Oli Bowley

Associate, London

Biography

Overview

Oli is an associate in White & Case's Dispute Resolution Group in London, practicing in international litigation and arbitration.

Oli has acted for individuals, corporates, investment funds, government entities and sovereign states across a range of sectors including natural resources, derivatives and commodities, life sciences, and financial services. He has acted for commodity brokers and exchanges in collateral and supply disputes; for private equity sponsors in post-acquisition warranty claims; and for various parties in fraud actions. Oli has experience of obtaining interim relief, including freezing and other prohibitory injunctions in both litigation and arbitration.

Oli has a particular interest in litigation finance, having acted for funded claimants in High Court proceedings, and has advised litigation funders on disputes with funded parties, as well as on terms of funding and insurance – including in support of collective proceedings.

Oli also has experience of complex insolvency and restructuring proceedings, including schemes of arrangement.

Prior to joining White & Case in July 2024, Oli trained and practiced as an associate in the London disputes team of another leading UK law firm.

Bars and Courts
England and Wales, Solicitor
Education
LLM, LPC
BPP Law School
GDL
University of Law
BA (Hons)
Politics
University of Exeter
Languages
English

Experience

Acting for the scheme company, Light SA, a Brazilian electricity supplier, in its successful application for sanction of a scheme of arrangement under part 26 of the Companies Act 2006. (Re Light SA – Em Recuperação Judicial [2024] EWHC 2733 (Ch))

Acting for a group of bondholders in CPR part 8 proceedings against a Swedish bond issuer (2025).

Securing interim freezing relief for the Claimants in an LCIA arbitration concerning the enforceability of a litigation funding agreement, following the UK Supreme Court decision in R (PACCAR) v Competition Appeal Tribunal (2024).*

Acting for the successful Claimants in a disclosure application under the "iniquity exception" to privilege, in the context of a significant fraud claim. (Enigma Diagnostics Limited (in Liquidation) & Ors. v. Harvey Boulter & Ors [2023] EWHC 1999 (Ch)).*

Acting for a claimant commodities exchange in Commercial Court fraud proceedings against a trading counterparty (2024).*

Acting for a claimant shareholder in a substantial fraud claim against a Russian metals conglomerate (2022).*

* Experience prior to joining White & Case.