Moritz Grimm
Barrister
Call 2024
Moritz’s current and recent instructions include:
- AZ v BY [2024] EWHC 1847 (Comm) – acting (led by Sa’ad Hossain KC) for the seller of liquified natural gas cargoes in an arbitration dispute, engaging questions of the construction of arbitral awards and the doctrine of functus officio.
- FWA v VietJet – acting (with Lord Wolfson KC, Alexander Milner KC, and Giles Robertson) for the defendant in a claim arising from four aircraft leasing transactions.
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Examples of Recent Cases
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Arbitration
AZ v BY [2024] EWHC 1847 (Comm): acting (led by Sa’ad Hossain KC) for the seller of liquified natural gas cargoes in an arbitration dispute, engaging questions of the construction of arbitral awards and the doctrine of functus officio.
Unicredit Bank GmbH v RusChemAlliance LLC: assisted Sa’ad Hossain KC and Alexander Brown (during pupillage) on proceedings concerning the principles applicable to anti-suit injunctions in support of foreign-seated arbitration proceedings: see [2024] EWCA Civ 64.
ICC Arbitration: assisted David Cavender KC, Alexander Brown, and Sabrina Nanchahal (during pupillage) in proceedings regarding disputed rights to participate as part of a consortium in the context of a state-tender in a foreign telecommunications market.
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Banking and Finance
Frasers Group Plc v (1) Saxo Bank Plc & (2) Morgan Stanley & Co International Plc: assisted Camilla Bingham KC, James MacDonald KC, and Richard Mott (during pupillage) in a claim in which Mike Ashley (the owner of the Claimant) alleged that Morgan Stanley had conspired unlawfully to close out the Claimant’s share options.
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Commercial Litigation
FWA v VietJet: acting (with Lord Wolfson KC, Alexander Milner KC, and Giles Robertson) for the defendant in a claim arising from four aircraft leasing transactions.
Virgin Enterprises v Brightline Holdings: assisted Daniel Toledano KC and Maximilian Schlote (during pupillage) in acting for Virgin Enterprises in a claim relating to the early termination of a licensing agreement.
Entain Holdings v Sports Entertainment Media: assisted Sonia Tolaney KC and Eleanor Campbell (during pupillage) in a claim for breach of warranties in relation to the purchase of a Dutch gambling business.
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Group Litigation
Municipio de Mariana v BHP: assisted Daniel Toledano KC, Nicholas Sloboda KC, and others (during pupillage) in the largest ever group action before the English courts concerning environmental damage in Brazil arising from the collapse of the Fundão dam.
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Intellectual Property
Assisted Phil Roberts KC and Alaina Newnes (during pupillage) in advising on a trade marks dispute.
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Education
Bar Training Course, Inns of Court College of Advocacy [2021]-[2023]
Postgraduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), BPP [2020]-[2021]
MA in French Horn Performance, Royal Academy of Music [2018]-[2020]
BA in Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic, Robinson College, Cambridge (First with Distinction (Starred First)) [2015]-[2018]
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Selected Scholarships and Awards
The Queen's Scholarship, Middle Temple [2021]
Honourable Mention for the Eric E. Bergsten Award (Top 16), Willem C. Vis Moot [2021]
Queen Mother GDL Scholarship, Middle Temple [2020]
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Languages
German