Gabriel Abdale-Weir

Gabriel Abdale-Weir is a Legal Director in Bailey Glasser International's London office. Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2014, he has more than a decade of experience acting in complex commercial disputes and large-scale group litigation. He has a particular interest in corporate accountability and collective redress, with broad experience in environmental, competition and consumer claims against multinational corporations.

Since moving to London in 2018, Gabriel has acted in a number of significant collective proceedings before the English courts. His work includes the Mariana litigation arising from the Fundão dam collapse in Brazil, the Pan-NOx litigation, competition claims arising from an orange juice cartel, and consumer data breach claims against British Airways and easyJet.

Prior to relocating to the United Kingdom, Gabriel represented the claimants in Houghton v Saunders & Ors, one of New Zealand's largest and longest-running securities class actions, appearing before both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

Gabriel also brings experience from in-house legal assignments with two major UK financial institutions, giving him valuable insight into the regulatory, governance and commercial considerations facing large organisations.