Justin’s practice involves the representation of high net worth individuals and companies in high-stakes cross-border disputes involving commercial litigation, international arbitration and associated interim relief.
Over the past decade Justin has advised on a number of freezing injunction cases including VTB v Nutritek, which went to the Supreme Court and became the leading authority on piercing the corporate veil. More recently he was involved in National Trust Bank v Yurov & Others, representing the second and fifth defendants in a two month Commercial Court trial; Sberbank v OJSC International Bank of Azerbaijan, representing Sberbank in an action seeking to avoid the impact of a foreign insolvency process which went to the Court of Appeal and Empreno & LIC Telecommunications Sarl v VTB Capital Plc & Others, acting for the shareholders of BTC in a Commercial Court claim against VTB and others. Justin is also representing ENRC in ENRC v Khazageldin and ENRC v Hollingsworth.
John B Quinn, founder of Quinn Emanuel, said: ‘Justin is a top-quality litigator and advocate with a client base that will add real depth to our talented London office. He has been lead counsel on a number of groundbreaking commercial disputes and arbitrations and the firm is extremely pleased he is joining us. We anticipate further growth in London in the coming months.’
Justin said: ‘I am very excited to join Quinn Emanuel and join forces with such a terrific team. My clients want a strong litigation brand, that offers conflict-free representation and a greater flexibility to go adverse to banks and financial institutions. For the international disputes market here in London, Quinn Emanuel is ahead of the game. I am looking forward to this new challenge.’
