Expertise

Punam’s clients include corporates, institutional investors and financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds and high net worth individuals.

She has worked on High Court, Court of Appeal, Privy Council and Supreme Court claims, including group claims, as well as international arbitration and mediation. Two of the cases she has worked on have been mentioned in The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2020 and 2022.

Punam also has experience of working with clients in putting together innovative costs arrangements.

Publications and Media

• Claims against insurance brokers: a second wave of business interruption insurance litigation?
• Dominant purpose test applies to legal advice privilege says Court of Appeal
• The rise of renewable energy disputes and arbitration

Experience

Key matters include:

• Acting for a financial institution in a dispute concerning the validity of corporate actions under the Cayman Islands sanctions regime
• Acting for 112 financial institutions in a £487m claim under s90A FSMA against Tesco Plc in respect of its accounting misstatements
• Acting for a group of 350 individuals in respect of claims arising out of their investments in film schemes promoted and operated by the Ingenious group of companies
• Advising a large African energy company against a consortium of lenders in ICC arbitration proceedings and related English court proceedings regarding $1bn+ loan arrangements
• Advising a sophisticated cryptocurrency company against another high-profile crypto company in ad hoc arbitration proceedings relating to the proper contractual interpretation of a loan of Ethereum for an investment
• Advising a Switzerland-based fund on an LCIA arbitration in respect of payments due under a contract for the provision of funds for an investment