Daniel Spendlove

Daniel Spendlove

Partner, Signature

Biography

Daniel focuses on complex and high value commercial litigation and arbitration. He represents clients across a range of industry sectors, including financial markets, investment funds, mining, oil and gas, and insurance/reinsurance. Most of his cases are international in nature, and he has co-ordinated proceedings in numerous common and civil law jurisdictions.

Daniel has been involved in some of the largest and highest profile cases in the London disputes market. In each of the last three years he has acted in cases which have featured in The Lawyer's “Top 20 Cases of the Year”. He has also advised in internal investigations and civil fraud cases. As a solicitor-advocate, Daniel has rights of audience in the Higher Courts of England and Wales.

The Legal 500 UK Guide describes Daniel as “very smart, client focused and details-oriented” and “excellent, with great attention to detail, wide experience and excellent client care'“. He has also been praised as “highly professional”, and “a strategic thinker” who “brings real energy to cases”. He has been highly ranked across the Commercial Litigation, Banking Litigation and Professional Negligence categories. He was recently described, by Commercial Dispute Resolution magazine, as “one of a new breed of independent and forceful commercial litigation partners”.

Daniel trained and qualified at a major international law firm, where he undertook secondments to the firm's Hong Kong office and one of the world's largest financial institutions. He joined Signature in August 2013 from another leading City of London law firm.

Daniel has published articles and delivered talks on a number of topical issues, and regularly comments in the trade and legal press. He is a Contributing Editor of “Getting the Deal Through: Complex Commercial Litigation”, and is a member of the Commercial Litigation Association, the International Bar Association, the British-Ukrainian Law Association, and the London Solicitor Litigation Association.