Geoffrey Gauci

BA (Hons), Ealing College
LLM, University College London
Qualified 1984
Partner 1997

Geoffrey joined Bristows as a partner in 2008. Geoffrey specialises in complex cross-border litigation, arbitration, international fraud and business disputes, particularly in banking and international trade. He has substantial experience of arbitrations under the rules of the ICC, LCIA and LME.

Geoffrey has extensive experience in constructive trust litigation, civil fraud and international asset tracing. He has been involved in the representation of Chrysler Canada Inc and CIBC Mellon against Stolzenberg and Others, which relates to the collapse of Castor Holdings - the Canadian real property and investment company - in 1992 with billions of dollars of debt.

Geoffrey has represented Empire Online Ltd in its much publicised multi-jurisdictional dispute with PartyGaming PLC, concerning the refusal to provide Empire Online Ltd access through downloadable software to the PartyGaming online systems, to allow their players to play multi-poker online at shared tables.

A fluent French and Italian speaker, Geoffrey is ranked in Chambers as a leading practitioner in complex litigation. He is much published and is a consultant editor of the Journal of International Banking and Finance Law. Geoffrey is a member of Lloyd's Maritime Arbitrators' Association and the London Chamber of International Arbitration.

Directory credentials

Recommended as a Leading individual for dispute resolution in Chambers and Partners (2010).

"Geoffrey Gauci is "a highly intelligent litigator, who is able to quickly grasp the key issues in any dispute and is always ready to offer incisive, balanced commercial advice." " (Chambers and Partners, 2010)

"Geoffrey Gauci handles a mix of cross-border litigation, arbitration, fraud and banking disputes." (Chambers and Partners, 2009) 

"A patient and careful lawyer," Gauci boasts an impressive success rate in civil fraud, asset tracing and constructive trust litigation." (Chambers and Partners, 2009)