Patrick Swain

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Tel: +44 20 7786 9157

Overview

Patrick Swain is a partner based in the London office, where he is a member of the Litigation Department. Mr. Swain’s practice focusses on commercial ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- An international professional services firm in its role as the Monitoring Trustee, appointed by the European Commission, to monitor the compliance of a biotechnology company with the commitments given to the Commission pursuant to its Phase II merger control investigation of an acquisition.
- Two Irish companies, lessors of two aircraft operating leases to Vietnam Airlines, with respect to their specific rights and obligations in the chapter 11 bankruptcies of their parent companies.

Education

University of Oxford, 1987, B.A.

Patrick Swain is a partner based in the London office, where he is a member of the Litigation Department. Mr. Swain’s practice focusses on commercial disputes. He has guided clients through high profile disputes and claims in a variety of contexts, including M&A-related and other shareholder disputes, commercial fraud claims, professional negligence litigation and contentious insolvency.Mr. Swain also has a distinctly international practice, having practised from London, New York and Hong Kong during the course of his career to date. Mr. Swain is a Band 1 ranked lawyer by Chambers Global (2024), Chambers Europe (2024) and Chambers UK (2025), which describe him as “one of a kind,” “a complete master of litigation strategy” and “top-notch.” The guides have also described him as a “leader in the field of commercial and corporate litigation”, who has “has an eye for making key tactical decisions.” He is also recognised as a Leading Individual by The Legal 500 UK (2025), where he has been described as “very experienced; strategically brilliant,” with clients noting his “flair to run very complex cases with ease.”Mr. Swain is a member of the City of London Litigation Sub-Committee, which monitors developments in civil litigation practice and procedure. He is admitted in England & Wales and in Hong Kong.