Tim Maloney

Recent Cases include:

• Watchstone Group Plc -v- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP: Acting for the claimant on a widely-reported £63 million claim against a former adviser, arising out of a 2015 transaction, for breach of contract, breach of confidence, breach of fiduciary duty and unlawful means conspiracy
• Representing a European listed technology company in its capacity as a minority shareholder of a leading UK software company in respect of unfairly prejudicial conduct and bad faith by the majority shareholder, seeking a mandatory injunction, declaratory relief and damages 
• Representing a listed public company in its successful defence of a £600 million claim for fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of warranty arising out of a Sale & Purchase Agreement following the disposal of a number of its operating subsidiaries; described by Legal Business in October 2019 as “a significant victory”
• Advising a major international upstream oil & gas company in relation to arbitrations concerning Joint Operating Agreements in Asia
• Representing an international upstream oil & gas company in relation to an arbitration concerning the supply of supply and standby vessels
• Representing a US investment company in parallel proceedings in the UK High Court and the Delaware Chancery Court
• Advising a UAE trading company in relation to an ICC arbitration against a French multinational company
• Successfully representing a leading AIM- listed company and its subsidiaries in their defence of a multi-million dollar derivative lawsuit issued in the Delaware Chancery Court
• Lead Counsel to a US-listed oil & gas company in successfully obtaining an injunction from the Texas district court against an East European sovereign state in support of an UNCITRAL arbitration
• Successfully defending a US-listed Fortune 100 company in the defence of a $56m earn-out claim in the UK Commercial Court arising out of the purchase of medical diagnostic technology
• Advising a major trust company holding multi-billion dollar business assets in relation to invalidity proceedings issued in Bermuda and Switzerland
• Lead counsel to an multinational offshore shipping company in the obtaining, and successful enforcement in New York and Brazil, of a multi-million dollar judgment in the UK Commercial Court arising out of a subsea cable laying contract
• Representing a UK public company in the successful prosecution of a UK High Court libel action against a US hedge fund arising out of the publication of a highly defamatory “in depth” report
• Successfully representing a US client in pursuing UK Commercial Court proceedings arising out of the construction and design of one of Europe’s largest bioethanol plants
• Representing a consortium of UK and overseas banks in successfully obtaining and enforcing judgment in the Chancery Division of the High Court in respect of claims for fraudulent misrepresentation arising out of a contract to subscribe for shares in a large land development in China