Commercial Litigation lawyers

Daniel Scognamiglio

Daniel leads our travel team based in Southampton. He is a specialist in multi-jurisdictional disputes, travel insurance litigation and tour operator liability and is qualified as a solicitor in England and Attorney at Law (non practising) New York. He has a particular specialism in handling travel insurance and foreign personal injury matters, advising insurers and the public as a result of accidents that have happened abroad; dealing with general insurance litigation and commercial disputes with an international or multi-jurisdictional element. Daniel also advises travel agents and tour operators as to the Package Travel Regulations, ATOL and CAA.

Blake Morgan LLP

Daniel Sheehan

Partner

Fieldfisher

Daniel Slifkin

Over the course of 34 years at Cravath, Daniel Slifkin has tried numerous cases in courts nationwide, as well as in domestic and international arbitrations. He is a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. “A real trial powerhouse” (Benchmark Litigation), Mr. Slifkin is among the few litigators to have taken a securities fraud class action through jury verdict. In addition to securities and derivative matters, he has substantial experience in antitrust matters, bankruptcy proceedings and general commercial litigation. Mr. Slifkin also represents clients in regulatory investigations by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and European Union. In particular, he has considerable knowledge of the financial services industry, having represented numerous of the world’s leading financial institutions in a wide range of matters.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

Daniel Smith

Daniel Smith is a Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team. Daniel joined the firm in 2015 as a paralegal after graduating from Oxford Brooks University and completing the Legal Practice Course in Oxford at the University of Law. Daniel’s training has had a significant focus on property, having spent a year in the Residential Conveyancing team. He undertook seats in Residential Conveyancing, Property Litigation and Commercial Property through his training contract. Daniel qualified as a Solicitor in the Dispute Resolution team in January 2020.

Gardner Leader LLP

Daniel Stern

Daniel is a Partner and Head of the Property Litigation team in the Manchester office. He has expertise in commercial, insolvency, banking, and real estate litigation, advising both national UK and overseas clients on a wide range of residential and commercial property-related contentious issues. He is known for his clear, pragmatic, and cost-effective solutions to complicated issues and his proactive approach to resolving disputes. His client base ranges from FTSE companies to SMEs, high-net-worth landlords and investors.

Slater Heelis (Part of Lawfront)

Daniel Tabak

Partner

Cohen & Gresser LLP

Daniel Weiner

Commercial Litigation International and Domestic Arbitration Intellectual Property Disputes Art and Non-Profit Law.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Daniel Wilmot

Partner Dan specialises in international arbitration and arbitration-related litigation before the English Courts. He is ranked in all of Chambers UK, Chambers Global and Legal 500 for his practice, and is described as “an exceptional talent” and as having “an incredible breadth of knowledge." Dan has advised and acted in international commercial and investor-state arbitrations. His experience covers arbitrations under the major institutional rules and in ad-hoc arrangements, and he has advised on disputes subject to a wide range of applicable laws and arbitral seats. Dan has an equally deep experience of arbitration-related litigation before the English Courts, covering anti-suit and related relief, challenges to arbitral awards and enforcement matters. Dan is widely recognised for his experience of acting on disputes connected with Africa, particularly for indigenous companies in dispute with multinational partners and financial institutions. A fluent English and French speaker, Dan’s recent activities have involved Nigeria, Cameroon, Ghana, Tanzania, Kenya, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea and Botswana. Dan also has a significant practice of advising clients on disputes connected with the GCC region. Dan is similarly recognised for his expertise in disputes arising in the oil & gas sector, including on construction matters. His practice is almost entirely international and has included advising on cases in the technology, infrastructure, healthcare, finance, transport, automotive, mining, power, manufacturing, insurance, shipping, hospitality and consumer retail industries. Dan’s client base includes multinational corporates, investors, HNWIs and Governments. Alongside his counsel work, Dan accepts arbitrator appointments. He is a regular speaker and author in his fields of practice and is Adjunct Professor of International Commercial Arbitration at Pepperdine University. Dan is also an expert in disputes legal tech and consults in the space.

