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JAMES CORBETT QC
james.corbett@kobrekim.co.uk
London:
60 Gresham Street, London EC2V 7BB
Tel. +44 (0) 20 3301 5703
Fax. +44 (0) 20 3301 5720
James Corbett QC is an English Barrister and Queen's Counsel, a deputy High Court Judge, and an authority on cross-border litigation in English and Commonwealth courts, with an emphasis on disputes in the financial services and technology industries and insolvency contexts.
Mr. Corbett QC has advised and appeared in many cases involving trusts and bank secrecy laws in Caribbean and other offshore jurisdictions. He writes and lectures extensively on offshore trusts and associated litigation and is a contributing author of International Trust Disputes (OUP, 2012) and principal author and editor of Insolvency and the Law of Offshore Trusts (OUP, forthcoming).
In addition, Mr. Corbett QC has deep experience in international arbitrations and is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a Fellow of the Hong Kong and Singapore Institutes of Arbitrators, and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration and many other arbitration panels. He is also an experienced mediator.
Prior to joining Kobre & Kim LLP, Mr. Corbett QC was a member of Serle Court chambers in Lincoln's Inn.
Recent Engagements:
Financial Products & Services Litigation:
- Representation of an African financial institution in a letter of credit dispute against a bank involving approximately £18 million in controversy
- Representation of an institutional noteholder in a dispute against a servicer arising out of an underperforming structured loan to a real estate project in the United Kingdom
- Representation of claimants in a dispute in Anguilla involving shares worth up to US $200 million
Insolvency & Debtor-Creditor Disputes:
- Representation of third party/appellant in bankruptcy litigation in the Court of Appeal in London arising out of concealed beneficial ownership of foreign assets
Joint Venture & Partnership Disputes:
- Representation of a U.S. hedge fund in litigation in the Cayman Islands against other investors relating to disputes over joint investments in South America
Commercial Litigation and Arbitrations:
- Representation of a high technology reseller company in the Middle East against a U.S. company in ICC arbitration proceedings in London arising from allegations of unfair competition involving more than £70 million in controversy
- Representation of hedge fund administrator in US $350 million + dispute pending in London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) regarding services rendered to Bermuda-based hedge fund
- Representation of a large multinational company in proceedings against a Northern European mobile communications company involving allegations of unfair competition and intellectual property issues
- Representation of claimant in a multi-million pound claim and counterclaim between a U.S. international franchisor and its London franchisee
- Representation of claimant in an action in St Kitts & Nevis for specific performance of a contract for the sale of land
- Representation of a client in ICC arbitration proceedings in New York relating to an alleged breach of contract, involving more than £60 million in controversy
Offshore Trusts & Asset Forfeiture/Recovery:
- Representation of a trustee in a multi-million dollar trust claim in the Royal Court of Jersey against a trust company in Anguilla (with various interim and Beddoe applications in Anguilla)
- Advice on the law of the British Virgin Islands, Anguilla and St Kitts and Nevis to U.S. Federal Courts in Texas and California in high-end commercial litigation
Prior To Kobre & Kim LLP:
James Corbett QC was called as a Barrister in 1975 and became Queen's Counsel in 1999.
Before joining Kobre & Kim LLP, Mr Corbett QC maintained a busy practice at Serle Court advocating on behalf of clients in disputes involving commercial litigation (commonly with an international element), insolvency and company law as well as in arbitration and mediation.
Professional & Community Involvement:
- Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists, Member
- CEDR Solve Panel, Member
- Chancery Bar Association, Member
- Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Member
- Commercial Bar Association, Member
- Employment Law Bar Association, Member
- International Bar Association, Member
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Member
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Practice Focus:
Education:
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Exeter University, LL.B
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Exeter University, LL.M
Admissions:
- Attorney, Cayman Islands
- Barrister, England
- Barrister, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Anguilla, BVI, St Kitts & Nevis)
- Advocate, Dubai International Financial Centre
- Barrister, Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Legal Practitioner, New South Wales
- Attorney, Turks and Caicos Islands
- Hong Kong, Registered Foreign Lawyer
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