Rebecca McKee

I am a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department and a member of the CIS Group.

I represent clients in high-value complex litigation before the English High Court and in international arbitration proceedings. My practice focuses on contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, joint venture disputes and claims with allegations of fraud, with particular experience across the banking and finance, energy and telecommunications sectors. I also have significant experience in assisting clients with challenges to arbitral awards under the Arbitration Act 1996.

I advise a broad range of clients, from multinational corporations to high-net-worth individuals, based in the UK and internationally.

Recent litigation cases include:

• Successfully challenged jurisdiction of the English Court in respect of claims alleging unlawful means conspiracy fraud for which damages were claimed at US$ 13.5 billion – one of the largest ever claims issued in the Commercial Court; successfully resisted a worldwide freezing injunction brought against three clients in the same action.
• Acted on behalf of a former director of a Cayman-based hedge fund in his defence against claims brought for wilful default of his duty as director and fraudulent misrepresentation.
• Secured a 'Persons Unknown' freezing injunction in the English Commercial Court for a high-net-worth individual to recover monies following a €15 million banking tech-fraud and later obtained a summary judgment against the defendants.
• Secured judgment on behalf of an Israeli court-appointed trustee in recovering undisclosed assets in connection with the bankruptcy of one of the largest private bankruptcies in Israeli history.
• Obtained a world-wide freezing injunction against a Russian oil refinery on behalf of an Irish commodities company.
• Successfully served proceedings relating to a £1 billion claim in the English High Court personally on an ultra-high-net-worth non-resident in the English jurisdiction (and confirmed the present test for such service following the Defendant's challenge to service). 

Recent arbitration cases include:

• Acting for a defendant Cayman-based company in an LCIA arbitration in relation to a breach of contract claim.
• Representing an African government in a telecommunications dispute under the ICC Rules in its defence of a US$3 billion claim.
• Advised a multinational steel company in its defence to a challenge to an arbitral award brought against it under sections 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
• Advised a high-net-worth individual in an LCIA arbitration relating to his investment and joint venture synthetic diamond production business.
• Represented Cypriot companies in a US$5.5 billion claim under SCC Rules brought against Ukraine under the Energy Charter Treaty relating to investments made in Ukraine's largest energy company.
• Advised an investor in a West African mining dispute in connection with a claim under the LCIA Rules valued at US$30 million.
• Acted for an international bank in multiple LCIA arbitrations against individuals in the UAE and in Russia in relation to loan disputes.
• Successfully challenged an arbitral award on the grounds of a serious procedural irregularity in the Commercial Court brought under section 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996.
• Contributed to Global Arbitration Review's first edition of The Guide to Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards. 

I am a founding member of the Young Energy Arbitration Club. In my spare time I enjoy travelling, yoga and socialising with friends. I am also a keen American football fan and try to watch my native New Orleans Saints at any opportunity.