Lorna Bramich

Lorna is a senior associate in the Disputes and Investigations team and is experienced in high value, complex litigation and arbitration.

Lorna has broad commercial disputes experience with a particular focus on contentious insolvency, fraud and asset recovery and shareholder disputes. She is also experienced in litigation funding.

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Career

Since 2015	Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing
2014 - 2015	Associate, Taylor Wessing
2009 - 2013	CMS Cameron McKenna LLP, Contentious Banking & Insolvency

Additional languages

English

Expertise

Sectors Financial institutions & insurance

Experience

Joint administrators of international manufacturing company	Advising administrators of an international manufacturing company in relation to s236 Insolvency Act interviews and various Insolvency Act and breach of duty claims arising from the sale of a substantial asset.
Former directors	Advising former directors in relation to s236 Insolvency Act interviews by a liquidator and defending former directors in s423 Insolvency Act and breach of duty claims arising from a conditional share scheme designed to distribute profits tax efficiently.
An international investment banking group	An international investment banking group on claims concerning a shareholder dispute over a very substantial infrastructure asset (worth in excess of EUR3 billion).

An oil trader	An oil trader who was the subject of a world-wide freezing order and proprietary injunction freezing assets up to the value of USD335 million, and who was also one of ten defendants to the underlying proceedings in respect of alleged fraudulent activities involving the interposing of entities into oil trading transactions.
Clean energy company	Acting for a clean energy company in relation to the misappropriation and misuse of its highly confidential information by a former employee and newly incorporated company, which included obtaining and enforcing a search and seizure order and successfully recovering property and evidence and obtaining injunctions to preserve evidence until the outcome of the proceedings.
Acting for liquidator	Advising liquidator in relation to allegations of breach of confidentiality, compliance with and sanctions for breaching regulatory rules, and removal from office.