Law firms City showdown: US firms take roles as Russia and Ukraine’s $3bn debt dispute heads to London court Legal Business · 18 February 2016 · 2 min read Financial services Litigation Cleary Gottlieb Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan City lawyers at US firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan are to face off after Russia filed a claim against Ukraine at London’s newly created financial court over its default of $3bn in bonds.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this category‘M&A is back with a bang’ – global elite dominate deal rankings in best-ever H1Law firmsKate Peacock3 Jul 2026Cleary taps Kirkland for PE partner in first Paris lateral since 2001Law firmsTom Cox30 Jun 2026Pogust Goodhead brings in Quinn Emanuel and fresh funding of $150m as BHP damages battle loomsLaw firmsEliza Winter24 Jun 2026‘Difficult, complicated and painful’ – Brexit, a decade onLaw firmsWill Lewallen24 Jun 2026Freshfields and Hengeler take European SpaceX mandates as US IPO taps EU retail investors for first timeLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 Jun 2026Bridging law and business: the value of in-house counsel and their 360-degree roleIn-HouseMargherita Birri3 Jun 2026‘A huge emotional release’ – DLA’s Adam Ibrahim on the longest trial of his career and winning Lawyer of the YearLaw firmsAnna Huntley8 Oct 2024‘It’s not always about winning and losing, it’s about preserving relationships’ – the Commercial Litigation Summit 2024Law firmsIsabel Caine9 Sep 2024‘There is total support for getting this done’ – funders and litigators react to King’s Speech litigation funding snubLaw firmsIsabel Caine21 Aug 2024