Practice overview

Bobby is a much in demand senior junior. He is described in the legal directories as a rising star who is staggeringly clever and noted for his advocacy capabilities and the practical approach he takes to cases.”

Bobby specialises in general commercial disputes, with an emphasis on civil fraud; shareholder disputes; insolvency; offshore work; and commercial trusts cases. He is regularly instructed in cases of the highest value and importance, of substantial complexity, and with international elements across many jurisdictions.

Bobby appears regularly in both the Commercial and Chancery Courts as well as in international arbitrations. He has substantial offshore experience and is called in the BVI and has DIFC rights of audience.

Bobby enjoys working as sole counsel or leading a junior; he frequently appears unled, often against silks, or silk and junior teams, in high-value and complicated matters.

Bobby has also acted as an expert, determining disputes between parties by way of alternative dispute resolution.

Bobby recognises the importance of a detailed and analytical approach, and combines this with pragmatism and tenacity.

Commercial disputes

Bobby is a busy and successful commercial practitioner. He regularly appears in extremely high-value and highly-complex commercial disputes.

Bobby’s work often includes an international element and he has been instructed in numerous offshore jurisdictions. He is also a member of the BVI bar.

Bobby appears frequently in the Commercial Court; dealing with commercial matters in the Chancery Division; and in international arbitrations. He is well-suited to the demands of commercial work, and combines intellectual rigour with the tenacity needed to deal with high-value and complex claims.

He also has substantial experience of commercial interim remedies, including obtaining – or setting aside – freezing and proprietary injunctions.

Recent matters of note include:

  • Acting (leading Tara Taylor) for the Defendants in a €100 million Commercial Court fraud claim alleged to relate to the collapse of the Steinhoff Group in South Africa (ongoing).
  • Successfully acting for the Claimant in one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2022, Manoukian v Societe Generale de Banque au Liban and Bank Audi [2022] EWHC 669 (QB), in the first international case in which a Lebanese depositor has obtained an order for payment from Lebanese banks, in the context of the Lebanese financial crisis.
  • Acting for the Respondents in a $120m LCIA arbitration concerning an investment in a medical technology company (ongoing).
  • Acting as sole counsel in a £30 million fraud claim concerning sums said to have been stolen from a City brokerage (judgment successfully obtained against two Defendants in full; claim against a further Defendant is ongoing).
  • Acting for the Claimant in the ongoing, leading cryptocurrency case of Tulip Trading v Van der Laan, with a value of many £billions. Bobby was part of the team that successfully opposed jurisdictional challenges in the Court of Appeal [2023] EWCA Civ 83.
  • Acting (in the ADGM) in a dispute worth $350m concerning the enforceability of a guarantee (trial to take place in 2023).
  • Bonafide v Morais: joint venture dispute in the BVI worth many hundreds of millions of dollars, relating to businesses in Hong Kong. Settled (in 2022) shortly before a nine-week trial.
  • As sole counsel against a silk and junior team, successfully obtaining fortification of a freezing injunction in the Commercial Court (Claimants Listed in Schedule 1 v Spence [2021] EWHC 925 (Comm)).
  • Successfully acting for the Claimants in a four-week High Court trial of a shareholder dispute: Dalkilic v Pekin [2021] EWHC 219 (Ch). Successfully obtained declarations at trial as to ownership of a £50m company.
  • Leading Benjamin Slingo, acting for the Defendants in a £20m Commercial Court claim that alleges breaches of a joint venture agreement (ongoing).
  • Successfully setting aside interim injunctions obtained in the context of a joint venture dispute: Meadow Designs Ltd v Rishco Leisure Ltd [2022] EWHC 2211 (Ch).
  • Acted as sole counsel for a defendant resisting a major Commercial Court fraud claim worth over £1 billion.
  • As sole counsel in a number of separate High Court fraud claims arising out of email “phishing” attacks. These include: Solid property v Singh [2018] 3 WLUK 589, where Bobby successfully obtained and held a freezing injunction; and the high-profile Rijksmuseum Twenthe v Simon C Dickinson.
  • A Commercial Court claim concerning the validity of derivatives contracts, involving allegations of bad faith (Goldman Sachs v J Garcia Carrion) – led by Max Mallin KC and leading Tara Taylor.
  • Acting (led by Alan Gourgey KC) in an LME arbitration arising from a fraud in Qingdao, China.
  • Successfully resisting the enforcement of an arbitration award worth some $3 billion, in the Commercial Court: Gazprom v Naftogaz [2019] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 20.
  • Acting (being led by Alan Gourgey KC and leading Jia Wei Lee) in an LCIA arbitration concerning a major commercial dispute relating to a mine, worth many hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Acting as a junior in the major litigation between the city brokerages BGC and Tradition, which settled during a 3-week trial in late 2019. The claims related to alleged conspiracy, an alleged team move and alleged breach of confidentiality.
  • Acting as sole counsel for a Kazakh bank in a Commercial Court fraud claim (ongoing).
  • Acting as sole counsel against a silk and junior team in a high-value Chancery Division dispute concerning the termination of a commercial agency.
  • Acting as sole counsel for the claimant in a Commercial Court claim for conspiracy against private equity investors.
  • Acting in a number of LME arbitrations, including successfully acting for a trading company seeking relief for non-delivery of copper concentrate, and representing a trading company in a dispute relating to want of title.
  • Acting as sole counsel for the defendants in a High Court dispute concerning joint venture agreements relating to the artworks of Robert Indiana.
  • Acting as sole counsel in an ICC arbitration.
  • BVI proceedings concerning whether a trust of shares in a high-profile Ukrainian company was a fraud.

