Sunil is an Associate in our dispute resolution practice in London.
Sunil has a broad practice and advises clients on a range of matters, including commercial litigation matters, contentious restructuring and insolvency matters, and contentious data privacy and cybersecurity matters.
Commercial litigation: Sunil has experience advising clients on a wide range of complex, large-scale disputes, both domestically and cross-border. He was part of the Freshfields team that won Commercial Litigation Team of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2021 for the successful representation of WEX Inc. in a claim concerning a US$1.7bn corporate acquisition and the enforcement of a material adverse effect clause following the COVID-19 pandemic (Travelport Ltd v Wex Inc [2020] EWHC 2670 (Comm)). He was also involved in the leading case concerning challenges to the jurisdiction of the English Court in respect of claims relying on CPR 6.33(2B)(b) (Pantheon International Advisors Limited v Co-Diagnostics, Inc. [2023] EWHC 1984 (KB)).
Contentious restructuring and insolvency: Sunil has been involved in many of the leading contentious Part 26A Restructuring Plan / Part 26 Scheme of Arrangement cases (e.g., Re. Thames Water Utilities Holdings Limited [2025] EWHC 338 (Ch), Re. Project Lietzenburger Strabe Holdco SARL [2024] EWHC 468 (Ch) (Aggregate), and Re People's Energy (Supply) Limited [2024] EWHC 1367 (Ch)).
Contentious data privacy and cybersecurity: Sunil also has experience advising clients on complex data privacy / cybersecurity matters, including cyber attacks, data breaches, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored attacks and follow-on data privacy / cybersecurity litigation and regulatory investigations. He has advised global FTSE 100 companies on the legal and regulatory regimes in the UK relating to responding to ransomware attacks and paying ransoms in the context of ransomware attacks.
During his time at Freshfields, Sunil has also spent time on secondment to our New York office.
Commercial litigation:
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Acting in a landmark dispute in the English Commercial Court advising WEX Inc on the defence of litigation which concerned whether the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic were a material adverse effect entitling it not to proceed with a US$1.7bn acquisition of two e-payment companies (Travelport Ltd v Wex Inc [2020] EWHC 2670 (Comm)).
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Acting for Co-Diagnostics, Inc in the leading case concerning challenges to the jurisdiction of the English Court in respect of claims relying on CPR 6.33(2B)(b) (Pantheon International Advisors Limited v Co-Diagnostics, Inc. [2023] EWHC 1984 (KB)).
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Acting for an international accounting / audit firm in the defence of Commercial Court proceedings brought against it following the restatement of financial statements (confidential matter).
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Advising a global company providing products and services to the pharmaceutical and healthcare markets in relation to a dispute over the use of intellectual property (confidential matter).
Contentious restructuring and insolvency:
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Acting for TWL and a group of ad-hoc creditors in relation to Thames Water's Part 26A Restructuring Plan (Re. Thames Water Utilities Holdings Limited [2025] EWHC 338 (Ch)).
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Acting for ChapelGate Credit Opportunity Master Fund Limited in relation to the Part 26A Restructuring Plan proposed by Project Lietzenburger Strabe Holdco SARL (Project Lietzenburger Strasse Holdco [2024] EWHC 468 (Ch) (Aggregate)).
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Acting for the Joint Administrators of People's Energy (Supply) Limited in relation to its Part 26 Scheme of Arrangement - the first Scheme of Arrangement to address contingent claims arising from a data breach (Re. People's Energy (Supply) Limited [2024] EWHC 1367 (Ch)).
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Acting for a sovereign wealth fund and for a global company in two seperate ICC arbitrations arising from corporate restructurings (confidential matters).
Data privacy and cybersecurity:
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Advising a European FinTech on its cross-border response to a cyber-attack, including: (i) working with criminal, data protection and industry regulators in the UK and Germany; (ii) advising on litigation defence strategy; and (iii) working closely with cyber-forensic experts to mitigate risk (confidential matter).
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Advising an independent investment group on its response to a global data breach stemming from a state-sponsored attack focused on collection of intelligence and commercial data relating to U.S- China policy (confidential matter).
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Advising various organisations including global FTSE 100 companies on the legal and regulatory regimes in the US and the UK relating to responding to ransomware attacks and paying ransoms in the context of ransomware attacks (confidential matters).
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Advising various organisations in relation to cybersecurity preparedness / readiness (confidential matters).
Corporate advisory:
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Advising UBS in relation to its US$3.2bn acquisition of Credit Suisse.
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Advising GXO Logistics in relation to its £762m recommended cash offer Wincanton plc.
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Advising an independent investment group in relation to its disposal of the entire issued share capital in a water company for an equity value of £425m and an enterprise value of £814m.
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Advising a private equity and investment advisory firm in relation to its acquisition of a global medical device manufacturer.
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