Hattie R. Middleditch

• The Republic of Argentina in cases in the English Commercial Court and Court of Appeal and pending in the Southern District of New York relating to the Republic’s issuance of GDP-linked securities in 2005 and 2010.
• Certain non-executive directors of a major private healthcare group in connection with claims for breach of directors’ duties and wrongful trading and in connection with claims by joint administrators for auditor negligence.
• A private equity firm in connection with enforcement and settlement issues arising in connection with US federal and state antitrust class actions.

• BHP Billiton in New York securities class actions arising from the collapse of a dam in Brazil.
• Barclays in putative antitrust class action and opt-out litigations concerning Forex trading.

Financial Regulatory

• A major US bank on regulatory and compliance requirements relating to its global financial trading activities.
• A global bank on the UK aspects of its global anti-money laundering and sanctions program.
• A multinational financial services company in respect of its intellectual property rights.
• A global bank in a criminal investigation conducted by the DOJ concerning compliance with U.S. anti‐money laundering and other applicable laws in an investigation focused on the bank’s correspondent banking relationships with certain financial institutions headquartered in the Middle East.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

• FTX Trading on cross-border insolvency issues arising out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Fidera as the largest creditor in the Part 26A restructuring plan of the Project Fürst development in Berlin.
• Ambatovy Minerals and Dynatec Madagascar (as plan companies) in connection with Part 26A restructuring plans of a Madagascar mining project.
• An ad hoc group of bondholders enforcing against a subsidiary of Shandong Ruyi (European TopSoho S.à r.l).

International Commercial and Investment Arbitration

• A Japanese conglomerate in ICC arbitration proceedings and related English Commercial Court applications involving a mining venture.
• Telia Sonera in proceedings against a Turkish conglomerate to enforce a $932 million arbitration award and in LCIA arbitrations and mediation against Middle Eastern and Central Asian telecommunication companies concerning post-merger and share sale transaction disputes.
• A bottling conglomerate in connection with issuance and settlement of potential LCIA arbitration proceedings for breach of a share purchase agreement.
• A steelmaking company in connection with potential LCIA arbitration claims arising out of an English law governed share purchase agreement.
• A multinational telecommunications firm in an English seated ICC arbitration including in connection with claims for emergency relief.