Danielle Carr
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Danielle Carr

Partner, Dispute Resolution

Danielle Carr is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team.

Danielle’s commercial litigation, international arbitration and ADR practice focuses on complex (often multi-jurisdictional) matters involving contractual disputes, insolvency, fraud, trusts, professional negligence claims, corporate and regulatory issues, shareholder disputes and group litigation.

An accomplished lawyer, Danielle has worked in the UK, Middle East and Australia, assisting clients to navigate and resolve disputes. Much of her work is in emerging areas in the banking, professional services, TMT, fintech, commodities, and energy, oil and gas sectors.

Danielle has extensive experience acting in proceedings in the High Court and appellate courts, in arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC and other institutional rules, and in mediations. Her cross-border practice has included matters involving UK and foreign (EMEA, Americas, APAC, offshore or other) jurisdictions. Danielle’s matters regularly involve conflict of laws, jurisdictional issues, and the application of foreign law. Her experience includes obtaining urgent injunctive relief and freezing orders in the English courts and acting on enforcement and asset recovery.

Danielle recently led successful claims in the English High Court against Lebanese banks arising from the Lebanese financial crisis, including obtaining orders for specific performance of instructions to make international money transfers.

Danielle has been recommended in leading legal directories and described as having “outstanding commercial awareness” and “a mastery of the subject matter and the legal system” (Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) 2024). She regularly speaks at global conferences, publishes articles, and has delivered dispute resolution courses for a Masters in International Business Law. Danielle appeared as a legal expert on BBC Radio 4 and sits on the LexisNexis expert panel of authors.

Reflecting her strong international experience, Danielle previously worked in the offices of Herbert Smith Freehills in London, Dubai and Sydney.

Recent experience:

  • Acting for the claimant in separate, successful claims in the English High Court against Lebanese banks arising from the Lebanese financial crisis. This included obtaining orders for specific performance of instructions to make international money transfers. The claims have raised multiple issues of Lebanese law, and complex questions of English law (such as the choice of law governing the rate of interest applicable under the Rome I regulation, and jurisdictional issues). See Bitar v Banque Libano-Française SAL [2023] EWHC 17 (KB) (trial); and Bitar v Bank of Beirut SAL [2022] EWHC 2163 (QB) (trial).
  • Acting for claimants in successfully defending challenges by defendant Lebanese banks to the jurisdiction of the English court (including examining the application of post-Brexit consumer jurisdiction provisions in the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982): Kalo v Bankmed SAL [2023] EWHC 2606 (Comm)); Bitar v Banque Libano-Française SAL [2021] EWHC 2787 (QB).
  • Acting for a major European aviation sector client in $USD multi-million cross-border contractual disputes involving alleged force majeure and other issues.
  • Acting for an African distribution company in a cross-border dispute concerning the termination of an agency agreement and associated claims for commission.
  • Acting for an international construction company in a London seated arbitration involving a multi-billion dollar energy sector claim.
  • Acting for the administrators of 19 European companies in connection with a USD $7billion dispute arising from the global insolvency and sale of the corporate group, including litigation in the US and Canadian courts.
  • Acting for an Iberian biofuels manufacturer in significant English court claims arising from a commodities dispute with a major international oil trader.
  • Obtaining urgent injunctive relief on behalf of a foreign company in the English courts (in support of a foreign arbitration), including in accordance with the Chabra jurisdiction.
  • Acting for a client in successfully defending an application challenging the jurisdiction of the English court, in proceedings for substantial damages against a Cypriot online trading platform arising from the close-out of Bitcoin futures (Ang v Reliantco Investments Ltd [2019] EWHC 879 (Comm)).
  • Acting for a major Latin American oil and gas company in a London-seated LCIA arbitration concerning disputes with a Norwegian rig owner.
  • Advising US lawyers in connection with the issue of letters of request to the English court arising from significant disputes against a global financial institution.
  • Acting for a leading global professional services practice in connection with negligence claims arising from the collapse of its former client in the Middle East.
  • Assisting an international group in connection with bribery and corruption issues and a consequential shareholder dispute arising out of activities in Africa.
  • Advising in connection with the judicial recognition of foreign insolvency proceedings in English courts.
  • Acting in a cross-border shareholder dispute, including in defence of an unfair prejudice petition relating to a multi-million pound UK hotels chain.
  • Acting in defence of a major class action commenced by shareholders concerning disclosures associated with Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs).
  • Acting for a group of 20 international banks on appeals relating to a major corporate collapse in Australia, with complex issues around directors’ duties and accessorial liability.
  • Acting for clients responding to requests from/making submissions to regulatory authorities; and in internal investigations.

What our clients think about us:

  • “Danielle Carr is an accomplished litigator who brings ‘outstanding commercial awareness and an ability to interface with the client’.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “She has a mastery of the subject matter and the legal system and employs various strategies judiciously.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “She was extremely familiar with the client’s business and able to obtain instructions efficiently.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “Danielle has a great ability to lead a team and work with other professionals to achieve great results.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “She was an outstanding solicitor to work with.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “She always keeps clients well-informed and always presents numerous options so that the clients can make an informed decision.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “[Danielle] achieved a positive result for the client.”- Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “Danielle always keeps clients well-informed and up to date.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “She has outstanding organisational abilities.” – Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “Danielle is a pleasure to work with and very empathic.”– Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal), 2024
  • “Danielle Carr is extremely responsive and engaged.” –Legal 500, 2023

 

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