, creditor/liquidator disputes (including VAT-related proofs of debt), investor-state expropriation claims and banking-related disputes.

Practice areas

Commercial LitigationCorporateInvestor-StatePartnershipShareholderBanking & FinanceInsolvency & Restructuring

Office

Expertise

MediationPrivate EquityLuxury/Consumer BrandsInternational Investment / ExpropriationVAT/Tax DisputesBanking-related DisputesLiquidations

Education

  • LLM Advance Litigation (with distinction), 1996
  • CEDR Accredited Mediator, 2001
  • Solicitor Advocate Higher Court (Civil Proceedings), 2002
  • PG Dip International Arbitration, 2009
  • Fellowship, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, 2011

Admissions

  • Solicitor Advocate (Higher Courts) — Higher Court (Civil Proceedings), 2002
  • Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb), 2011

Languages

English