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Arnondo Chakrabarti

Partner

Email

arnondo.chakrabarti@aoshearman.com

Phone

+44 20 3088 4424

Offices

London

V-CARD
Arnondo has over two decades of experience across a wide range of contentious matters, representing clients in complex litigation as well as regulatory, criminal and internal investigations.

He has particular experience advising on competition collective proceedings; contractual disputes including involving complex financial products and regulatory and criminal investigations by the UK Financial Conduct Authority and Serious Fraud Office, with particular experience advising clients on bribery and corruption. Arnondo is one of very few lawyers in the market with expertise in advising on both contentious regulatory proceedings and corporate crime issues and is the only lawyer ranked in Chambers 2024 as an Eminent Practitioner in both Financial Crime Corporates and Financial Services Contentious Regulatory. He is ranked in the Hall of Fame in 2024 Legal 500 for Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime.
Arnondo also advises on public law issues and previously practised as a barrister at Matrix Chambers.

The directories say he is “completely unflappable, highly intelligent, strategically acute, and constantly thinks about his clients and what they need" (Chambers UK, 2021), “a tough litigator who fights hard for his clients” (Legal 500 UK, 2021); “very impressive and personable. Intellectually he is very strong and strategically savvy.” (Chambers UK, 2024).

Expertise

Industries

Experience

Representative matters

  • A global financial institution in defending litigation based on allegations of anti-competitive conduct in the foreign exchange market. Representing the financial institution in High Court litigation and Competition Appeal Tribunal collective proceedings.
  • A global financial institution in the FCA investigation into the FX market and public resolution.
  • BAE Systems PLC in the defence of and global settlement of the public investigation by the UK SFO and US DOJ relating to allegations concerning the company’s involvement with the Al Yamamah defense contract with Saudi Arabia and its procurement of contracts in multiple jurisdictions around the world.

Qualifications

Admissions

Admitted as solicitor, England and Wales, 1997

Academic

BSc, Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, 1993

CPE, The College Of Law, London, 1994

Languages

English
Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.