Chris Akka Associate

Associate

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Chris advises on a broad range of contentious matters, with a particular focus on complex corporate and commercial disputes.

Chris has experience both in arbitration and in High Court proceedings, often spanning multiple jurisdictions and across a range of sectors, including financial services, hospitality, cryptocurrency and private wealth.

He acts for a range of clients, including large corporates, banks, trustees and high-net-worth individuals. Chris also has experience advising on a variety of internal investigations and cases relating to data privacy.

Chris is a member of the firm’s ESG Working Group.

Expertise

Recent work

Thirteen Bitcoin developers

Successfully defending 13 individual Bitcoin developers in a preliminary issue trial in several different claims relating to Dr Craig Wright and concerning the identity of (and Dr Wright’s claim to be) the pseudonymous inventor of Bitcoin, “Satoshi Nakamoto”.

An individual shareholder

Acting for an individual shareholder in a substantial unfair prejudice petition raising serious conduct allegations over multiple decades.

The Trustee of a trust of a high-net-worth family

Advising the Trustee of a trust of a high-net-worth family over a dispute in relation to allegations of historic breaches of duty.

A large investment bank

Advising a large investment bank in relation to sanctions law.

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In depth

Shareholder suffered unfair prejudice due to a failure to use up-to-date financial information

Lois Horne, Dominic Sedghi, Zoe Carter, Chris Akka 15 Mar 2024

The court has held that a shareholder in a company suffered unfair prejudice when an auditor failed to use up-to-date financial information as part of valuing the exiting...