Coffey, Lee

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Lee Coffey's practice focuses on complex international litigation and arbitration. He deals with a wide range of contentious matters, including banking, company, and commercial law (in particular, shareholder and related disputes), IT, international trade, and energy. He has particular experience in multijurisdictional disputes, and of the collateral issues that arise in this context, having acted for clients involved in proceedings before courts in the U.S., the Russian Federation, and the Eastern Caribbean (particularly the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands).

Lee's recent representations include successfully defending one of the worldwide leaders in production of spirits from a multimillion euro claim in arbitration, representing IIG Capital in obtaining a landmark ruling in the Court of Appeal in relation to guarantor liabilities, and in an arbitration dispute (with related injunctive proceedings in various jurisdictions) regarding the exercise of a multimillion euro share option in a publicly listed European company. Currently, he is engaged in a number of arbitrations involving a wide variety of subject matters from shipbuilding to insurance and several "offshore" disputes, including a shareholder derivative action in the Cayman Islands.

Lee is the London coordinator for the New Lawyers Group (trainee solicitors) and the partner responsible for training lawyers in London.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Energy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution & Mediation
• Insurance Coverage
• Energy Dispute Resolution
• Insurance
• Commercial Disputes

Representative Cases

• Altimo and Telenor sign a $23.8 billion deal to create one of the largest emerging markets mobile operators , (2009)
• Eldorado forms JV with PPF Group creating the largest retail consumer electronics JV in Russia , (2009)
• Electric utility company involved in dispute relating to the sale, marketing, and distribution of gas
• First American engages in London appeal relating to letters of request under Hague Convention
• Fortune 500 company involved in multimillion dollar dispute regarding the financing of telecom equipment
• Gensidigt Forsikringsskelskab involved in U.S. and UK insurance litigation arising from Mississippi plant fire
• IndusInd Bank pursues claims in Commercial Court against KBC Bank arising from risk participation agreements
• Invensys plc sells Sealing Systems to CVC Capital Partners
• Occidental Petroleum settles dispute concerning oil rights in Yemen after successful ICC arbitration , (2009)
• Pihsiang Machinery defends against litigation involving termination of exclusive European distribution agreement
• Société Générale involved in multimillion-dollar dispute in the Commercial Court in connection with defaults due to the Russian debt moratorium
• Sukhoi Civil Aircraft forms strategic partnership with Alenia Aeronautica , (2009)
• Swedish medical equipment manufacturer involved in arbitration in connection with the sale of its neurosciences business to a U.S. company
• Toyota successfully prosecutes insurance recovery claims for product liability coverage , (2009)
• U.S. gas corporation involved in dispute over enforceability of long-term gas contracts
• U.S. oil company involved in ICC arbitration relating to onshore oil exploration project , (2003)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Business & Commercial Law, Class Actions, Collections & Repossessions, Commercial Leasing, Complex Litigation, Consumer Protection, Contracts, Debtor/Creditor, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, Franchising, Insurance Law, International Law, International Trade Litigation, International Transactions, Joint Ventures, Lemon Law, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, Secured Transactions, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, Transactions, Uniform Commercial Code, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court, Warranties

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• U of Central England
• Warwick University - England

Address

21 Tudor Street
London EC4Y , United Kingdom

Phones

44.20.7039.5120 (Business Phone)

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Websites

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