He modeled his candidacy on that of Michael Bloomberg's, talking up his managerial skills and ability to
successfully run a large
brokerage, Massey Knakal Realty Services, which he sold for a reported $ 100 million to Cushman & Wakefield at the end of 2014.
Notable examples include acting for accountants in long -
running litigation arising out of a failed tax avoidance scheme; acting for the developer and manufacturer of an offshore drilling system following an accident in operation; representing one of the Defendants in Novoship v Mikhaylyuk & Others, concerning allegations of bribery and secret profits; appearing in a substantial LCIA arbitration about the theft of oil stocks in East Africa;,
successfully representing a broker in litigation against a former client under a futures
brokerage contract in Sucden v Fluxo - Cane [2010] 2 CLC 216; and The «Ekha» [2011] 1 All ER Comm 1077, long -
running litigation in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal about an offshore drilling contract.