Tara Boateng

Tara Boateng is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team at Dentons' London office, specialising in commercial litigation. Her practice focuses on Commercial Litigation.

Tara advises private and public sector clients on a broad range of complex, high-value disputes across multiple sectors, including financial services, energy, media and commodities. She is experienced in proceedings in the High Court and Court of Appeal, achieving successful outcomes in a number of reported cases, including GPF GP Sàrl v The Republic of Poland [2018] EWHC 409, Al-Subaihi v Al-Sanea [2021] EWHC 2609 (Comm) and Columbia Pictures Corporation Ltd v Wanda Kids Cultural Development Co., Ltd [2024] EWHC 2921 (Comm). Her work frequently involves multi-jurisdictional matters, working closely with colleagues across Dentons' global offices.

Tara has a particular focus on contractual claims and corporate/M&A disputes. She also plays a key role in acting on large-scale, government-run redress schemes and is currently closely involved in a number of high-profile schemes arising from the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, including the Group Litigation Order Compensation Scheme, the Horizon Convictions Redress Scheme and the Horizon Shortfall Scheme Appeals process.

Tara brings valuable in-house perspective, having completed secondments within the legal departments of a global automotive finance company and a global energy company. She was selected as a member of the firm's inaugural Shadow Executive Team, reflecting her leadership attributes and contribution to the wider business, and is a member of the Executive Committee of the firm's Black Professionals Network, having previously served as Co-Chair.

She holds an LLB (Hons) from University College London and a Legal Practice Course from BPP Law School, and is a member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association. She has been recognised in Legal 500 UK as a "very strong associate, very good client engagement, focused and very good lawyer".