Simon Bushell

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About Simon Bushell

Simon Bushell is a Founding Partner at Seladore Legal, a disputes only law firm headquartered in London, specialising in major and complex litigation and arbitration with a particular emphasis on multi-party, multi-jurisdictional disputes. With a pre-eminent reputation spanning more than 35 years, Simon specialises in cross border disputes, High Court litigation and disputes in the London Court of International Arbitration. He acts for a broad range of clients including large corporates, private equity houses, financial institutions, banks and ultra-high net worth individuals, in addition to foreign government agencies and state-owned companies. Simon became involved in Russian and CIS related disputes nearly two decades ago and continues regularly to handle matters with a connection to the region. More recently, he has developed a niche practice representing clients in relation to high value art disputes, as well as other alternative investments. Simon was recently inducted into The Legal 500 UK Hall of Fame for his civil fraud and commercial litigation expertise, and is recognised as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for his banking litigation work. The Legal 500 notes Simon is a "master strategist", and “an excellent litigator, constantly striving for ways to improve a case or undermine his opponents“. Chambers UK describes him as a “truly exceptional lawyer” and he has also been ranked as a Foreign Expert for his Russian dispute resolution work in Chambers Global. Recognised for being “very clear-sighted and capable of identifying clear strategies for his clients to pursue”, Simon has been consistently ranked in Bands 1 and 2 for his civil fraud expertise in Chambers UK over many years.