Amy Gregg

Amy Gregg

Call: 2023

Practice Overview

Amy is developing a broad commercial practice spanning 3VB’s key practice areas, including commercial disputes, banking and finance, and insolvency. She has worked on multiple advisory and contentious matters and has regularly appeared as sole counsel in the County Court. She also has experience of LCIA and UNCITRAL arbitration proceedings, and has acted in litigation brought in the BVI.

Amy previously completed a training contract at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. She worked on a wide range of high profile commercial, regulatory, and pro bono matters including follow-on damages litigation stemming from the EC Trucks Decision and the appeal of an arbitration award by a major bank. She ran the firm’s Tower Hamlets Law Centre volunteer scheme and volunteered with the Royal Courts of Justice Citizens Advice Bureau.

Amy holds a BA in Law from Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, and an MPhil in Law from Somerville College, Oxford. She is currently reading for a DPhil in Law at Exeter College, and previously taught contract law at Balliol College and Exeter College, Oxford. Whilst at university, Amy was President of the Cambridge Union.

  • Acting for a lender in a claim for breach of a guarantee and breach of oral contract (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Advising on a consumer dispute against a vehicle dealer and finance provider, concerning liability under a conditional sale agreement (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Successfully defended a major energy company in County Court proceedings, obtaining an order for costs (sole counsel).
  • Acted as sole counsel in multiple County Court preliminary hearings, including directions hearings, applications to set aside judgment, applications to strike out, and applications for summary judgment.
  • Advised on the validity and effect of a litigation funding agreement post-PACAAR.
  • Assisted with resisting a summary judgment application brought by the customer of Camelot UK Lotteries for alleged failure to pay a prize of £1m (during pupillage, with Philip Hinks).
  • Assisted with research and advising on a claim by an investor concerning fraudulent misrepresentation, breach of trust and unlawful means conspiracy (during pupillage, with Chris Bond).
  • Acting in a UNCITRAL Arbitration concerning a partnership dispute (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Acting for a commodities trading company in proceedings before the BVI Courts, following an HKIAC arbitration against a Chinese state-owned enterprise (led by Ali Malek KC and Peter de Verneuil Smith KC, ongoing).
  • Acting for European energy group in a Norwegian arbitration brought by a large investment bank (led by Christopher Harris KC, ongoing).
  • Serving as Tribunal Secretary to Ali Malek KC, David Joseph KC and Luke Parsons KC in an LCIA arbitration concerning a drilling services contract (ongoing).
  • Acting for a major bank seeking repayment of a facility (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Acted for a major bank in County Court proceedings brought under the Equality Act (sole counsel, settled).
  • Successfully defended a breach of contract claim on behalf of a major bank in the County Court (sole counsel).
  • Successfully acted as sole counsel on behalf of major banks in several County Court cases related to payment protection insurance (PPI) and secret commissions.
  • Assisted with advising a group of Singaporean companies whether a proposed transaction would constitute a change of control under various financing agreements (during pupillage, with Peter de Verneuil Smith KC).
  • Assisted with a 4-day High Court trial in Bitar v Banque Libano-Francaise SAL [2023] EWHC 17 (KB). Assisted the defendant Lebanese bank in a $5m claim brought by a customer in connection with the financial crisis in Lebanon (during pupillage, with Raj Pillai KC and Philip Hinks).
  • Acting for a property development company in a professional negligence claim against a firm of solicitors (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Advised on, and attended the IDRC Mediation of, a professional negligence action concerning film finance schemes brought against a wealth manager (led by Dominic Kennelly).
  • Assisted with defending a professional negligence claim against a barrister, who had previously acted on the claimant’s behalf in proceedings under the Consumer Credit Act (during pupillage, with Charlotte Eborall).
  • Assisted with research and drafting in a claim for professional negligence brought against a firm of solicitors, concerning the meaning and effect of a previous settlement agreement (during pupillage, with William Edwards).
  • Assisted with the defence of a professional negligence claim brought by a lender against a firm of valuers (during pupillage, with Peter de Verneuil Smith KC).
  • Acting for the creditor, a national telecommunications company, in winding up proceedings in the High Court (sole counsel, ongoing).
  • Successfully acted for the creditor, an investment fund, in winding up proceedings in the High Court (sole counsel).
  • Assisted with a 4-day trial in the Commercial Court in Emirates NBD Bank PJSC v Almakhawi [2023] EWHC 1113 (Comm). Assisted the claimant bank in its successful claim to enforce in England a Dubai judgment on a bank guarantee, and to reverse transactions under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (during pupillage, with William Edwards).
  • Assisted with a successful bankruptcy petition following unpaid adverse costs orders (during pupillage, with Charlotte Eborall).
  • Advised on the regulatory issues arising from an investment advisor working for multiple investment management firms simultaneously, in the context of Employment Tribunal proceedings (led by Cleon Catsambis).
  • Assisted the SRA in respect of proposed disciplinary proceedings concerning Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP).
  • Assisted with advising on access to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, in the context of a group claim against a collective investment scheme (during pupillage, with Teni Onabanjo).
Winner: UK Bar Awards 2023
The Lawyer Awards 2022: Chambers of the Year