Stephen Moi

Litigation

• Advising the liquidators of an engineering and construction company, which went into insolvent liquidation with debts totalling over US$2 billion, in litigation against former directors, officers, and shareholders, and on asset tracing and recovery strategy in multiple jurisdictions, including on claims involving false accounting, fraud, breach of directors’ and other fiduciary duties, wrongful and fraudulent trading, unlawful distributions, knowing receipt and dishonest assistance, and unlawful means conspiracy.
• Representing a number of leading casinos in multi-jurisdictional litigation in connection with debt and asset recovery actions, involving cross-border issues concerning jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments, proprietary remedies, and bankruptcy and insolvency petitions.
• Acting for a leading financial institution in litigation and asset recovery actions in multiple jurisdictions regarding various disputed trade finance transactions.
• Acting for the Administrators of a substantial real estate business in court proceedings relating to the scope and effect of various security interests in the administration estate: Re Industrial North West LLP (in administration) [2020] EWHC 3052 (Ch).
• Advising UBS in English Commercial Court proceedings concerning single-tranche CDOs and credit default swaps entered into with a municipal water company: UBS v. Kommunale Wasserwerke Leipzig GmbH and others [2014] EWHC 3615 (Comm).
• Defending a bank in a Commercial Court trial against a claim brought by a pension fund in respect of investments made in a structured investment vehicle under a securities lending programme: Första AP-Fonden v. Bank of New York Mellon and others [2013] EWHC 3127 (Comm).
• Advising clients on multi-jurisdictional evidence issues in support of litigation and arbitration, including on cross-border document production and on compelling witnesses to give depositions and other evidence pursuant to the Hague Evidence Convention or for section 1782 applications.

Arbitration

• Acting for an Indian energy company in an ICC arbitration regarding a contractual dispute arising from an LNG infrastructure project.
• Acting for an international bank in an arbitration under UNCITRAL Rules concerning disputed payment calculations in relation to a cross-border oil pipeline.
• Representing an oil refinery in LCIA arbitration proceedings concerning the supply of crude oil.
• Representing an oil company in LMAA arbitration proceedings arising out of exploration and production activities offshore Brazil.
• Advising various corporates in ICC and LCIA arbitrations regarding disputed derivative contracts under ISDA Master Agreements, including in relation to allegations concerning invalidity, misselling, fraud, negligence, and foreign exchange controls.

Investigations

• Advising the Independent Reviewer of the Connaught Review concerning the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) supervision of the collapsed Connaught Income Fund Series 1, including conduct of the investigation and preparation of the public report. Identified lessons to be learned by the FCA, all of which were publicly accepted.
• Acting for a global financial institution in an enterprise-wide compliance investigation into its financial crime risk controls arising out of a deferred prosecution agreement.
• Advising the liquidators of a manufacturing company on investigations into, and litigation arising out of, suspicious and potentially fraudulent transactions, following a pre-packaged administration.
• Investigation into alleged corrupt practices in the Brazilian and Canadian operations of a European company. Conducted remediation measures, including advising on related litigation, termination of third party contracts, and dismissal of employees, and engagement with internal stakeholders and the client’s key customers.
• Investigation into whistleblowing allegations concerning an oil and gas client, including advising on communications with regulators.
• Investigation into whistleblowing allegations within a financial institution.

The College of Law, London, Legal Practice Course

University College London (University of London), LLM Master of Laws

Pembroke College, Oxford University, MA (Hons) Law

• England and Wales
• Solicitor Advocate with Higher Rights of Audience (Civil)

• London Solicitors Litigation Association
• LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
• ICC Young Arbitrators Forum