Cotter, Nicholas

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Languages

• French

Lawyer Overview

Nick Cotter has broad experience in complex commercial and regulatory litigation in a number of courts. He has handled litigation in the Queen's Bench and Chancery Divisions of the English High Court (including in the specialist Administrative, the Commercial, and the Technology and Construction Courts), together with appeals to the Court of Appeal, House of Lords, and the Privy Council. He also has represented clients in various high courts and appeal courts in the Caribbean.

The claims in these courts have concerned, most notably, the taxation of power stations in the U.K., the enforceability of exclusive European distribution agreements, problems arising in major IT projects, and Russian banking issues. Recently, he has been acting for Digicel in several cases against Cable & Wireless plc regarding telecommunications interconnection rates (in Trinidad & Tobago and in the Cayman Islands) and in a major English High Court claim concerning anticompetitive practices in the Caribbean.

In addition, Nick has represented clients in international arbitrations, both ad hoc and under institutional rules (including the ICC, UNCITRAL, LMAA, GAFTA, and FOSFA). These arbitrations have involved shipping and international sale of goods claims, Russian banking issues, clean up costs for contaminated land, insurance coverage issues, and, most recently, complex telecommunications issues.

Areas of Practice

• International Litigation & Arbitration
• Antitrust & Competition Law
• Antitrust Litigation

Representative Cases

• Alenco Holdings pursues fraud claims against former director in High Court
• Digicel Cayman attempts to thwart Cable & Wireless' application for judicial review of telecommunications interconnection rates in Cayman Islands
• Digicel Trinidad & Tobago applies for judicial review of regulatory tribunal decision relating to telecommunications interconnection rates
• Fujitsu Consulting pursues claim pursuant to contract to develop Capital One's internet banking system
• Parker Hannifin responds to EC antitrust investigation of marine hose manufacturers , (2009)
• Pihsiang Machinery defends against litigation involving termination of exclusive European distribution agreement
• Roust defends against dispute with BNP Paribas and Cetelem
• SunGard pursues High Court claim seeking proprietary source code and associated documents

West Practice Categories

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Antitrust Law, Business & Commercial Law, Complex Litigation, Deceptive Trade Practices, International Antitrust, Litigation & Appeals, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, RICO Act, Trade Regulation, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• Law Society of England and Wales

Education

• College Law - London
• Oxford University - England
• U of Bruxelles - Belgium

Address

21 Tudor Street
London EC4Y , United Kingdom

Phones

44.20.7039.5118 (Business Phone)

Faxes

44.20.7039.5999 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

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