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Biography
Rohit joined Teacher Stern’s dispute resolution team in 2023 and acts for commercial clients and high net worth individuals in a wide range of commercial disputes. He has significant experience of worldwide freezing injunctions, jurisdiction challenges and security for costs applications and is accustomed to acting for international clients and frequently acts for clients from South Asia, CIS and the Middle East.
Rohit’s specialist areas include:
- International commercial disputes
- Civil fraud
- Company matters including unfair prejudice petitions.
- SFO investigations
- Director’s Disqualification
- Personal and corporate insolvency matters.
Representative experience
- Acted for eight defendants in a successful jurisdiction challenge to a US$ 45 million claim by a bank.
- Acted in a US$ 30 million claim against two business owners for breach of an oral loan agreement.
- Acted for a bank in an US$8m claim which included worldwide freezing injunctions against several respondents.
- Acted for a Director-General in a libel action against a British publisher, the matter settled with a written public apology.
- Acted for defendants in Directors Disqualification proceedings.
- Acted for the successful claimant in an arbitration relating to the purchase of a bulk carrier.
- Acted for an aviation asset holding company in a High Court claim for breach of a joint venture agreement – obtained a favourable settlement for the claimant.
- Acted for a Kazakh company in successfully resisting a challenge in the Court of Appeal to the granting of a £72m worldwide freezing injunction against two former shareholders.
Testimonials
Legal 500 2025
‘Rohit Ralleigh is a very good solicitor. He is switched on, clever, responsive, and has a nice touch with clients, who respect the advice and support he gives. He writes straightforward and clear letters, which is a real skill that should not be underrated.’
‘Rohit Ralleigh has a strong and broad understanding of commercial litigation and good tactical instincts.’
‘Rohit Ralleigh has an excellent ability to understand clients and pursue their real objectives.’
‘Rohit Ralleigh is an experienced and skilled operator who shows great commitment to clients.’
