Oliver is a senior associate in the London office of Meysan and a highly experienced solicitor advocate.
He qualified as a solicitor in England, but is also admitted to practice in the Dubai International Financial Centre, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands.
He has expertise in a wide range of high value and complex litigation and arbitration matters. Such matters include contractual claims, fraud claims, financial services litigation, shareholder, joint venture disputes, judgment enforcement and contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency.
He has successfully represented clients in the Middle East, CIS, Asia, Europe and the US across a wide range of industry sectors, including private equity, private debt, telecoms, aviation, oil and gas, and metals.
In addition to advising in connection with ongoing proceedings, he often advises clients in relation to pre-dispute strategy. He regularly acts for clients engaged in alternative methods of dispute resolution, including mediation and complex settlement discussions, and also advises in relation to internal and regulatory investigations.
Advising a major Iraq Telecom shareholder, which is pursuing claims against the Kurdish mobile telecoms company Korek. The sprawling dispute involves litigation and arbitration in jurisdictions such as the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Lebanon and the US.
Advised two Gulf investors on c.$100m claims arising from systematic unlawful conduct by the general partner and other parties in relation to the assets and affairs of an investment fund.
Advised Constellation Group and the joint provisional liquidators on the first ever ‘soft touch’ provisional liquidation in the BVI and a BVI scheme of arrangement in support of the Group’s $1.5 billion global restructuring.
Advised a high net worth businessman on (i) claims against his former business partner for the misappropriation of company trading profits and (ii) worldwide freezing injunction and receivership applications in support of such claims.
Advised the applicants on (i) worldwide freezing injunction applications against a high net worth individual and BVI companies, (ii) Norwich Pharmacal applications against the registered agents of the BVI companies and (iii) contempt proceedings against the BVI companies for breach of the asset disclosure provisions under the freezing injunction orders.
In a landmark judgment issued last week, the DIFC Court of Appeal has upheld a USD 1.6 billion ICC arbitration award in favour of Meysan client Iraq Telecom Ltd, bringing to an end the largest set-aside application in the history of the DIFC Courts. The ruling confirms that the award… Read more
On September 9, 2024, Meysan secured a USD 1.3 billion Final Award for Iraq Telecom, a subsidiary of Agility Logistics, in ICC Arbitration proceedings against Korek Telecom, a major Iraqi telecommunications company. The dispute related to Korek’s guarantee of the obligations of its DIFC-registered holding company International Holdings Limited (IH)… Read more
On 29 August 2024, the DIFC Court handed down its decision rejecting an application by the award debtor to set aside a USD 1.6 billion ICC award. The application raised novel issues regarding the existence and scope of the act of state doctrine in DIFC law and the Court’s decision… Read more
Meysan announces the launch of its London office today, its first office outside of the Middle East. Meysan London will focus on heavyweight commercial and investor-state disputes, with a mission to apply the firm’s international litigation and arbitration know-how to the most complex cross- border cases. It will serve the… Read more