2024-2025 Global AI Trends Guide
Olivier Swain
Senior Associate Litigation, Arbitration, and Employment
Languages
English, French
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Overview
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Experience
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Olivier helps clients to navigate the challenges of cross-border litigation. With a practice centering on disputes in highly-regulated industries, he defends and advocates for clients in a broad range of contentious settings.
Olivier has extensive experience of high value, multi-jurisdictional claims, including group actions and representative actions. He has advised parties in several of the most significant commercial cases heard in the English High Court over the past decade. Clients choose Olivier and his colleagues for practical, clear advice which focuses on their business needs and strategic priorities. Olivier's work frequently involves claims relating to technology and consumer products. He understands the importance of commercial and regulatory contexts for his clients.
Representative experience
Representing a global automotive group in multi-jurisdictional group actions and on related regulatory matters.
Advising a multinational technology group on High Court proceedings to combat abuse of online marketplaces.
Acting for a leading investment bank in an LCIA arbitration concerning the sale of an infrastructure asset.*
Representing a global naval construction group in a US$3.1bn claim brought by the Republic of Mozambique.*
Advising a property developer and sponsor in breach of contract claims relating to commercial real estate.*
Representing a defendant telecoms company in claims relating to alleged cyber attacks, conspiracy and unlawful interference.*
*Matter handled prior to joining Hogan Lovells.
Credentials
Education
- Graduate Diploma in Law (with distinction), BPP University, 2013
- B.A. English Literature, University of Durham, First class, 2012
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Law Society of England and Wales
Court admissions
- England and Wales