Danielle accepts instructions across all areas of commercial law. Her recent experience includes:

• Various Claimants v Glencore Plc: Acting for Glencore Plc in defending claims brought by shareholders pursuant to sections 90 and 90A of FSMA 2000 (led by Richard Hill KC and Tony Singla KC).
• Alta Trading UK Limited (formerly known as Arcadia Petroleum Ltd) & others v Bosworth & others: acting for the Claimants in Commercial Court litigation concerning fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, conspiracy and dishonest assistance/knowing receipt (led by Alec Haydon KC).
• Yieldpoint Stable Value Fund LP v Kimura Trade Finance Fund Ltd: a claim in the Commercial Court seeking the return of capital invested pursuant to a participation agreement (led by Fionn Pilbrow KC).
• Perl v Quintessentially Wine: breach of contract and conversion claim in respect of rare and fine wines held in a bonded warehouse (unled).
• Pallagi v Whittle: defending a claim in relation to the takeover of a company specialising in online retail sales of meat products (led by Charles Hollander KC). 
• Bonnier Books UK et al v Haysmacintyre LLP: defending proceedings in respect of an allegedly negligent audit seeking net sums lost in connection with the Claimants’ publishing business (as a pupil, assisting Edward Harrison)
• LCIA Arbitration: (as a pupil, assisting Edward Harrison).
• Test Claimants in the Franked Investments Income Group Litigation: claims for the restitution of overpaid tax which had been unlawfully levied (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).

Danielle accepts instructions across all areas of competition law. Her recent experience includes:

• BMW v CMA: an expedited appeal to the CAT regarding the scope of the CMA’s powers to obtain documents outside of the jurisdiction (as a pupil, assisting Sarah Abram KC).
• BMW Emissions litigation: proposed group litigation concerning alleged “defeat devices” (as a pupil, assisting Sarah Abram KC).
• Litigation in respect of the Trucks cartel: (as a pupil, assisting Sarah Abram KC).
• Allianz Global Investors & ors v HSBC & others: proceedings in relation to alleged collusion in foreign exchange trading (as a pupil, assisting Sarah Abram KC).
• BSV Claims v Bittylicious & others: claims concerning alleged collusion between crypto-currency exchanges to delist the crypto-currency BSV (as a pupil, assisting Sarah Abram KC).

Danielle accepts instructions across all areas of public international law. Her recent experience includes:

• X v Russia (Human Rights Committee): communication concerning a human rights defender expelled from Russia for exercising rights to freedom of speech (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).
• Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse International: Commercial Court litigation raising issues of immunity of Heads of State (as a pupil, assisting Ben Woolgar).

• Darul Uloom School v The Secretary of State for Education: resisting the Trustees’ application to be released from undertakings offered to prevent the Secretary of State’s application to remove the school from the register (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).
• O’Caroll v Meta: proceedings concerning the right to object to the processing of data for the purpose of digital marketing (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).
• Test Claimants in the Franked Investments Income Group Litigation: claims for the restitution of overpaid tax which had been unlawfully levied (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).
• Advising on the prospects of a judicial review in respect of data retention (as a pupil, assisting Jennifer MacLeod).

Professional Qualifications

Admitted to the New York Bar 2024

Called to the Bar (England and Wales), 2020

Education

2019-2020: BPTC, BPP Law School

2018-2019: LL.M, New York University School of Law

2015-2018: BA Law, Trinity College, University of Cambridge (Double First)

Professional Experience

2022: Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Calver, High Court of England and Wales (Commercial Court)

2021-2022: Research Assistant for the first supplement to Grant & Mumford on Civil Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure (Sweet & Maxwell 2022)

2021: Intern, Hague Conference on Private International Law

2019: Pro Bono Researcher, UN Women, New York

Inner Temple

• Princess Royal Scholarship
• Sir Joseph Priestley Award
• Duke of Edinburgh Entrance Award

New York University School of Law

• Dean’s Graduate Award
• Henry Arthur Hollond Travelling Studentship (awarded by Trinity College, University of Cambridge)

Trinity College, University of Cambridge

• Senior Scholar
• Lizette Bentwich Prize for excellent examination performance
• Christopher Simpson Prize for Public International Law
• Examination Prize (awarded by Trinity College Council)