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Kushal Gandhi

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Kushal Gandhi is a Partner in the Finance Disputes team at CMS London, specialising in high-value, complex, and cross-border finance disputes. With extensive experience in litigation and international arbitration, Kushal is known for his reliability, knowledge, and effectiveness in delivering results for his clients.

Kushal regularly assists clients with developing risk mitigation strategies and obtaining emergency relief from courts and tribunals.

Kushal’s practice includes contentious insolvency. Kushal also regularly works alongside deal teams and assists in navigating complex negotiations and developing risk mitigations in transaction structures and related documents.

Kushal has also spent time working in the in-house legal team at a major investment bank in London and being seconded to an asset manager and the LCIA.

Kushal's expertise and dedication make him a trusted advisor for clients facing complex finance disputes.

Awards & Recognitions

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"Kushal is our go-to lawyer at CMS. He is very knowledgeable, responsive and has a strong appreciation of our wants and needs as a client."

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"Kushal is very business-minded, very practical and is always looking for the right solution and how to communicate it most effectively."

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Relevant experience

A global asset management firm in relation to claims brought against its UK and Luxembourg regulated entities by a group of international investors of a Luxembourg infrastructure fund. The claims involved cross-border issues, mismanagement, and gross negligence.
A major UK financial institution in claims involving investment advice and the subsequent management of investments. This included issues involving due diligence processes, duties of care, conflict management, exposure to investors, and navigating ongoing management of investments.
A large UK bank in relation to the sale of its trust business and related proceedings, including a novel application to the English court relating to the transfer of trusteeships.
An international investment fund in a claim against a major international investment bank relating to various derivative transactions and related charges. This included cross-border issues involving, Singapore, England, Hong Kong, and India.
A large international conglomerate in relation to various disputes that arose in relation to renewable energy projects with a multitude of lenders and related restructurings with European and Chinese parties with foreign law issues including those in Portugal, England, and China.
A major financial institution in English court proceedings in relation to the meaning and application of a part of the FCA Handbook.
A major FFA and commodity broker in English court proceedings for a claim involving complex issues of personal liability, trading behaviours, and novel legal issues.
The seller of a pensions business in relation to post-sale claims in an arbitration.
An international aviation leasing company in relation to claims in arbitration against an African carrier and African state entity arising under leases for three aircrafts.
A major Indian tech corporation in relation to claims in arbitration against the African part of another major Indian business.
A large global crypto-exchange in relation to a substantial claim by an investor.
A growing crypto business in a dispute with its prior financial advisor relating to the fees claimed by the financial advisor, including claims for tokens in the business.
A crypto client in English court proceedings where novel issues were being raised that tested the boundaries of the common law as applicable to crypto. This included procedural questions about the basis on which to establish the English court’s jurisdiction.

Publications

Co-Editor - Arbitration and Insolvency [2024] Elgar Arbitration Law and Practice series.
Co-author - Chapter 14 Disputes and Litigation, Artificial Intelligence – Law and Regulation, Elgar Online: The online content platform for Edward Elgar Publishing.
Co-author - the Fintech Disputes chapter of The Financial Technology Law Review, The Law Reviews.

Awards & Rankings

Kushal has been recognised as a Next Generation Partner in two categories by Legal500: for International Arbitration and Banking Litigation: investment and retail.
Kushal is ranked in Band 2 by Chambers & Partners UK for Crypto-Asset Disputes.

Education

2007 – LPC (Distinction), The University of Law, London.
2006 – LLB (First Class Hons), Durham University, Durham.

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution Alternative Dispute Resolution Banking & Finance Commercial Disputes International Arbitration Technology Disputes Advocacy Financial Institutions Lending Financial Services & Regulation

sectors

FinTech

topics

Finance Disputes

Insights

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