Edward Parry-Smith Senior Associate

Senior Associate

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Ed specialises in international commercial litigation and advises on a range of contentious matters for both corporate and private clients.

Alongside his general corporate and commercial disputes practice, Ed has expertise in competition litigation and contentious trust work. He regularly advises businesses, multinational corporations, trustees and high-net-worth individuals, both domestic and international, across a spectrum of commercial, competition, family-related and trust disputes. Ed has substantial experience as a litigator in the UK and international courts.

Ed’s court and arbitration experience includes claims and disputes relating to joint venture issues, fraudulent misrepresentation, enforcement and worldwide freezing order issues; shareholder rights and company law issues, contractual interpretation and rectification, multi-jurisdictional competition cartel and conduct-related litigation, the regularisation and restructuring of trusts and the blessing of trustees’ momentous decisions.

Ed also has experience of bribery and corruption investigations, competition infringement investigations and dawn raids.

Ed is a qualified solicitor-advocate in England and Wales and is also admitted in the Republic of Ireland.

Expertise

Recent work

A private client's commercial dispute

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

An offshore trust dispute

Advising beneficiaries in relation to the contentious restructuring of a complex non-UK trust structure concerning both the historic administration of the trusts and disputes between family members about their respective interests.

Defending competition follow-on damages claims

Representing a multinational corporation in its defence against claims for damages relating to the trucks cartel.

An expedited public takeover related dispute

Advising a listed company in a public takeover scenario that included an expedited court process in respect of contested company law and Takeover Code issues.

An LCIA arbitration

Representing a global fund placement agent in its pursuit of contractual interpretation and rectification claims.

Trustees, beneficiaries and family proceedings

Advising trustees in relation to high-net-worth divorce and financial remedy proceedings concerning the trust's beneficiaries.

Bitcoin investment related dispute

Resisting a jurisdiction challenge and securing a judgment in default of defence in a Bitcoin investment related dispute.

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A more permissive approach to group litigation?

Simon Day , Edward Parry-Smith 07 Sep 2021

The UK has long been an attractive jurisdiction in which to litigate.

Further encouragement to overseas claimants looking to bring mass tort actions in the UK?

Simon Day , Edward Parry-Smith, Dominic Sedghi 16 Feb 2021

In another highly anticipated judgment, Okpabi and others (Appellants) v Royal Dutch Shell Plc and another (Respondents) [2021] UKSC 3, the Supreme Court has emphasised the need...