Stewarts Law LLP

Daniela Gramaticescu

Daniela Gramaticescu is a Partner in NNDKP's Dispute Resolution practice. With 24 years of experience in the legal profession, Daniela has extensive experience in dispute resolution matters, with a focus on administrative, tax, civil, and commercial litigation. She assists clients in complex disputes related to tax, infrastructure, real estate, energy, environmental matters, competition and public procurement. Her work also covers class actions and regulatory matters across several industries. Additionally, Daniela regularly advises in domestic and international arbitration cases, particularly those involving high-value contractual and investment-related claims.

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Daniele Favalli

Partner, head Arbitration practice.

VISCHER

Danielle Barchyn

Partner

MLT Aikins LLP

Danielle Best

Legal Director - Specialty Core

Weightmans LLP

Danielle Ferguson

Managing Associate

TLT

Danish Siddiqui

Lawyer, at the Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation department

Stonewater

Daphna Kapeliuk

Partner

Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co.

Daphne Rijkers

Daphne specialises in commercial litigation, combining her expertise on complex cases with clear pragmatism. She handles a variety of matters such as corporate fraud, contractual and tort disputes, matters of enforcement and execution of claims. Daphne is experienced in civil attachment law and regularly advises international clients on the execution of foreign judgments in the Netherlands. In addition, she represents financial institutions in proceedings regarding financial disputes. Please visit the Stibbe website for more details: https://www.stibbe.com/people/daphne-rijkers.

Stibbe

Darren Kidd

Darren is an experienced litigator specialising in high value and complex disputes. He has experience across a broad range of domestic and international matters, including in banking / financial services, fraud, insolvency, professional negligence and tax. He has particular experience of structuring and progressing group litigation and litigation funding. Darren has acted for a variety of clients, including high net worth individuals, airlines, banks, financial authorities, hedge funds, insolvency practitioners, insurance companies, law firms, telecommunications companies and trustees. Darren’s experience includes working internationally and in-house. During his time at Herbert Smith Freehills, Darren completed a one-year secondment to the firm’s Melbourne office and a nine-month secondment to one of the ‘Big Four’ accountancy firms. How Darren can help you Financial services litigation Commercial litigation and disputes Professional negligence Experience At his previous firm, Stewarts, Darren’s caseload included advising over 350 individuals, a number of whom are well-known personalities, in group litigation involving claims in fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy and negligence against various parties including a number of large banks. The claims arose from investments in various tax-efficient investment vehicles focused on films and video games. The case was listed in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2018 and 2022. Darren has also acted for the liquidators of two BVI companies in relation to €500 million claims against Deutsche Bank AG and others concerning complex financial derivatives linked to the Icelandic bank, Kaupthing hf.

Clarke Willmott LLP

Darryl Cruz

Darryl’s litigation practice is focused on professional liability and commercial litigation. He has appeared at all levels of court in Ontario and in the Supreme Court of Canada. Darryl has conducted many trials, both jury and non-jury, over his litigation career. His trials have been in relation to all areas of law, including contracts, advertising, competition, insurance, tax, environmental, intellectual property, technology, defamation, employment and professional negligence. In the professional negligence context, Darryl is known for his work as lead counsel for physicians in a wide variety of negligence and discipline cases. Darryl teaches Trial Advocacy and Medical Negligence at Queen’s Law School.

McCarthy Tétrault

Darryl Kennard

Darryl is a partner in the marine, trade and energy team in the London office and a key member of the emergency response team. He is one of the few shipping lawyers who specialise in both ‘wet’ and ‘dry’ work from collisions, salvage, groundings, total losses, fires and piracy through to charterparty disputes and claims arising under bills of lading. Based in Norway for one year and in Singapore for five years, Darryl receives instructions from salvors, container lines, dry bulk and tanker owners as well as charterers, traders, P&I clubs and other insurers.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Dasheng Zhang

Professional lawyer. Supervisor of master's students of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

Long An Law Firm

Dave Boolauky

Head of Dispute Resolution, Mauritius

Bowmans

Dave Liqui Lung

Lawyer, at the Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation department

Stonewater

Dave Wishnew

Founding Partner

Crawford, Wishnew & Lang PLLC

David B. Adler

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP