Commercial Contracts

What Our Barristers Do

Our barristers advise and represent clients in disputes in all the main areas of commercial business, including energy, finance, banking, sale of goods and services, insurance and reinsurance, aviation, fraud, information technology contracts, PFI, outsourcing, joint venture and shareholder disputes, media and entertainment, and professional sport.

Our barristers’ work covers the lifetime of a commercial dispute, from early strategic advice to final determination at trial or in arbitration.

Who Our Barristers Act For

Our clients include major multinational companies and institutions, companies and institutions undertaking business in the UK, the EU and worldwide, state-owned entities, governments, statutory authorities,  regulators, financial and insurance intermediaries, family offices, ultra-high net worth and high net worth individuals and SMEs.

Where Our Barristers Act

In litigation, our barristers advise and act in the Business and Property Courts in England & Wales, the DIFC courts in Dubai, and the national courts of numerous jurisdictions across the world, including Singapore, Hong Kong, BVI, the Cayman Islands, the Caribbean, India, Malaysia, Australia and California and New York states.

In arbitration, our barristers advise and act in domestic and international arbitrations seated in all the major jurisdictions, including London, Singapore, Hong Kong, DIFC, Qatar, the People’s Republic of China, Paris, New York and Geneva.

In mediation, our barristers act domestically and in all major legal jurisdictions across the world.

People

  • Sir David Foskett

    Year of Call 1972 Silk 1991

  • Richard Wilmot-Smith KC

    Year of Call 1978 Silk 1994

  • Richard Spearman KC

    Year of Call 1977 Silk 1996

  • Neil Block KC

    Year of Call 1980 Silk 2002

  • Timothy Lyons KC BL Advocaat/Avocat, Brussels Bar

    Year of Call 1980 Silk 2003

  • Adrian Hughes KC

    Year of Call 1984 Silk 2006

  • Charles Manzoni KC

    Year of Call 1988 Silk 2009

  • Sam Stein KC

    Year of Call 1988 Silk 2009

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