Sophie Holcombe


Year of Call: 2009

“Sophie has a marvellous work ethic. She’s absolutely meticulous in her approach, and she’s ferociously clever and dedicated to her clients. Highly recommended for complex and high-value civil fraud litigation.”

Legal 500
Portrait of Sophie Holcombe

Practice Overview

Sophie Holcombe has a commercial chancery practice, with a particular focus on contentious domestic and offshore trusts and civil fraud. Sophie’s work is often multi-jurisdictional, involving issues of private international law.

Currently, Sophie acts on behalf of a Georgian billionaire in a dispute against Credit Suisse for losses over mismanagement of an investment portfolio said to be worth over USD 1 billion, claims have been successful in Singapore and Bermuda (Ivanishvili v Credit Suisse). Sophie has also acts in Muncipio de Mariana v BHP Group Plc, the largest piece of group litigation before the English Courts arising from the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil. Previously, Sophie acted as junior counsel in the mass data breach claim against British Airways (Various Claimants v British Airways); in Gudavadze v Anisimov, a claim for over $1.5bn relating to the Russian mining company Metalloinvest; and in the BTA v Ablyazov enforcement proceedings.

News & Events

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    Chambers Global Guide 2024

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    Case Highlights of 2023

    Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd and another (Respondents) v Wong and others [2022] UKPC 47 On 8 December 2022, the Privy Council handed... Read More

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  • “She is extraordinarily hard-working, very thorough and always fully prepared. She’s brilliant.”

    Chambers and Partners
  • “…cuts through and clarifies the essence of problems with a natural ease that provides assurance to those reliant upon her advice.”

    Client

Education & Qualifications

LLB in Law - Cardiff University (First Class Honours)
BVC - Cardiff Law School (Outstanding)

Memberships

Commercial Bar Association
Chancery Bar Association

VAT Number

125131557

Previous Work

Previously worked at Clyde & Co in the insurance and reinsurance department.

At the end of 2012 Sophie worked at Conyers Dill and Pearman, Cayman Islands, for three months. Work included advising on hedge funds, resisting an injunction to pre

News & Events

  • News

    Chambers Global Guide 2024

    Serle Court is delighted to announce that chambers has been ranked as a set in the following practice areas... Read More

    News

    Case Highlights of 2023

    Grand View Private Trust Co Ltd and another (Respondents) v Wong and others [2022] UKPC 47 On 8 December 2022, the Privy Council handed... Read More

  • Virtual Conference Session

    Top 10 #SerleShare Updates 2020

    Location: Read More

    Events

    *FULLY BOOKED* The Governance of Charitable Companies Seminar

    Location: Serle Court, 6 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3QS Read More