Freddie Batho
Associate
DDI +44 (0)20 4566 9288
freddie.batho@seladorelegal.com
Freddie has experience acting for multinational companies and high-net-worth individuals in a range of complex, high-value and multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes.
Freddie has advised on complex disputes before the English and Cayman Islands courts, and before international tribunals under the rules of major arbitrational institutions (including ICC, LCIA and HKIAC). He has worked on cases involving contractual disputes, fraud claims and the enforcement of arbitration awards.
Freddie trained at a leading US law firm and qualified into the firm’s Dispute Resolution department, where he focussed on commercial litigation, international arbitration and arbitration enforcement matters.
Freddie has a degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and a Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course from BPP University, London
- Advising a high-net worth individual, on a complex, high value, and multi-party commercial fraud dispute before the courts of the Cayman Islands in relation to the collapse of a multi-billion dollar private equity group.
- Assisting in the defence of a UK retailer in the largest private sector equal pay claim to be heard in the English courts.
- Acting in a shareholder dispute between members of an oil and gas joint venture in multiple high-value LCIA arbitrations, with claims in excess of US$2 billion.
- Acting for an energy company in an ICC arbitration against an African State concerning a power project.
- Acting in a shareholder dispute between members of a mining joint venture in a high value HKIAC arbitration.
- Acting on the enforcement of high-value arbitral awards across jurisdictions, against sovereign and private entities.
News & Media
The witness statement problem in international arbitration
Writing in the New York Law Journal, Seladore’s Laurence Shore, Liang-Ying Tan, and Matt Robertson examine the growing concerns around written witness statements in international arbitration.
Dan Hudson comments in Law360 on Crime and Policing Bill 2025
Partner Dan Hudson was recently quoted in Law360’s analysis of the Crime and Policing Bill 2025, which introduces reforms aimed at strengthening asset recovery and corporate liability in economic crime cases.
Simon Bushell writes for The Times on art market fraud
In his latest article for The Times, Senior Partner Simon Bushell explores why regulatory gaps, weak enforcement, and a culture of opacity continue to expose art market players to serious financial risk – and produce fertile ground for the next major scandal.
