Hugh is an experienced commercial litigator

Hugh is an experienced commercial litigator having qualified at West End media firm, Frere Cholmeley. Having acted on many complex claims for high profile individuals and businesses, he has developed an enviable reputation for successfully handling all manner of commercial disputes.

He brings over 25 years of business litigation experience and has a strong track record for securing highly successful outcomes for his clients.

Commercial contract disputes
Director and shareholder disputes
Professional negligence
Contentious insolvency and antecedent transaction claims
Defamation, privacy and reputation management
All types of injunction proceedings
Intellectual property disputes

Acting for private equity funds and individual corporate shareholders on boardroom disputes, hostile takeovers and defending and commencing Section 994 claims
Advising and successfully pursuing a global steel company on a complex patent infringement claim all the way from letter of claim through to the Court of Appeal
Advising several celebrities including a major internationally renowned recording artist, on issues of defamation and malicious falsehood against the Sun and Daily Mirror
Advising an international investment fund on its claims in a minority shareholder dispute arising from a billion-dollar high-profile merger
Advising a national haulier and logistics group on a multi-million cartel and unfair competition claim
Advising a number of UK funds, charities and property development businesses in relation to the miss-selling of multi-million pound hedging products
Advising on a multi-million dollar dispute with an international mining company over various overseas contracts
Advising a number of local authorities in relation to procurement related claims in excess of £20 million

Hugh Hitchcock

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