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Tom Laidler

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London
About

Tom Laidler has extensive experience acting for financial institutions, intermediaries, investors, high-net-worth individuals, and officeholders on complex, high-value and often expedited cross-border disputes, with a particular focus on corporate, finance, restructuring and insolvency matters. He is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association and the Association of Corporate Trustees.

The Legal 500 UK has recommended Tom in Commercial Litigation (Premium) and Banking Litigation (Investment and Retail) where he has been described by clients as “extremely bright, very hard-working and fun to work with”, and “an up and coming star”.

Areas of FocusLitigios, arbitraje e investigaciones
Professional QualificationsSolicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales

EXPERIENCE

  • Acting for Atlas Mara Limited, an investment bank, on its successful defence of a USD200 million claim concerning alleged breaches of a share purchase agreement in respect of an African bank, including a 4 week trial before the English High Court (Commercial Court).
  • Acting for the Plan Company (Project Lietzenburger Straße Holdco S.à r.l.), the holding company for a large German real estate asset, on its successful and heavily contested EUR1 billion debt restructuring under Part 26A Companies Act 2006.
  • Acting for Global Loan Agency Services Limited and GLAS Trustee Corporation Limited, as facility agent and security trustee under certain secured financing arrangements, in their defence of an English High Court claim arising out of the collapse of Debenhams PLC.
  • Acting for Oceanwood Opportunities Master Fund, as the majority holder of EUR290 million senior secured notes issued by the Norske Skog group, in expedited proceedings before the English High Court for declaratory relief regarding a contested enforcement sale process for a global paper manufacturer.
  • Acting for Deloitte, as administrators of African Minerals Limited, an AIM-listed company with debts of over USD1 billion whose principal asset was an iron ore mine in Sierra Leone, in connection with its scheme of arrangement and claims against the Shandong Iron & Steel Group with a value in excess of USD220 million.
  • Acting for Fairhold Securitisation Limited (the issuer of approximately GBP440 million secured notes) in expedited proceedings before the English High Court for declaratory and injunctive relief regarding the wrongful appointment of administrators and attempted pre-pack sale.
  • Acting for a major oil company in a USD380 million complex cross-border fraud claim brought in the English High Court against four high-net-worth individuals, including ancillary freezing order relief.
  • Acting for the majority shareholder in the world’s second largest razorblade manufacturer in a complex boardroom dispute with a private equity investor. The dispute involved expedited high value claims in the English High Court, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and India; and criminal proceedings in Dubai.
  • Acting for a hedge fund in its defence of an English High Court claim for breach of a derivative contract, involving complex issues of valuation and market abuse.
  • Acting for Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc on its insolvency, particularly regarding its interests in its European subsidiary’s GBP7 billion administration surplus, including the Waterfall I and Waterfall II applications.
  • Acting for KPMG, as the administrators of MF Global UK, a global commodities brokerage with debts in excess of USD5 billion, including with regard to the shortfall, client money, resolution and pensions applications, as well as various creditor claims.
Education
  • BPP, Legal Practice Course, 2008
  • Leeds University, LLB Hons (Law), 2006

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Law Society of England and Wales
  • The Insolvency Lawyers Association
  • The Association of Corporate Trustees

My latest insights

Publication

Seeking Worldwide Freezing Orders from the English court: learning points from recent...

18 de octubre de 2024 .8 minute read

Publication

Cineworld restructuring plan sanctioned (despite prior promise to protect certain...

17 de octubre de 2024 .18 minute read

Publication

Public policy in debt disputes – when arbitration and insolvency collide

30 de julio de 2024 .9 minute read

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