Robyn advises on a broad range of disputes and has experience acting for large corporates as well as individual clients across a number of sectors, including private equity, financial services and sport. She has a particular focus on complex, high value corporate and commercial litigation as well as regulatory and internal investigations and contentious employment matters.
Robyn advises large corporates, PLCs, PE firms, LLPs, financial intermediaries, Trustees and HNW individuals on a wide range of contentious matters including high-value corporate and commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, contentious employment matters and regulatory investigations.
She has experience in bringing emergency injunction applications as well as significant experience acting on expedited trials and in appellate proceedings as well as challenging the jurisdiction of the English courts.
Robyn also has experience acting in arbitral proceedings and advises on mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.The substantial majority of her cases have a cross-border element and she has particular experience in dealing with matters with a US focus.
Her contentious employment expertise covers the whole spectrum from team moves, enforcing (and challenging) restrictive covenants, breach of confidence claims, whistleblowing investigations and senior exits.
Robyn currently sits on the Associate's Committee of the Commercial Litigators' Forum and was previously a member of the London Circuit Commercial Court Users' Committee. In 2018, she was seconded to work as a judicial assistant in the Chancery Division of the High Court.
Experience
- Advising a US-listed entity in relation to the enforcement of post-termination restrictions in a C-Suite executive contract, including interim and expedited trial proceedings in the Commercial Court and multiple interim applications.
- Advising various private equity firms and their portfolio companies in relation to potential breaches of confidence and fiduciary duties and associated causes of action.
- Advising a private equity firm in relation to a potential claim in fraud (amongst other claims) against a founder of a portfolio company. Included preparation of a freezing injunction.
- Advising a MENA-based company in relation to arbitral proceedings brought by them to protect valuable sports media rights.
- Representing a major motorsport team in multiple High Court claims involving employment law issues, breaches of confidence and applications for third party disclosure and confidentiality.
- Advising an asset manager on the acquisition of an entire asset management team from a global business to coincide with the launch of a new competing business involving numerous cross-border issues with the US.
- Advising on the exit of a founding member of an LLP, including investigation into fraud on the Funds, regulatory issues and allegations of disability discrimination. The matter involved defending claims for breach of fiduciary duty, unlawful means conpsiracy and diverting corporate interests.
- Conducting an external investigation for a large corporate into multiple whistleblowing claims covering matters including bullying, financial impropriety and sexual harrassment. The investigation was undertaken in the broader context of a corporate restructuring.
- Representing a global travel technology company in an expedited claim against an NYSE listed corporating to enforce an SPA relating to a $1.7bn sale. The decision is one of a small number of English authorities to consider Material Adverse Effect provisions in the context of SPAs and the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Advising a HNW foreign national in relation to multi billion pound fraud claims brought by a Sovereign Wealth Fund in the English Courts. We sucessfully challenged the jurisdiction of the English Courts and defended the subsequent Court of Appeal proceedings.
- Acting for an investment fund in sucessfully defending claims brought by a founder of a portfolio company for deceit and unlawful means conspiracy in excess of £40 million. Involved adducing expert evidence in relation to valuation issues.
- Advising a non-regulated firm in relation to an FCA investigation into possible market abuse committed by an employee.
- Advising a Hong Kong and Moscow listed entity on a high profile expedited shareholder dispute in the Commercial Court relating to the exercise of a ‘right of first refusal’ in a shareholder agreement. The proceedings included multiple injunction applications. This case is due in the Court of Appeal later this year.
- Successfully defending two companies in relation to claims brought against them by an ex-employee relating to the alleged breach of two interrelated contracts. The subsequent appeal brought by the Claimant was successfully resisted.