Ellie is a Senior Associate in the Commercial Dispute 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 represents a diverse client base in complex litigation, with experience spanning a number of sectors, including banking, construction, infrastructure, retail and hospitality.
Ellie also has experience dealing with contentious employment matters, and has advised on the enforceability of post-termination restrictions, confidential information obligations, and claims in the Employment Tribunal. Ellie also has experience advising on complex data protection issues, to include obligations arising from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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.
