- Simon Moore
- Partner, London
- Field Fisher Waterhouse
- simon.moore@ffw.com
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+44 (0)20 7861 4000
Simon Moore represents clients in complex commercial, arbitration and court disputes, usually with an
international/cross-border element. He acts for financial institutions and trading companies on
investigations, shareholder disputes,
joint ventures, warranty and accounting related claims and asset tracing and freezing orders. He has
particular experience of representing CIS based clients in a
variety of matters.
He has wide experience in both domestic and international
arbitrations in the energy &
natural resources and international trade sectors and has
represented oil and gas companies, commodities traders, aviation
and shipping businesses and investment companies in ICC, LCIA, LMAA
and UNCITRAL arbitrations.
Simon is an experienced pensions litigator. He represents
Employers, Trustees and Beneficiaries in pre-litigation advice and
in court proceedings relating to Scheme funding, changes to Scheme
Rules and duties to various stakeholders.
Recent matters have included:
- Acting for vendors and purchasers in relation to various post
share sale warranty disputes.
- Representing a company in relation to an investigation into its
shareholders’ identity and trading history.
- Representing various energy and commodities businesses on their
investments and daily trading activities.
- Acting for joint venture partners in relation to various
disputes regarding the management of and exit from their
investments.
- Acting for representative beneficiaries of pensions scheme in
court proceedings by the Employer and the Trustees for amendment to
a rule in his pensions scheme.
Simon is authorised by the Dubai International Financial Centre
("DIFC") as a practitioner permitted to issue and conduct
proceedings in the DIFC Courts which hear all types of civil and
commercial matters. Proceedings in the DIFC Courts are conducted in
English applying common law principles.
Simon is a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on topics
such as insolvency, fraud and asset collection, international
arbitration and risk management - he speaks at around five or six
each year. He also regularly contributes to various professional
journals.