IN CONVERSATION WITH ROSEMARY IOANNOU 35
WITH THANKS TO THE CONTRIBUTORS OF THIS EXCHANGE...
ROSEMARY IOANNOU, SENIOR COUNSEL AT VANNIN CAPITAL
KEITH HUTCHISON, PARTNER AT CLYDE & CO
Rosemary is a solicitor of the Courts of England and Wales. Before joining Vannin, Rosemary was a Senior Associate in the Litigation department at Allen & Overy LLP in London, where she trained and qualified. While at Allen & Overy, Rosemary spent time on secondment at the Court of Appeal as Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dyson (now Lord Dyson) and at TUI Travel Plc. Rosemary has experience in a wide range of corporate and financial disputes both in England and internationally, acting for large corporations, banks and other financial institutions. She has extensive experience in managing complex cross jurisdictional disputes and advising clients in relation to the range of issues that arise in connection with them including jurisdiction challenges, questions of governing law, disclosure and costs. Rosemary has particular expertise in disputes involving breaches of competition law, acting for clients both as claimant and defendant, as well as acting for clients in associated regulatory investigations by the Office of Fair Trading and the European Commission. Rosemary has written articles and given presentations on a wide range of subjects with particular focus on litigation arising from breaches of competition and contract law and was involved in Allen & Overy’s submissions in respect of various consultations including the Jackson Review on costs, the European Commission’s Green and White Papers about Private Damages Actions in competition law and the European Commission’s consultation about collective actions.
Keith is a Dispute Resolution partner in Clyde & Co’s Dubai office. He has worked in Dubai since joining the firm’s MENA offices from the London office in 2007, where he had worked since 2002. Keith handles a wide range of commercial dispute resolution work, including shareholder disputes, banking and investments, enforcement, professional services, insurance, commodities and general commercial litigation. He has a particular focus on litigation in the DIFC Courts. Keith also heads Clyde & Co’s Middle East Debt Recovery team. He has experience of handling dispute resolution through court litigation (DIFC Courts, English Courts, UAE Courts and Cayman Islands Courts), arbitration and mediation, both in London and in the UAE, including arbitration under the rules of the DIFC-LCIA,
ICC, LCIA and DIAC, and in the Dubai World Tribunal. Keith regularly advises clients on arbitration award
enforcement issues in the UAE. He recently acted for the claimants in the first successful enforcement of a foreign arbitration award in the Dubai Courts under the New York Convention (a case that went to the Dubai Court of Cassation) and the first successful recognition and enforcement case of a Dubai-seated arbitration award in the DIFC Courts. He is a lecturer on the DIFC Courts “Introduction to DIFC Courts’ Procedures Certificate” course.
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