The best litigation strategies are not about the law. They are about your objectives.
Huw Wallis
Head of Disputes & Partner
“My approach to litigation is rooted in a straight-talking, honest and realistic approach to objectives, costs and the prospects of success”.
Educated at St John’s College Cambridge University, Huw worked for ten years as a litigator at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case before working first as a partner in a regional firm, then forming his own boutique firm, which merged with Greenwoods in 2012.
Huw heads the Greenwoods’ Disputes team, which includes specialist sub-teams in Construction, Financial Services and Property Disputes, advising clients across all three of the firm’s offices. He is a Legal 500 ‘Leading Individual’ and ‘Ranked Lawyer’ in Chambers and Partners.
“My experience means that I am regularly engaged to formulate bespoke strategies in critical disputes for major companies, as well as smaller owner-managed businesses and individuals in the region, nationally and internationally. These disputes are often high-profile in nature”.
Huw has a wealth of experience in commercial disputes of all kinds, many featuring complex or international elements. He has acted for clients in High Court proceedings, all the major arbitral forums and a number of specialist tribunals. He also regularly deals with claims involving injunctive relief and procurement and tender challenges.
He is consistently rated by Legal 500 and Chambers: “Superb, friendly and professional…a City-style service at Cambridge rates…Huw Wallis [is] sensible, helpful and to the point” and “straight-talking, realistic, with an impressive list of national and international clients”, “strong tactically, with an acute commercial nose”.
Huw has also hosted a webinar on the implementation of Damages Based Agreements (DBAs) for LexisNexis and has written extensively on the topic.
- Successfully advising a US company on an urgent basis in challenging a multi-million pound tender award made by a public body in the UK, which resulted in the tender being withdrawn without the need for proceedings to be issued.
- Acting for a leading individual in F1 (and related family companies) in proceedings relating to recovery of circa £300m.
- Defending a Bahamian/UK national in proceedings relating to alleged fraudulent misrepresentation arising out of a US$15m investment offering.
- Defending numerous high-profile data privacy claims brought against one of the UK’s main political parties, widely reported in the national press.
- Advising in relation to a claim in the oil & gas sector for recovery of circa £3m in unpaid consultancy fees.
- Acting against a major bank in financial services/FOS proceedings arising out of fallout from the Swiss Franc/Euro currency peg.A number of unfair prejudice claims, acting for both petitioners and respondents: one arising from the sale of a construction business for circa £100m; another arising from the breakdown of a former motor racing/property investment business.
- An £8m claim arising from alleged MTIC fraud.
- Various injunctive relief claims as diverse as the recovery of a classic Ferrari (and subsequent proceedings in the Australian courts) and a Turkish/UK property fraud.
- A novel claim for £2.5m brought against a major supermarket for breach of the Groceries Code arising from the termination of a supply agreement, the first of its kind.
Case studies
When does planning your next venture become a breach of fiduciary duty?
Disputes / 13 November 2024
When does planning your next venture become a breach of fiduciary duty?
Disputes / 13 November 2024