Daniel is regularly instructed to appear as an advocate, advise and settle pleadings in commercial, civil fraud and insolvency disputes. He also has in-house experience, having worked as a stagiare at the Paris office of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, and on secondment to the commercial litigation department of Peters & Peters LLP.
Notable Commercial and Insolvency cases
Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International & Ors (ongoing):
Acting on behalf of the Credit Suisse Deal Team (led by Peter Knox KC, Rupert Butler and Ian Smith) in a multi-billion-dollar civil fraud claim concerning the enforceability of state guarantees. The case is listed for a three-month trial starting in October 2023.
Lux Locations v Yida Zhang [2023] UKPC 3 :
Acting on behalf of the Appellant (led by Thomas Roe KC) in a matter of commercial and procedural law, arising out a substantial land purchase transaction in Antigua.
Drafting statements of case and acting for a major contractor in a claim for breach of contract and misrepresentation arising out of the refurbishment of a hospital.
Advising a liquidator on misfeasance and debt claims against a former company director.
Drafting and advising on deeds of assignment for a national charity
Advising (as junior counsel) in an ICC arbitration of a dispute relating to alleged breaches of tax warranties contained in an SPA.
Drafting statements of case in a construction dispute arising out of the Hinkley Point nuclear power station project.
Assisting Richard Samuel in Lily Properties & Anoth v Stonebridge & Others [2020] EWHC 2113 (CH), an unfair prejudice petition involving a company formed by a residential community.
Assisting with drafting statements of case for a multi-million-pound breach of contract and unjust enrichment claim relating to a series of property developments.
Advising on the enforcement of a C$16,000,000 Canadian judgment under the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933.
Advising (as junior counsel) in an ICC arbitration concerning railway infrastructure supply contracts.
Advising in relation to breach of trust and devastavit claims against personal representatives.
Assisting Richard Samuel in Tenaga Nasional Berhad v Frazer-Nash Research [2018] EWHC 1848 (QB), an application to register Malaysian judgments under the Administration of Justice Act 1920.
Assisting, as a pupil, Tom Poole in Re One Blackfriars Ltd; Hyde v Bannon [2017], a successfully resisted interlocutory application that concerned the relationship between the CPR and Insolvency Rules as part of a multi-million-pound claim against former administrators of a company.
