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Sean Kelsey

Senior Associate
London
+44.(0)20.7360.8180
Fax +44.(0)20.7648.9001

Primary Practice

Secondary Practices

Education

  • Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London, 2005, (Distinction)
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, London, 2004, (Distinction)
  • Ph.D., University of Manchester, 1995, ("The political culture of the English Commonwealth, 1649 to 1653" published by Manchester and Stanford University Presses in 1997 under the title, Inventing a republic)
  • B.A., University of Oxford, 1989, Modern History (First Class Hons)

Admissions

  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • Biography Overview
  • Additional Background
  • Representative Work
Sean Kelsey is a senior associate in the dispute resolution and litigation department of the firm’s London office. He has represented clients in a wide range of domestic and international commercial disputes. His practise encompasses the English High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, multi-jurisdictional litigation, and international arbitration. He advises on the drafting and negotiation of dispute resolution clauses in transactional documents, and on potential claims and liabilities in connection with mergers and acquisitions. His experience spans many sectors of the economy, including natural resources, manufacture, importation and distribution, construction, property development, telecoms, professional and financial services, as well as insurance coverage disputes.

Professional Background

Dr. Kelsey joined K&L Gates as a newly-qualified lawyer in October 2007, having spent more than a dozen years as an academic historian, lecturing on early modern British and European history, and researching and publishing a number of articles about the trial and execution of Charles I.

Professional/Civic Activities

  • Member, London Solicitors Litigation Association
  • Member, British Institute of International Comparative Law
  • Senior Research Fellow, Humanities Research Institute, University of Buckingham

Additional Information

Dr. Kelsey is a regular contributor to Arbitration World (for which he writes a regular global update on recent developments in international arbitration), and has written on subjects such as the English Supreme Court's decision in Dallah v Pakistan, the House of Lords decision in Fiona Trust, and the ICSID Phoenix and Malaysian Historical Salvors cases.
  • Resisting various claims against former directors of European Home Retail plc ("EHR") and its subsidiary, Farepak Food and Gifts Limited (including the successful defence of an attempt to disqualify the non-executive directors of EHR).
  • Acting for one of the world's leading manufacturers of leisure craft in relation to claims brought against their UK distributors.
  • Representing a leading diamond broker and a number of its American, Israeli and Indian clients in connection with claims in contract and economic tort.
  • Pursuing claims arising from the sale of a Bulgarian cable telecoms business.
  • Advising the London operations of a leading global business outsourcer in connection with disputes concerning the supply of corporate information services to a number of financial institutions.
  • Advising a Russian investor in an Eastern European oil and gas JV in relation to enforcement of an ICAC arbitral award.
  • Acting in the High Court in connection with a dispute between the owners of and investors in a globally pre-eminent South-East Asian producer of prawns.
  • Advising a New England tea importer in relation to its dispute with a leading English manufacturer and supplier of tea.
  • Advising a US telecommunications company regarding efforts to secure extradition from the UK of a Syrian national convicted in the UAE of defrauding the company's JV in the the region.
  • Representing parties to the LCIA arbitration of disputes arising out of the sale of a dairy business in the Ukraine.
  • Assisting in an ICC, Swiss-seated arbitration of claims brought against an American manufacturer of jet engine components by its French customer.
  • Acting for policyholder in LCIA arbitration against trade credit insurers.
  • Advising investors in a Mexican leisure and tourism development in relation to issues arising under an ICC award.
  • Advising an American investment manager to a hedge fund in relation to claims brought in New York under Cayman law.
  • Acting for a Hong Kong retail electronics manufacturer in a dispute with its English customer.
  • Advising a third party in connection with the protection of Kazakh mineral rights affected by the ad hoc London-seated arbitration of a multi-jurisdictional partnership dispute.
  • Advising a British national utility provider in relation to the investigation of a major fraud.
  • Acting in the High Court, the Court of Appeal, the House of Lords and the European Court of Justice on behalf of blue-chip multinational corporations challenging the lawfulness of UK corporate taxes pursuant to group litigation orders.
  • Bringing professional negligence claims against firms of solicitors on behalf of a number of property developers.
  • Six-month secondment to the in-house legal team of a major motor manufacturer and distributor.
  • Acting on behalf of a franchised network of motor dealers in the settlement of a dispute with an insurer.
  • Successfully enforcing in full the rights of a client of the firm whose claim under a policy had been denied by a Canadian life insurer.
  • Advising an insurance broker in relation to claims brought by joint liquidators of Independent Insurance Company Limited
  • Advising an insolvency practitioner in relation to settlement of disputes arising in connection with dissolution of a financial advisory partnership.
  • Advising in relation to settlement of a dispute arising from the sale of a plant-hire business.
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