CANDEY is an elite disputes law firm. We specialise in high value commercial litigation, arbitration, insolvency, fraud and trusts disputes in London, the British Virgin Islands, New York and Vienna.
Litigation Boutique of the Year 2025, awarded for its “impressive mandates,” “innovative” business model and “clear vision”.
The Lawyer Awards 2025
“Meet the ‘straight to the point’ disputes boutique”
The Lawyer: Spotlight, 2025
Disputes are our Business
CANDEY is an elite litigation law firm based in London, New York, Vienna and the British Virgin Islands. We have been described as “unusual in that its lawyers are a mix of solicitors, barristers, US attorneys, BVI lawyers, trainee solicitors and pupil barristers”, a fact which gives us a broad and unique range of expertise.
We are leaders in disputes, both in commercial and corporate litigation and international arbitration. We currently appear in the some of the biggest and most significant cases before the High Court and various arbitral bodies. In our multiple cases before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court we have made new law and clarified existing law. The value is generally in the millions to billions.
We push boundaries as the law evolves with society. We believe in a fearless, no-nonsense approach to disputes and we pride ourselves on giving straightforward advice. As well as assisting the judiciary we actively seek to engage, persuade and lobby for legislative change in Parliament.
We regularly achieve substantial victories for our clients, who are entrepreneurs, multi-nationals, public and private funds and foundations in a wide range of different areas and sectors, from oil and gas to technology, from financial services and banking to hotels.
“One of the ‘first wave’ litigation boutique firms”, we have acted for clients in cases which have been described as “mammoth” and as having “[taken] the High Court by storm”. Our success has been recognised time and time again, including most recently in The Lawyer Awards 2025, in which we were crowned Litigation Boutique of the Year.
Fees & Funding
We favour a value based approach to our costs where possible. As well as hourly rates and fixed fees we have, over the past 15 years, cost risk funded many cases ourselves. We have undertaken a vast range of cases on a contingency “no win no fee” or deferred basis, charging an uplift or bonus on success. Contingency agreements are not always in the client’s best interests and the price of risk may be too expensive if cash is readily available. But they can be an amazing financial solution and provide access to justice where none might otherwise be available.
As the firm has grown we have built excellent relationships with third party funders. As well as funding cases ourselves we have access to millions of dollars of external funding for meritorious claims.
If the sum is of sufficient value and a client has a strong case against a party with assets, we can usually structure a route to judicial success.
CANDEY Access to Justice & Rule of Law
As a firm we have a special interest in pursuing lawyers’ rights as we recognise that strengthening their rights facilitates the people’s rights and their access to justice. Our work in this area in the UK and BVI Court of Appeal and the UK Supreme Court has been extensive. Almost all of our battles pursuing lawyers’ rights have been with insolvency practitioners: as it is often companies or individuals with cash flow issues that need lawyers to act on a contingency "no win no fee” type basis. Most lawyers won’t do so for fear that the insolvency practitioner will refuse to pay them.
The Supreme Court judgment in CANDEY v Crumpler [2022] provides a road map for clients and lawyers to successfully prosecute meritorious claims in partnership with each other.
Our work on lawyers rights starts at home. We aim to ensure that our legal team has a work life balance, where necessary doubling the size of a team instead of exhausting individual lawyers, none of whom have hourly targets.
CANDEY has been vocal in championing the rule of law and refusing, along with the Bar Council, to allow prejudice to prevent anyone from being represented before the Courts on the basis of their race, religion or nationality.
"'Committed to getting great results for clients”
“Boutique practice CANDEY consistently acts for both large corporations and entrepreneurs in major shareholder and joint venture disputes; and it regularly assists with disputes involving the CIS, US, British Virgin Islands and Cyprus.”
“In London, most of the firm's work is predominantly in the High Court, but the team's experience also includes appearances in the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court. “
Managing partner and 'amazing' litigator Ashkhan Candey has a particular interest in lawyers’ rights and access to justice; 'exceptional lawyer' Andrew Dunn is a specialist in shareholder disputes”
Legal 500
LONDON - 8 Stone Buildings & 8 Old Square, Lincoln’s Inn London WC2A 3TA
NEW YORK - 630 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, 20th Floor, New York NY 10111
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS - Coastal Building, Wickham’s Cay II, Road Town, Tortola
VIENNA - Tuchlauben 7a Goldenes Quartier Wien 1010