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

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  • Quote symbolBobby has a great deal of knowledge about a range of legal issues, and is able to work on a wide variety of commercial cases while making them seem like his specialist areas.

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  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

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  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

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    DIFC Court rejects $18.5 million damages claim in Kirtanlal International DMCC v State Bank Of India (DIFC Branch)

    Banking and financial services, Commercial disputes, International / offshore

    Bobby Friedman
    Tuesday 17 October 2023

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    Thursday 12th October 2023 | 12.30pm - 6pm, followed by drinks
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    Thursday 8th June 2023 | 12.15pm - 5.55pm followed by drinks & canapés
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Civil fraud and asset recovery

Bobby is a leading civil fraud junior, who is highly-regarded in the industry, and much in-demand. He has an extremely busy civil fraud practice, and has been instructed in many of the most significant fraud claims, both in England and Wales and in other jurisdictions, in recent years.

Bobby has extensive experience of fraud claims that are of extremely high value (including claims worth a number of £billions), and of great complexity, including claims that raise issues in multiple jurisdictions, and that raise questions of foreign law.

Bobby regularly appears as sole counsel or leading a junior, including against silk and junior teams, as well as being part of a larger team where required by the demands of the dispute.

Bobby is also very experienced in obtaining – or opposing – interim remedies in support of fraud claims, including freezing and proprietary injunctions, and Norwich Pharmacal orders.

Recent cases include:

  • Acting (leading Tara Taylor) for the Defendants in a €100 million Commercial Court fraud claim alleged to relate to the collapse of the Steinhoff Group in South Africa (ongoing).
  • Acting for the Respondents in a $120m LCIA arbitration concerning an alleged fraud relating to an investment in a medical technology company (ongoing).
  • Acting as sole counsel in a £30 million High Court fraud claim concerning sums said to have been stolen from a City brokerage (judgment successfully obtained against two Defendants in full; claim against a further Defendant is ongoing).
  • Acting (in the ADGM) in a dispute worth $350m concerning the enforceability of a guarantee, in the context of the high-profile NMC fraud (trial to take place in 2023)
  • Bonafide v Morais: joint venture dispute in the BVI involving serious allegations of dishonesty. Worth many hundreds of millions of dollars. Settled (in 2022) shortly before a nine-week trial.
  • As sole counsel against a silk and junior team, successfully obtaining fortification of a freezing injunction in the Commercial Court in relation to a £50m fraud claim (Claimants Listed in Schedule 1 v Spence [2021] EWHC 925 (Comm)).
  • Acted as sole counsel for a defendant resisting a major Commercial Court fraud claim worth over £1 billion.
  • As sole counsel in a number of separate High Court fraud claims arising out of email “phishing” attacks. These include: Solid property v Singh [2018] 3 WLUK 589, where Bobby successfully obtained and held a freezing injunction; and the high-profile Rijksmuseum Twenthe v Simon C Dickinson.
  • Successfully acting (led by Alan Gourgey KC) in an LME arbitration arising from a fraud in Qingdao, China.
  • Acting as sole counsel for a Kazakh bank in a Commercial Court fraud claim (ongoing).
  • Acting as sole counsel for the claimant in a Commercial Court claim for conspiracy against private equity investors.
  • A major Commercial Court claim for a client seeking damages in deceit and unlawful means conspiracy. Bobby was part of a team that successfully obtained a number of freezing injunctions (Gerald Metals v Timis [2017] EWHC 1375).
  • BVI proceedings concerning whether a trust of shares in a high-profile Ukrainian company was a fraud.

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby controls the courtroom while conducting a case. He is always challenging barristers with more years of experience than him, and knows how to convince a judge of the merits of his argument.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby Friedman is highly intelligent and an effective communicator. He is very comprehensive in his approach.

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Bobby's expertise

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Insolvency

Bobby has a busy insolvency practice and has acted in a number of high-profile and difficult cases. He is also a contributing author of Kerr & Hunter on Receivers and Administrators and has been published in International Corporate Rescue.

