Profile
Miten Vaghela has considerable experience acting for entrepreneurs, high-net-worth individuals, and businesses. He acts for both claimants and defendants in litigation and civil fraud matters with multi-jurisdictional elements.
Miten focuses his practice on obtaining and defending a variety of High Court injunctions including worldwide asset freezing orders, search orders, hardware imaging orders, and passport delivery up orders.
He works on cases involving complex commercial disputes, breach of contract claims, breach of fiduciary and director’s duties, matters involving misrepresentation, and litigation relating to insolvent companies. He is also an experienced Court-appointed independent Supervising Solicitor.
Miten has been an earlier adopter of Legal Technology. He is actively involved in the Firm’s global development and implementation of Legal Technology software, including; Artificial Intelligence, testing of cutting edge technology solutions and the deployment of new solutions. Most recently, Miten was a panelist at London International Disputes Week on: “Efficient Dispute Resolution: Integrating Technology in Legal Practice held at the Law Society in 2024.
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Representing Traditional Financial Services (one of the world’s leading inter-dealer brokers) in defending a claim for dishonest assistance and fraudulent trading brough against various financial institutions following VAT carousel fraud in the trading of carbon credits. The Supreme Court heard appeals relating to the matter in December 2024 and judgment is awaited.
- Representing Crane Bank of Uganda and its shareholders in a U.S. $250 million Commercial Court claim against 15 defendant shareholders with claims brought in unlawful means conspiracy, dishonest assistance, and against one defendant, knowing receipt. Successfully defeated an application at the Court of Appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the English Court on the basis the claim was barred by the Foreign Act of State Doctrine (the FASD). The Court of Appeal found in Crane Bank’s favour on the basis of the Commercial Activity Exception and the Public Policy Exception to the FASD.
- Representing a client operating in the luxury hospitality industry against multiple European state-owned entities in complex multi-contract LCIA arbitrations.
- Acted for the claimants in a multibillion-pound family dispute – focusing on matters concerning jurisdiction and the appointment of experts in Monaco, Panama and Switzerland.°
- Acted for the Former Joint Administrators of the Force India Formula One Team in a multimillion-pound claim.°
- Appointed by the High Court as a Supervising Solicitor to oversee and administer the execution of search and delivery up orders.°
- Represented a high-net-worth individual who was subject to a freezing order.°
- Defended a freezing order, including reaching an agreement with the claimants regarding expenditure on monthly living expenses.°
- Acted for a claimant retailer in a brand ambassador dispute against a high profile celebrity, including obtaining emergency injunctive relief and then settling the claim within 10 days of our instruction.°
- Obtained an asset freezing order, search order, and passport delivery up order in circumstances where the defendant (our client’s finance director) set up a competing business.°
- Obtained BVI freezing orders on behalf of a high-net-worth individual and served the foreign order in various jurisdictions including Mauritius and Cyprus.°
- Commenced and dealt with complex and high value detailed assessment proceedings.°
- Acted for the Administrators of the Caterham Formula One Team.°
- Defended matters involving FCA investigations.°
- Acted for the Marussia Formula One team in a commercial dispute.°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Vaghela prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
荣誉和领导力
- Listed, The Legal 500 United Kingdom, 2021
- Described as: “very easy to work with, has good judgment and is hard working”
- Member, Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
- Member, Young Fraud Lawyers Association
- Member, International Association of Young Lawyers
资历
- Summer Institute for General Management, Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Legal Practice Course (LPC), College of Law
- Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), College of Law
- B.Sc., International Politics, City University London
- England and Wales
- Gujarati, 流利