Ellie is a Senior Associate in the Litigation team. She has a broad commercial practice with particular expertise in company and shareholder disputes, financial disputes, contractual disputes, fraud, professional negligence and enforcement of foreign awards and cross-border disputes.
Ellie has experience representing a diverse client base in complex litigation, with experience spanning a number of sectors, including banking, construction, infrastructure, retail and hospitality.
Ellie’s experience includes:
- Acting for a lender in respect of complex litigation arising from secured asset backed lending for development financing and bridging. Advising on cumulative claims valued in excess of £30,000,000.
- Acting on behalf of a charity in successfully obtaining an order for Pre-Action Disclosure against a major UK Bank.
- Acting on behalf of an IT procurement firm subject to a summons outside of the jurisdiction and an application to be joined as a third party to proceedings in The Hague.
- Acting on behalf of an e-commerce company in making an application for a springboard injunction against an ex-director, and subsequent expedited trial of its claim for breach of fiduciary duties.
- Acting for a construction firm in multi-faceted litigation between 11 different companies and individuals concerning c. £8.5 million claimed across numerous final accounts, maintenance contracts and inter-company loans. Involved the TCC granting, in what was believed to be the first time, a freezing injunction in relation to an award made in underlying adjudication enforcement proceedings.
