Edwin Gomez (Associate); admitted 2005, England and Wales as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court; admitted 2012, Cayman Islands as an Attorney at Law, practised as a legal assistant in several top-tier firms including London law firms DAC Beachcroft (then Beachcroft Wansbroughs), Reynolds Porter Chamberlain and Vizards Wyeth.
Edwin specialises in civil commercial litigation. He has worked in a wide range of matters relating to private international law, tort, company law, professional negligence with an emphasis on insurance/reinsurance. He has acted on behalf of Claimants and Defendants in Chancery matters, the Construction and Technology Court and Queen's Bench Division. He has also had substantial criminal litigation experience as a Senior Crown Prosecutor conducting cases in both the Magistrates' and Crown Court.
Edwin is fluent in Spanish as well as English.
Notable cases include:
- Timothy Wright v Deccan Chargers Sporting Ventures Limited & Anor [2011] EWHC 1307 (QB)
A jurisdiction challenge in a claim for wrongful dismissal of the claimant as Chief Executive Officer of Deccan Chargers, an Indian Premier League Cricket Franchise.
- Sompo Japan Insurance Inc, Court of Appeal - Chancery Division [2011] EWHC 260 (Ch)
Objections on behalf of policyholders to a proposed scheme to transfer the business of the UK branch of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc to attain a full commutation of €55million.
