Luke Chinniah Associate

Associate

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Luke advises on a wide range of contentious matters and specialises in complex and high-value corporate and commercial disputes

Luke advises large corporates, publicly-traded companies and HNW individuals across a number of sectors including financial services, tech, sport and hospitality. Luke has experience in both litigation and international arbitration.

Luke's work is often cross-border and has involved parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions. He has experience before the High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal and his practice encompasses corporate, commercial, competition, data privacy, and fraud disputes.

Luke has acted for clients in a number of high-profile trials, has experience bringing and defending injunction applications (including freezing orders) and has acted in expedited proceedings.

Luke is a member of the Young Fraud Lawyers Association and is an active member of the firm’s Crypto Working Group.

Recent work

Global travel technology company

Representing a global travel technology company in an expedited claim against a NYSE listed corporation to enforce an SPA relating to a $1.7bn sale. The decision is one of a small number of English authorities to consider Material Adverse Effect provisions in the context of SPAs, and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sportradar v FDC, Betgenius and Genius Sports

Acting for Betgenius and Genius Sports, a global sports data and technology business, in a standalone competition claim by Sportradar and counter breach of confidence claims by Betgenius and FDC. The claim was jointly case managed and heard together across the Competition Appeal Tribunal and High Court.

Fraud and joint venture dispute

Representing a private client in in a four-week trial of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of joint venture agreement claims.

HNW individual

Advising a HNW individual in relation to a worldwide freezing injunction and conspiracy claims in the Commercial Court in England with parallel proceedings in Hong Kong, Russia, Isle of Man and Guernsey.

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In depth

Insolvency practitioners – the dos and don'ts when applying for a freezing order in an insolvency situation

Lois Horne, Luke Chinniah 05 Jul 2023

The Court of Appeal in Hunt v Ubhi has confirmed that insolvency practitioners seeking freezing orders are subject to the default requirement of providing an unlimited...

Work and personal communications: blurring the lines in the modern workplace – part one

Lorna Emson, Madeleine Brown, Luke Chinniah 16 Mar 2023

With the proliferation of digital communication, monitoring, searching for and disclosing relevant documents is becoming an increasingly complex, time consuming and, ultimately,...