Recent and ongoing cases of note include:

  • Acting in a $350m claim in the ADGM relating to the insolvency of the healthcare group NMC (trial due to take place in 2023).
  • Acting as sole counsel for the applicant, seeking to set aside a CCA in the BVI (equivalent to a CVA); the first such challenge to be brought in the BVI (ongoing).
  • Acting as sole counsel on a High Court appeal in relation to the making of a winding up order, involving jurisdictional issues (ongoing).
  • Successfully opposing applications to set aside statutory demands in respect of very substantial debts arising from sums advanced to an investment company (MBU v Gulfberg [2021] EWHC 93 (Ch); MBU v Proton [2021] EWHC 93 (Ch)).
  • Acting as sole counsel for the Claimant in a claim concerning the insolvency of a Kazakh company (ongoing).
  • Acting for the liquidators of a substantial company brining claims against the former director.
  • Representing the administrators of Force India defending a very substantial Chancery Division claim concerning the sale of the Formula One team’s business and assets.
  • Acting as a junior in Re ARM Asset Backed Securities, a significant High Court insolvency claim concerning the distribution of assets on the insolvency of a bond provider, which settled immediately prior to trial in 2017.
  • Successfully acting for a fixed charge-holder resisting an injunction sought against a receiver, and then obtaining the appointment of an administrator on a contested application (Re SS Agri Power Limited [2017] EWHC 2431 (Ch)).
  • Re Carlos Chang Abate. Bobby acted for the Chilean liquidator following the bankruptcy of a well-known Chilean businessman amidst allegations of a widespread international “Ponzi” type fraud, perpetrated within the Arcano Group, in Chile, the US and the BVI. Bobby obtained recognition of the Chilean bankruptcy in the UK (thought to be the first such order ever to be obtained).
  • Acting for an IP in a High Court dispute concerning the transfer of appointments.
  • Successfully obtaining, in the High Court, an order declaring a notice of intention to appoint an administrator as being of no effect.
  • Acting as sole counsel for a major creditor of a company, appealing the liquidator’s decision on its proof of debt.
  • Re Leyton Orient: Advising and appearing for the fans’ trust in respect of the potential insolvency of this well-known football club.
  • Successfully obtaining judgment in favour of an IP in claims against a company director.
  • Successfully resisting the appointment of a liquidator.

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby controls the courtroom while conducting a case. He is always challenging barristers with more years of experience than him, and knows how to convince a judge of the merits of his argument.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby Friedman is highly intelligent and an effective communicator. He is very comprehensive in his approach.

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    City Gardens v Dok 82: High Court confirms that a winding up petition may be brought notwithstanding a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause

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    Bobby Friedman
    Monday 15 May 2023

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International arbitration

Bobby has a very busy arbitration practice. He is instructed in a wide range of arbitral matters, including numerous LCIA, ICC and LME arbitrations. Bobby’s work in arbitrations covers all stages of proceedings, from the pre-action stage through to the hearing itself, and enforcement after successfully obtaining an Award.

Although the details are mostly confidential, the type of work Bobby has recently been involved in includes:

  • Acting for the Respondents in a $120m LCIA arbitration concerning an investment in a medical technology company (ongoing).
  • Acting (being led by Alan Gourgey KC and leading Jia Wei Lee) in an LCIA arbitration concerning a major commercial dispute relating to a Russian mine, worth many hundreds of millions of dollars.
  • Successfully acting (led by Alan Gourgey KC) in an LME arbitration arising from a fraud in Qingdao, China.
  • Acting in a series of significant LCIA arbitrations concerning CIS fraud claims worth many hundreds of millions of pounds (with connected ICAC arbitrations).
  • Successfully resisting the enforcement of an arbitration award worth some $3 billion, in the Commercial Court: Gazprom v Naftogaz [2019] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 20.
  • Successfully acting in an LME arbitration concerning the non-delivery of copper concentrate in a high-value dispute.
  • Acting as sole counsel in an arbitration worth approximately £30 million concerning the construction of a number of ships.
  • Acting as sole counsel in an ICC arbitration concerning a contractual dispute worth £5 million.
  • Acting for a FTSE 100 company in a two-week hearing concerning a dispute as to whether a commercial contract could be terminated.
  • Advising in respect of an anti-suit injunction, and applying for a stay of proceedings in Sierra Leone, for a dispute governed by an arbitration award.
  • Obtaining freezing injunctions in support of arbitration proceedings.
  • Acting in enforcement proceedings relating to an LCIA award.
  • Successfully applying for and obtaining a stay of proceedings in favour of an arbitration in Washington state.

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

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  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

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  • Quote symbolBobby controls the courtroom while conducting a case. He is always challenging barristers with more years of experience than him, and knows how to convince a judge of the merits of his argument.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby Friedman is highly intelligent and an effective communicator. He is very comprehensive in his approach.

