Mark Davis

Mark Davis is a Partner in Mishcon de Reya LLP and a Senior Registered Foreign Consultant in Karas So LLP.

He has a broad commercial contentious and non-contentious practice across a wide range of industry sectors, and is one of the leading lawyers practising in the area of auditors' negligence.

Whilst practising in London, Mark acted for AssetCo PLC in its groundbreaking auditor's negligence claim against Grant Thornton, and subsequently for the liquidators of Patisserie Valerie in their claims against Grant Thornton, Watchstone PLC in its claims against KPMG, and the Joint Administrators of London & Capital Finance Plc in their claims against EY and PwC.

Since moving to Hong Kong, he has been instructed on some of the largest auditors' negligence claims in the region, with claim values in excess of US$10 billion.

Mark also has particular experience in the shipping, shipbuilding, offshore, aviation and financial services sectors, and is the author of the first and second editions of Bareboat Charters and Refund Guarantees, published as part of Lloyd's Shipping Law Library.

Mark is widely recognised as a leading litigation lawyer, having led successful teams on numerous cases in the UK, and conducted or overseen litigation and arbitration proceedings in many jurisdictions worldwide including Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Gibraltar, India, Japan, Korea, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland, Taiwan and the USA.