Dan is recognised as one of the top litigation lawyers in the UK and internationally. He founded Grosvenor Law in 2011 and has led its growth as Mayfair’s most successful disputes practice. Dan is the lawyer clients want in their corner: he fights to win.
Dan has recovered billions of pounds for his clients over 30 years of legal practice. He is known for his aggressive approach to litigation and his ability to negotiate favourable settlements or other outcomes for his clients. He has also successfully defended his clients around the world across a wide range of disputes, even against the most well-resourced and difficult opponents.
Experienced in handling complex, difficult litigation cases, Dan represents a number of the world’s highest profile entrepreneurs, political leaders, business leaders and corporates. He is entrusted to handle their most difficult legal problems. Dan is a businessman and thinks like one: he understands the power of leverage in resolving commercial disputes and fights to win those cases where settlement is not appropriate.
He is an expert in understanding and protecting his clients’ interests when faced with criminal, regulatory or fiscal investigations or complaints. Regularly acting for leading figures in business, the arts, sports and entertainment, Dan deals with sensitive matters, cases with an international angle, and those involving allegations of dishonesty, sharp practice or breach of trust. In many international cases, where a large international legal team is required, Dan is asked by his clients to “quarterback” the case and bring his tenacity and tactical and strategic approach across different legal jurisdictions.
He also leads highly sensitive personal engagements for clients in relation to private and family matters. Dan has handled multi-billion pound divorce cases for his clients, obtaining large settlements and also defending such claims. He has led a number of complex and high-value family negotiations, resolving complicated disputes between family members who wish to avoid the spotlight of public proceedings.
Examples of Dan’s recent work include:
- Acting as special counsel to the United States Trustee in relation to pursuit of funds stolen by Bernie Madoff – recovering billions of US$ across a number of legal jurisdictions.
- Acting for Nigel Farage MP against NatWest Group in respect of the UK de-banking scandal.
- Recovery of multi-million damages following a successful High Court trial and Court of Appeal win arising from the sale of a Gauguin for US$210 million which was (at the time) the highest private art sale on record.
- Successfully overturning a $3 billion asset freezing injunction obtained by a foreign state entity in the English High Court (and in the Court of Appeal) against a high-profile entrepreneur.
- Acting for politically exposed individuals in respect of claims before foreign Courts, including pursuing claims in the European Court of Human Rights and defending allegations brought by foreign states. This also included negotiating the successful release of a high-profile business leader held hostage in a hostile African state.
- Defending very significant claims brought by Liquidators appointed by large German banks against a number of international businessmen following a high-profile banking scandal in Germany.
- Undertaking a series of complex covert international investigations in order to identify the location of misappropriated assets, obtaining a series of Worldwide Asset Freezing Orders across a number of foreign jurisdictions and securing settlements as a result.
- Litigating and resolving a series of big-money divorce and child-custody cases, including the negotiation of the UK’s highest ever divorce settlement, as well as brokering a number of confidential settlements between UHNW family members to avoid public legal proceedings.
Nearly all of Dan’s cases at Grosvenor Law are highly confidential, involve sensitive issues and many are resolved without the publicity of Court proceedings. The above examples simply give a flavour of the sort of work that Dan’s team undertake for his clients and the trust that they place in him to deal with their most critical and sensitive business and personal problems.
Dan’s other interests include running his family’s wine estates, in France and South Africa, and spending time with his family.