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Joint venture and partnership disputes

Bobby is frequently instructed in extremely high-value and complex shareholder disputes. A number of his cases involve an international element. He has substantial experience of unfair prejudice petitions.

Recent examples of shareholder and partnership disputes include:

  • Bonafide v Morais: joint venture and unfair prejudice dispute in the BVI worth many hundreds of millions of dollars, relating to businesses in Hong Kong. Settled (in 2022) shortly before a nine-week trial.
  • Leading Benjamin Slingo, acting for the Defendants in a £20m Commercial Court claim that alleges breaches of a joint venture agreement (ongoing).
  • Successfully setting aside interim injunctions obtained in the context of a joint venture dispute: Meadow Designs Ltd v Rishco Leisure Ltd [2022] EWHC 2211 (Ch).
  • Acting for the Respondents in a $120m LCIA arbitration concerning a shareholder dispute relating to an investment in a medical technology company (ongoing).
  • Successfully acting for the Claimants in a four-week High Court trial of a shareholder dispute: Dalkilic v Pekin [2021] EWHC 219 (Ch). Successfully obtained declarations at trial as to ownership of a £50m company, and then worked on a subsequent unfair prejudice petition.
  • Acting (being led by Alan Gourgey KC and leading Jia Wei Lee) in an LCIA arbitration concerning a major shareholder dispute relating to a mine, worth many hundreds of millions of dollars.

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby controls the courtroom while conducting a case. He is always challenging barristers with more years of experience than him, and knows how to convince a judge of the merits of his argument.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby Friedman is highly intelligent and an effective communicator. He is very comprehensive in his approach.

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Art and cultural property

Bobby is one of the only juniors at the UK bar to be ranked by both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 for art and cultural property disputes.

He specialises in art and commercial property disputes with a commercial element. His cases are often difficult and hard-fought. Many have a high profile.

Recent cases of note include:

  • Acting as sole counsel for the defendants (against two silks and a junior) in a High Court dispute worth in excess of £15m, concerning joint venture agreements relating to the artworks of Robert Indiana.
  • Acting as sole counsel against a silk and junior team in a high-value Chancery Division dispute concerning the termination of a commercial agency, in relation to the works of Sir Frank Bowling.
  • Rijksmuseum Twenthe v Simon C Dickinson. Acting as sole counsel for the Defendant in a Commercial Court claim concerning payment for a Constable painting. Payment was made by the purchaser to a fraudster, rather than to the seller. The purchaser (the Museum) sought to hold agent for the seller responsible for the loss.
  • Acting as sole counsel in the High Court in opposition to a claim for delivery up of various artworks by a company run by the sculptor Dale Chihuly.
  • Acting as sole counsel for the Defendant in a High Court claim brought by the artist Santiago Montoya, who claimed that his contract was an unreasonable restraint of trade. The dispute was worth at least £15m-£20m.

 

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  • Quote symbolBobby embodies what is best about the modern Bar – ferociously bright and relentlessly hard-working.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby works exceptionally well with solicitors and their teams at all levels. All in all, he is a great package of talent and he ticks so many boxes that you would always want him on your side.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby controls the courtroom while conducting a case. He is always challenging barristers with more years of experience than him, and knows how to convince a judge of the merits of his argument.

    The Legal 500 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby is immensely easy to deal with, measured and goes the extra mile. He is always prepared to step up and deals with challenging situations with poise.

    Chambers & Partners 2024

  • Quote symbolBobby Friedman is highly intelligent and an effective communicator. He is very comprehensive in his approach.

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Bobby's Details

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Registered name: Mr Robert Friedman
VAT number: 142076535

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Qualifications and Appointments

  • First Class Degree from Emmanuel College, Cambridge
  • GDL, City University, Distinction and placed 1st in year. Awarded the 3 Verulam Buildings Prize
  • Bar Professional Training Course, City University: graded “Outstanding”
  • Visiting tutor, contract law and EU law, City University (2010-2011)
  • Awarded the Lord Atkin Senior Scholarship by Gray’s Inn (the Inn’s highest award for students) as well as a Prince of Wales Scholarship and a David Karmel Award
  • President, Cambridge Union (2004)
  • Previously, worked as a presenter, investigative reporter and producer for the BBC’s news and current affairs output.

Memberships

  • Commercial Bar Association
  • Fraud Lawyers Association
  • Chancery Bar Association

Publications

  • Contributing author, Kerr & Hunter on Receivers and Administrators
  • The Commercial Court: a guide to the Guide
  • Braganza and beyond: attacking the exercise of contractual discretion
  • Continental Drift: Challenges and Possible Solutions to Cross-Border Insolvency Issues Following Brexit
  • Defences in Tort: Ex Turpi Causa

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