Sophie is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution Team. Her experience covers a broad range of commercial disputes, with a particular focus on shareholder and director disputes, civil fraud and breaches of contract.
Sophie acts for claimants and defendants and advises individuals, enterprises and corporates. She has extensive trial experience in litigation and arbitration proceedings, and of Alternative Dispute Resolution procedures.
Areas of expertise:
- Shareholder and Director Disputes
- Civil Fraud
- Commercial and Contract Disputes
- Professional Negligence
- Insolvency Litigation
recent experience
- Acting for the Defendant director/shareholder in two unfair prejudice petitions valued by the Petitioners at over £11m each
- Acting for the Claimant in a claim for fraudulent misrepresentation arising from a business purchase
- Acting for the Defendant in a claim by her ex-husband’s creditors under s423 of the Insolvency Act 1986
- Acting for the Claimants in a claim in the Chancery Division for breach of contract arising from failures to make payments due pursuant to various project management agreements
- Acting for the Defendant in a claim in the London Circuit Commercial Court for unpaid invoices and counterclaim for failures to provide services under a sponsorship agreement
- Acting for the Respondents in a high value LCIA arbitration with claims and counterclaims for fraudulent misrepresentation and unlawful means conspiracy
- Advising a high net worth individual on claims arising from investments in fraudulent schemes promoted by a purported financial advisor
- Advising a manufacturing company on force majeure and pricing clauses in response to COVID-19
memberships
- London Solicitors Litigation Association
- Junior London Solicitors Litigation Association
- Young Fraud Lawyers Association
