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Manan Singh

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

manan.singh@keystonelaw.co.uk

Manan is a barrister with a wealth of experience working with international law firms in the City. His practice focuses on high-value, complex commercial and financial litigation and international arbitration, as well as matters of company law, civil fraud, professional negligence, shareholder disputes and insolvency law.

His experience spans a broad range of industry sectors and jurisdictions, with proceedings often being multi-jurisdictional in nature. He also advises high-net-worth individuals and companies on asset structuring and trusts.

Manan regularly appears in the English courts and before tribunals constituted under the rules of the ICC in Paris, London and Dubai, the LCIA, the DIFC-LCIA, and SIAC. He has appeared before and opposite a number of distinguished QCs including from leading sets such as Brick Court, 7 KBW, Essex Court and 20 Essex Street.

In addition to his commercial disputes practice, Manan advises on banking and capital markets which gives him a unique expertise in dealing with financial disputes and technical expert evidence relating to such disputes.

Manan is a regular industry panellist and contributor on financial disputes and international arbitration. He is also a member of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple.

Expertise

Manan specialises in international arbitration, handling shareholder actions, joint venture disputes, franchising, and commercial contracts, with extensive experience in injunctive and emergency relief.

Experience

  • Represented a company against whom DIFC-LCIA arbitration proceedings had been brought for specific performance of a sale and purchase agreement relating to their business with a value of USD35 million.
  • Represented a company against whom DIFC-LCIA arbitration proceedings had been brought for specific performance of a sale and purchase agreement relating to their business with a value of USD35 million.
  • Acted for the respondent in DIFC-LCIA arbitration proceedings for specific performance of a whole-business sale and purchase agreement.

Manan advises clients in banking, finance, and financial services on civil fraud, conspiracy, professional negligence, shareholder disputes, and cross-border litigation, including complex structured products and investment recoveries.

Experience

  • Advised a prominent Middle-Eastern family in litigation proceedings against Credit Suisse in relation to a claim for the mis-selling of structured products.
  • Advised Merrill Lynch International on the recovery of its financial investments in complex structured products in an insolvent hedge fund group in multi-jurisdictional court proceedings.
  • Represented a foreign investor in arbitration proceedings (London seat) in relation to recovering its investment of USD 5 million in an Indian start-up venture which had been misappropriated by the promoter counterparty in India.
  • Advised a foreign investor in LCIA arbitration proceedings in relation to recovering its investment in a start-up venture which had been misappropriated by the promoter counterparty in India.
  • Represented National Bonds Corporation in the DIFC Courts in proceedings relating to the non-payment of financing provided by NBC to a borrower for the purchase of certain property interests located in the DIFC.
  • Advised a senior employee in the SFO investigation against Barclays relating to the 2008 capital raising by the bank.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Recognised in The Legal 500 2020 for International Arbitration 2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Fraud: Civil 2020

Manan qualified as a barrister in 2018 and as a solicitor advocate in 2015. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2018, he worked at the following firms:

  • Brown Rudnick
  • Gide Loyrette Nouel