A team of talented lawyers focused on achieving the best outcome for the clients
Asserson, an international law firm with its core practice in the UK, is an award‑winning practice described by the directories as “a wonderful team with talented lawyers focused on achieving the best outcome for the clients”.
Asserson’s Disputes team was founded by litigation heavyweight Trevor Asserson, recognised by Chambers and Legal 500 as a “brilliant litigator” with a “heavyweight reputation”; for being “innovative” and “able to find creative solutions”. It is now led by Baruch Baigel , a go-to name for complex cross‑border cases and listed as a Leading Individual by the directories.
The practice is managed by an extraordinary team running extraordinary cases.
The team routinely acts for or against national governments, international regulators and multi-national corporations. Its unique mix of exemplary strategy, lateral-thinking and sheer dedication has proved to be a winning combination.
Our expertise includes:
- Litigation in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of the United Kingdom
- International Arbitration
- Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- US Disputes
The team’s track record speaks for itself:
- Student Group Claim Representing more than 170,000 students in group litigation claims against UCL and other UK universities arising from disrupted education during Covid-19 and industrial action, with the first claim (against UCL) listed for trial in the High Court in February 2026.
- Madoff Securities v Sonja Kohn and Others Successfully defending the principal defendants in a $60 million fraud and tracing claim. After a six-week trial, listed by The Lawyer as one of the top 20 cases that year, the judge decided in favour of our client, stating that the claim was “unfounded” and that their “honesty and integrity has been vindicated”.
- Renate Blauel Acting in a claim against Elton John on behalf of his ex‑wife, who was suing the singer for breaching their non-disclosure agreement.
- Bourlakov litigation Acting for one of the principal parties in a global dispute in respect of a $2 billion estate.
- Vale SA v Steinmetz and Others Successfully defeating at trial a $2 billion Commercial Court action brought against Benjamin Steinmetz by Vale SA, one of the world’s largest mining companies.
- National Crime Agency v Israel Perry Successfully defending businessman Israel Perry in relation to civil recovery proceedings brought by the UK government.
- Breyer Group Plc and Others v Department of Energy and Climate Change Successfully recovering more than £60 million from the UK Government under the Human Rights Act for a group of solar energy companies just before a trial listed by The Lawyer as one of its Top Twenty cases in 2018.
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