Peter Morcos

Peter has a practice encompassing a broad range of commercial dispute resolution, in both the international and domestic context. Peter is regularly instructed as both sole and junior counsel in commercial disputes, and has experience advising on and obtaining key interim remedies, including freezing injunctions.

Peter has acted in cases involving shareholder disputes, joint ventures, major infrastructure projects, SPAs, supply contracts, investment agreements, and PFI contracts.

As part of this, Peter is often instructed as a junior in document heavy cases, and has advised on complex issues of legal advice privilege, litigation privilege, without prejudice privilege and confidentiality. He also has experience advising on and assisting with interim applications including for specific disclosure and security for costs.

His instructions include:

• Acting for an accounting firm defending a claim pleaded at a value in excess of £25 million (HK$300 million) in the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, in which the claimants claimed losses which allegedly arose out of a fraudulent scheme.
• Acting for the claimant in a successful EUR84 million claim in relation to cash payment for a share subscription in Zavarco UK Plc v Sidhu [2021] B.C.C. 938 , led by Patrick Lawrence KC.
• Acting for a major middle eastern entity in a shareholder dispute subject to UNCITRAL rules in relation to the commercial use of an offshore rig production yard.
• Advising in relation to a potential injunction against family members of a deceased businessman with investments valued in excess of $500million (held in trusts), whose family members allegedly sought to misappropriate the vast majority of trust funds to their exclusive benefit.
• Acting for the respondents in an ICC arbitration in relation to the international sale of goods, in a dispute raising issues of actual authority, ostensible authority, conflict of laws and penalty clauses.
• Acting for a recycling business in a multi-million pound breach of contract claim for loss of profits against the supplier and manufacturer of heavy industrial machinery.
• Acting for the defendant supplier in a multi-million pound claim in relation to the recall of damaged mugs supplied by the defendant to the claimant.
• Acting for the claimant in relation to a dispute under a share purchase agreement, and defending a multi-million pound counterclaim.
• Acting for the claimant in relation to a contractual rectification claim, and defending a counterclaim for breach of warranty under an investment agreement.
• Acting for the claimant in relation to a claim arising out of a non-disparagement clause.
• Acting for the claimant in a breach of contract and unjust enrichment claim relating to a software license.
• Acting for a defendant in relation to a breach of contract claim arising out of a contract for the provision of private airplane services.
• Advising a major international livestock company in a multi-million pound dispute with its suppliers.
• Acting for a local authority in a major dispute with a service provider under a PFI contract. The dispute concerns the operation of contractual adjustments and deductions.