About
Velitor Law is a boutique legal practice with a unique focus on claimants. It provides us with a single-minded mission to seek justice and recourse against seemingly insurmountable institutions. At our heart, we’re interested in representing our clients with determination and resilience. We also want to liberate them from the conflicts and complexities that often come with global practices. - Focus Dispute resolution is increasingly global, and Velitor Law excels in handling the world’s largest litigations and arbitrations. From our London headquarters, we support a diverse international client base, litigating wherever necessary. Our multidisciplinary team includes seasoned investigators, reputation specialists, and significant funders, all committed to achieving the best outcomes for our clients worldwide. - Ambition Velitor Law is on track to be the UK’s most prestigious claimant disputes firm – bringing together the most perceptive and effective legal minds, backed by unrivalled resources, progressive technologies, and a clear purpose. Our experience in handling high-profile cases at the highest levels is second to none. - Approach Designed around a modern legal service delivery model, Velitor Law prioritises the client experience, tools, talent, and technology. We aim to liberate claimants from conflicts and complexities that other firms might amplify. Our flexible resourcing offers agility and provides top practitioners precisely when and where needed. - Our expertise Commercial litigation: Velitor Law specialises in commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Our expert partners handle complex, high-value disputes across all levels of the English courts. We represent businesses, business owners, and high-net-worth individuals in cases involving breach of contract, misrepresentation, reputation management, and contentious trusts, often with fraud allegations. International arbitration: Arbitration is a core practice at Velitor Law. Our lawyers have extensive experience with all major arbitral rules, including the ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, and regional centres in Singapore, Dubai, and Hong Kong. We also handle investor-state disputes. Competition litigation: Our team excels in competition claims, including group litigation and class actions. We work closely with major litigation funders, ensuring victims of anti-competitive conduct are compensated. We advise on international antitrust regulations and manage court challenges to enforcement decisions. Insolvency disputes and asset recovery: Velitor Law represents officeholders and individual stakeholders in contentious insolvency and asset recovery. Our team handles complex, high-value, cross- border disputes involving offshore entities, aiming for efficient resolution and maximum recoveries. Financial services disputes: We are experts in banking and financial services claims, representing investors against significant banks. Our experience includes complex injunctions, banking fraud cases, and disputes involving derivatives, bonds, and guarantees. Fintech and Blockchain disputes: Our lawyers understand blockchain technology, cryptocurrency markets, and related ecosystems. We advise on crypto-fraud, asset recoveries, and blockchain-based token disputes, staying ahead of regulatory developments. Property disputes: Velitor Law handles complex property disputes, focusing on leasehold issues. We provide comprehensive support for lease renewals, breaches, and service charge disagreements, protecting clients’ property rights. Reputation management: We offer expertise in reputation management, defending clients against defamation, online harassment, and data breaches. Our proactive strategies ensure personal and corporate reputations are protected. ### Languages - English - Cantonese - Mandarin - Portuguese
Office locations
London
London
Velitor Law Central Court 25 Southampton Buildings London WC2A 1AL
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Christopher Lillywhite
Christopher is a commercial litigation and international arbitration Partner at Velitor Law. He specialises in complex, high-value international disputes and has advised clients across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, metallurgy and mining, renewable energy and industrial manufacturing. He has particular expertise in shareholder disputes, claims involving directors’ duties and civil fraud. As a litigator, he has experience at all levels of the English courts and he has appeared in both commercial and investment arbitrations (including as advocate) conducted under a variety of different arbitral rules including the LCIA, ICC and ICSID Rules. · Commercial Litigation
Helen Chen
Helen is an Associate at Velitor Law, specialising in cross-border commercial disputes. Helen is dual-qualified in England and Wales and the BVI. Outside of the firm, Helen is a Council Member representing Women Lawyers at the Law Society. She is also pursuing an LLM in Human Rights, Conflicts and Justice at SOAS. · Litigation
Inês Santos
Inês is a Senior Associate at Velitor Law, specialising in commercial disputes, including claims for breach of contract, shareholder and joint venture disputes, professional negligence, misrepresentation claims and international fraud. Inês also has experience in reputation management involving data protection disputes and defamation. She has a particular interest in cross-border disputes involving Portuguese-speaking countries. · Commercial Litigation
Jason Rose
Jason is a Senior Associate at Velitor Law and specialises in commercial litigation and international arbitration. He has represented clients throughout Europe, Australia, the Middle East, the US, and the British Virgin Islands, with a focus on international arbitrations in the infrastructure and oil and gas sectors, as well as commercial arbitrations. Jason also has experience in trust litigation, shareholder disputes, construction disputes, blockchain and cryptocurrency disputes, and appeals. · Litigation
Jonathan Child
Jonathan is Counsel at Velitor Law. He specialises in complex, high-value international disputes and has advised clients across a broad range of sectors, including financial services, commodities, and manufacturing. Jonathan routinely advises on large scale commercial disputes, including corporate and commercial disputes, insolvency disputes, and urgent interim relief. Jonathan’s practice often has an international and cross-jurisdictional element, and he has acted for clients and teams all over the world. Jonathan has worked on a number of reported cases, including two matters heard before the Privy Council over recent years. He has extensive familiarity with proceedings brought both in the English High Court and in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Jonathan acts for a diverse array of individuals, officeholders and corporates. Jonathan is admitted to practice in both England and Wales and the British Virgin Islands (Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean) · Litigation
Liam Spender
Liam is Counsel and Head of Real Estate Litigation at Velitor Law. As a commercial litigator, he specialises in high-value, complex commercial disputes, for a range of clients including FTSE 100 companies and high net worth individuals. His work is frequently international in nature, with experience of disputes in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, as well as disputes courts in Canada, France, Italy and the British Virgin Islands. Key areas of expertise include corporate insolvency, breakdown in shareholder relations, partnerships, professional negligence, cryptocurrencies, trusts and shipping. · Litigation
Seamus Andrew
Seamus is a commercial litigator specialising in international litigation and arbitration, and is the founder and Managing Partner of Velitor Law. The firm is a culmination of his 30 years’ experience of international disputes work, and forms the bedrock for an all-star team, which catalyses a diversity of styles and specialisms. Velitor’s goal is to deliver the highest value knowledge, judgment and advocacy in the resolution of disputes. A leading practitioner, Seamus has disputes experience at all levels of civil tribunal in the UK, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. His cases have ranged from the world of hedge funds to the film industry, from shipping to fine art, and from intellectual property to contracts, trusts and torts. He has has spoken widely on the subjects of trust litigation and anti-money laundering laws. · Litigation