Professional practice

L500C&P

‘Simply exceptional. Calm and authoritative. Easy to work with and excellent on the law and the advocacy is sensational.’ Legal 500

Iain practices in international arbitration and commercial law. He is rated for his “really excellent cross-examination”, his “confident, easy style of oral advocacy” and being “a great advocate”.  He is “fantastically clever”, “very sound and very able, smooth and incredibly sharp with great forensic ability” and “equally good in written or oral advocacy”. Iain is listed as a leading silk in Chambers & Partners / Legal 500 in five separate areas: International Arbitration, Energy & Natural Resources, Banking and Finance, Media & Entertainment, and Arbitrators.

A significant focus of Iain’s practice is international arbitration, and parallel court and arbitration proceedings, with an emphasis on joint venture and shareholder disputes, energy & natural resources, fraud, and banking & finance, including crypto disputes. He is highly experienced in injunctions (with particular expertise in anti-suit injunctions) and enforcement actions. He is an “impressive commercial barrister” who is “able to leverage his broad expertise across multiple practice areas”. He is “incredibly easy to work with, he gets into the detail, is very quick and generally impressive”, “calm, sound and a very safe pair of hands”.

Iain’s work includes leading some of the most significant cases in the Business & Property Courts in recent years, including Krishna v Gowrie [2023] EWHC 1943 – a £150m fraud and unfair prejudice claim in the Chancery Division, heard over 8 weeks, and with a quantum hearing in 2025; and acting for Aston Martin in a series of disputes relating to the MENA region over 2023 to 2025, such as Aston Martin MENA Ltd v Aston Martin Lagonda Limited [2023] EWHC 3285. Iain is called to the Bar of the BVI, appeared in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands on four occasions in 2024, is currently sitting as an arbitrator appointed by the BVI International Arbitration Centre, and is appointed to the BVI Government Panel and the Cayman Islands Arbitration Centre list of arbitrators. Iain appeared in an Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) 5-day trial in 2024.

Iain is a “go-to” barrister and “noted arbitration expert”, with a “huge in-depth knowledge of all arbitration matters” in international arbitration and ISDS. He is “respected for providing robust representation in international arbitrations” with the directories noting that “the tribunal really listens to him”. He is frequently appointed as sole and co- arbitrator in LCIA, ICC and SCC disputes, amongst others. Iain was appointed as the ICC UK Arbitration Consultant in 2016, the first barrister to hold that position, was Deputy Chair of the ICC UK Arbitration Committee for five years and has been UK delegate to the ICC Global Arbitration Commission since 2019. He taught arbitration on the MA course at Kings College, London for eight years.

In the sport & media sector, Iain “acts for a broad range of media clients across a variety of areas including music, television and sport” and “knows the media sector very well”. His experience includes sports arbitration, football, Formula 1, horse racing and music industry disputes.

Iain teaches advocacy to junior barristers at Lincoln’s Inn, provides assistance to aspiring barristers through the Social Mobility Foundation, and provides pro bono advocacy for disadvantaged litigants through the Chancery Division CLIPS scheme. He was on the UK Government Attorney General’s Panel of Counsel for over 10 years. Iain is Chair of the International Committee of the Chancery Bar Association, and a member of the Africa Committee of the Commercial Bar Association. Iain is CEO of pinqDR, an online dispute resolution platform resolving business disputes in 6-8 weeks (https://pinqdr.com).

 

What Others Say

Chambers & Partners 2025

  • “Iain Quirk is superb. He’s very strategic and willing to roll up his sleeves.”
  • “Iain is very easy to deal with and I like his calm and measured advocacy style.”
  • “Iain gives good, pragmatic advice and deals with clients sensitively.”

Legal 500, 2025

  • “Iain is very user-friendly and collaborative. Iain’s advocacy style is very calm and conversational. He is not a grandstander.”
  • “A pleasure to work with and highly recommended.”
  • “A very eloquent advocate with a composed demeanour.”
  • “Great presentation; very collaborative and responsive; very client friendly; a pleasure to work with – he does not stand on ceremony and gets involved as required.”
  • “Iain is very focused and user friendly.”

Chambers & Partners 2024

  • “You get the full package with Ian; he is very generous with his time and you get amazing value for money.”
  • “He’s really calm and an effective advocate.”
  • “He is very responsive, very easy to work with and just very good.”
  • “Iain is friendly and easy to work with. He is unpretentious and always available.”

Legal 500, 2024

  • ‘Very user-friendly.’
  • ‘Great preparation and attention to detail; powerful and persuasive submissions, and great with witnesses – a top class team player.’
  • ‘Iain demonstrates great preparation and attention to detail, and delivers powerful and persuasive submissions. Great with witnesses, he is a top-class team player.’

Chambers & Partners 2023

  • “Iain Quirk is very efficient and impressive.”
  • “He is thorough, hard-working and very user-friendly.”
  • “He has a really lovely manner with his submissions. Nothing is done for effect.”
  • “He’s fantastically intelligent.”

Legal 500, 2023

  • “Very approachable and responsive, he adopts a light touch where required, but gets more involved when necessary.”

Legal 500, 2022

  • “Quite simply, brilliant – he is calm, reassuring and fights the cause in a realistic and attractive manner.”
  • “Simply exceptional. Calm and authoritative. Easy to work with and excellent on the law and the advocacy is sensational.”
  • “Very hard-working and communicative”
  • “A very structured and organised mind, he articulates his arguments well and is patient with demanding clients.”

Chambers & Partners 2022:

  • “He is a great barrister and his analysis is sound.”
  • “You know his analysis is sound.” “He is very good in cross-examination with an expert.”

Who’s Who Legal, Arbitration 2021

  • “Rising star” Iain Quirk is “really coming into his own” as arbitrator and counsel in international investment and commercial proceedings, including sports arbitration and media industry disputes.

Legal 500, 2021

  • “Well-known on the arbitration scene and brings his experience to bear, he’s equally good in written or oral advocacy and thinks creatively, too.”
  • “He really knows the law and is very good for detail.”
  • “He has a great brain and a pragmatic approach and he has all the skills to be a silk.”
  • “An impressive, plain-speaking and unstuffy barrister.”
  • “He is able to leverage his broad expertise across multiple practice areas.”

Chambers & Partners Global and UK, 2021

  • “Really astute and clever. He makes himself available, takes a commercial approach and understands the client’s needs.”
  • “A go-to junior for international arbitration. He is deeply knowledgeable and experienced.”
  • “He is very impressive, very good in hearings, sensitive to the client, very responsive and very much a team player as well.”
  • “He is incredibly easy to work with, he gets into the detail, is very quick and generally impressive.”
  • “Respected for providing robust representation in international arbitrations under the remit of the ICC, and has acted in a number of Section 68 applications. His international arbitration experience covers a wide array of industries, and he regularly handles matters concerning the oil and gas and construction sectors. He has particular interest in arbitration-related court applications such as injunctions and award challenges.”
  • “A noted arbitration expert whose practice includes representing clients in renewable energy, oil and gas and mining disputes. He has experience handling disputes in relation to operations in South Asia, Africa and South America.”
  • “Very efficient and very user-friendly.”
  • “Impressive commercial barrister who acts alongside silks and as sole counsel for a broad range of clients in the media and entertainment sphere, including film studios, collecting societies and other media entities. He is particularly adept at handling matters in the advertising and music sectors.”

Chambers and Partners Global and UK, 2020

  • “He is a great lawyer and a great advocate.”
  • “He is a calm, sound and very safe pair of hands.”
  • “He has a deep knowledge of arbitrations and the tribunal really listens to him.”
  • “A noted arbitration expert whose practice includes representing clients in renewable energy, oil and gas and mining disputes. He has experience handling disputes in relation to operations in South Asia, Africa and South America.”
  • “Respected for providing robust representation in international arbitrations under the remit of ICC, and has acted in a number of Section 68 applications. His international arbitration experience covers a wide array of industries, and he regularly handles matters concerning the oil and gas and construction sectors. He has particular interest in arbitration-related court applications such as injunctions and award challenges.”
  • “A very accomplished draftsman.”
  • “Really excellent cross-examination.”
  • “Impressive commercial barrister who acts alongside silks and as sole counsel for a broad range of clients in the media and entertainment sphere, including film studios, collecting societies and other media entities. He is particularly adept at handling matters in the advertising and music sectors.”

Legal 500, 2020

  • “A go-to individual, particularly for investment treaty work.”
  • “His strengths are his knowledge of the law, attention to detail, intelligence and ability to think outside the box.”
  • “Very sound and very able, he is smooth and incredibly sharp with great forensic ability.”
  • “He is able to leverage his broad expertise across multiple practice areas.”
  • “An impressive, plain-speaking and unstuffy barrister.”

Chambers & Partners, 2019

  • “Bright and a very good advocate.”
  • “Very able and user-friendly.”
  • “He’s very dependable and professional.”

Legal 500, 2019

  • “He is very intelligent, collaborative, works well under pressure and is gracious with solicitors and clients alike.”
  • “An excellent technical lawyer and advocate; very good with clients.”
  • “He is hardworking and meticulous.”
  • “He’s not only a good lawyer but has a wealth of experience in arbitration law.”

Chambers & Partners, 2018

  • “His written work is excellent. Very thorough and very precise.”
  • “A really great young barrister.”

Legal 500, 2018

  • “A consummate junior, who marshals facts and the law in an excellent way.”
  • “He has excellent judgement and strategic sense.”
  • “He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of arbitration law and procedure.”

Chambers & Partners, 2017

  • “Efficient, responsive, good with clients, and someone with a huge in-depth knowledge of all arbitration matters – he really is a specialist.”
  • “He has a confident, easy style of oral advocacy and his written advocacy is concise. He picks up the issues very quickly.”
  • “His pleadings are very strong and he is enjoyable to work with.”

Legal 500, 2017

  • “Clear and concise, and a good strategist with an extensive knowledge of arbitration law.”
  • “An excellent technical lawyer and advocate.”
  • “A pleasure to work with even when things are not going entirely to plan.”
  • “He is thorough, meticulous and bright.”

Chambers & Partners, 2016

  • “He is very good. He has clever ideas and has very good advocacy skills. I’m sure he’s a star of the future.”
  • “Iain was very accessible, approachable, friendly and engaged. We were impressed with Iain’s oral presentation of the case, which was delivered succinctly and with a suitable tone.”
  • “Routinely involved in complex high-value arbitrations, acting as counsel and as arbitrator. Areas of expertise include disputes arising the mining and shipping sectors and English court enforcement actions.”
  • “Handles a broad range of commercial litigation and arbitration, and regularly acts for competition law clients from the energy, construction and financial sectors.”
  • “He’s very reliable, he does the job quickly and is a great team player.”
  • “Acts for a broad range of media clients across a variety of areas including music, television and sport. He is able to deal with high-profile and sensitive IP issues and has particular expertise in copyright matters in the music industry.”
  • “He’s great, very approachable, very user-friendly and comes up with good points. His advice is always very clear. He comes to a point of view and communicates it well. He’s quite commercial as well and knows the media sector very well.”

Legal 500, 2016

  • “He is capable of making the most difficult concepts seem simple.”
  • “He is very approachable and very bright, and has a “can-do” attitude.”

Chambers & Partners, 2015

  • “Fantastically clever and not afraid to be brave with his advice. He is also brilliant with the detail and never loses sight of the big picture.”
  • “He has particular expertise within the energy, financial and construction sectors.”
  • “He is incredibly thorough, very hard-working, clever and commercial.”
  • “Has a broad commercial international arbitration practice and has recently handled matters in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Of late he has handled disputes relating to the coffee industry and the healthcare sector.”

Legal 500, 2015

  • “Essex Court Chambers’ Iain Quirk recently represented the six leading Hollywood studios claiming breach of contract against the UK website Newsbin, and acted for the former business partners of the actor Neil Morrissey in proceedings against him.”
  • “Experienced in representing clients in the music industry.”

Chambers & Partners, 2014

  • “He does a fantastic job, he is reliable, a very good drafter and a team player.”
  • “He has strong knowledge of the field and is very pragmatic.”
  • “He is very good with clients and very, very hard-working.”

Legal 500, 2014

  • “Experienced in representing clients in the music industry.”

Legal Week, 2014, Future Stars: “Excellent and reliable junior: good team player, great attitude and first-class draftsman.”

Examples of Recent Cases

Iain’s current and recent work includes:

  • Aston Martin MENA Ltd v Aston Martin Lagonda Limited – dispute between Aston Martin and its Middle Eastern distributors (leading Sophie Weber and Robert Harris, instructed by Slaughter & May).
  • Krishna v Gowrie – £150m fraud and unfair prejudice claim in the Chancery Division, 8 weeks liability trial and 2 weeks quantum trial (leading Freddie Onslow, Edward Batrouney and Robert Winspear).
  • Vale v Steinmetz & ors – US$2bn Commercial Court fraudulent misrepresentation, conspiracy and tracing claim.
  • US$50m ICC arbitration fraud claim arising out of a sovereign wealth fund investment in the Ukraine, following a 2-week trial (leading Peter Webster).
  • Vale v BSGR – US$6bn bribery and corruption claim in LCIA arbitration (leading Patricia Burns), instructed by Mishcon de Reya.
  • RJ & L Ltd v HB – US$100m+ dispute regarding ownership of a Latvian bank in LCIA arbitration and on appeal to the Commercial Court (leading Bibek Mukerjee), instructed by Baker & McKenzie.
  • BSGR v Guinea – US$5bn investment treaty arbitration in ICSID.
  • Progas v Pakistan – representing the Government of Pakistan in the Commercial Court, defending an investment treaty arbitral award, with oral evidence from the ex Prime Minister of Pakistan. Instructed by Allen & Overy.
  • Gattaz v Versant Developments & 9 ors – multi-party fraud case arising out of aborted property development, in the Commercial Court (leading Stuart Cribb). Instructed by Wallace LLP.
  • Jahangiri v St George’s NHS Trust (QB) – successful, cutting-edge injunction to lift the suspension of a leading heart surgeon, instructed by Mishcon de Reya.
  • Govia Thameslink v ASLEF – ground-breaking injunction application in the Commercial Court and CA to restrain strike action by a rail workers union on the basis that the industrial action would infringe EU rights, instructed by Eversheds Sutherland.
Arbitration & related court applications

Iain is listed in Chambers & Partners UK and Global, and in Legal 500 as a Leading Silk in International Arbitration. He is widely noted for his extensive knowledge of arbitration law and practice.

He has acted in a large number of major international arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, AAA, LMAA and other institutional regimes as well as ad hoc and under the UNCITRAL rules. Iain has been appointed as arbitrator in numerous arbitrations (sole and as a panel of three), including in LCIA, ICC and SCC cases. He was appointed to the inaugural panel of the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC). Iain’s experience includes cases concerning: Foreign Investment, International Trade, Joint Ventures, Oil & Gas, Construction, Telecommunications, Conflict of laws, and cases which bisect with Bilateral Investment Treaty Claims (including claims arising out of concession contracts). The cases in which he has been involved are confidential and are not reported, but include the following:

  • UNCITRAL arbitration, acting for a luxury manufacturer in a dispute with its Middle-Eastern distributor
  • LCIA arbitration regarding access to documents in relation to a Cayman investment fund, with enforcement application in Cayman Grand Court
  • LCIA Arbitration regarding a shareholders dispute arising out of an M&A transaction for the purchase of part of a Canadian Bank
  • LCIA arbitration arising out of alleged breach of a pharmaceuticals distribution agreement in Serbia
  • LCIA arbitration regarding coffee trading in the Ivory Coast
  • LMAA arbitration regarding barge sale agreement between Indian and South American parties
  • Dubai-seated arbitration arising out of breach of a placement agent agreement for private equity fundraising
  • LCIA arbitration regarding a multi-billion dollar joint venture for iron ore mining in Africa
  • Netherlands-seated arbitration arising out US / Dutch distribution agreement for sale of packaging products
  • ICC arbitration in Australia, governed by Australian law, regarding breach of an agreement for the purchase of an iron ore mine
  • Ad hoc arbitration arising out of a dispute over copper trading contracts between UK parties
  • ICC arbitration in Qatar, governed by Qatari law, regarding a large scale building construction project in Doha
  • ICC arbitration relating to an aviation dispute in Qatar
  • ICC petroleum pipeline dispute in the Middle East, regarding a long-term pipeline operating agreement
  • Joint venture partners dispute regarding construction of train network and infrastructure in the Middle East Arbitrations (ICC and ICSID) arising out of a bank collapse with losses exceeding US$1 billion
  • LCIA arbitration regarding private equity investments in Mumbai, combined with seeking urgent relief in the English High Court
  • ICC arbitration on the trading of foodstuffs between UK and Ghanaian companies
  • ICC arbitration arising out of the manufacture and supply of aircraft parts in a substantial aircraft programme
  • AAA arbitration on misuse of confidential data, including seeking emergency interim relief

Iain has also acted in a significant number of arbitration appeals to the English Courts (ss.67, 68 and 69), many of which are reported, enforcement actions, as well as seeking interim relief from the English Courts (including anti-suit and anti-arbitration injunctions, and interim relief under s. 44 Arbitration Act 1996 and s.37 of the Senior Courts Act 1981).

Commercial dispute resolution

Iain has a broad practice in commercial litigation before the English Courts and offshore, including arbitration-related applications to the Commercial Court. His practice covers all the key areas of contractual litigation and financial services, with a particular focus on joint venture and shareholder disputes. Areas of practice include oil and gas, construction, commodities trading, banking and finance disputes and private equity. Iain has a considerable amount of telecoms experience. He has acted in a number of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty cases.

Some examples of his cases are:

  • £150m unfair prejudice petition in the Chancery Division – on the grounds that the defendants had stolen assets from the business and hidden the same from the claimants
  • Claim by Aston Martin’s Middle-Eastern distributor against Aston Martin, arising out of termination of an agency agreement between them
  • Chancery Division claim arising out of dispute over ownership of a mining and quarrying company. Claims for deceit, misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, knowing receipt, and dishonest assistance.
  • Acting for an advertising agent in a claim arising out of advertising on the London Underground
  • Acting for an international mining company against its PR agency in relation to termination of a consultancy agreement and conflicts of interest by the chairman of the agency
  • Acting for a joint venture partner seeking emergency interim relief to restrain a breach of a JV agreement relating to exploitation of a North Sea oil field, triggering multi-million decommissioning payments
  • Resisting the enforcement of Russian judgments in England, on the grounds that their enforcement would be contrary to public policy since they perpetuated a Russian banking fraud

Iain also has extensive experience of anti-suit injunctions. Recent examples include:

  • Anti-suit injunction to restrain continuation of Russian court proceedings brought in breach of an arbitration agreement
  • Anti-suit injunction to restrain a third party claim against insurers under the Third Parties 2010 (Rights Against Insurers) Act and related foreign legislation
  • Anti-suit injunction to restrain New Jersey proceedings in favour of a London arbitration clause
  • Anti-suit injunction in the Commercial Court in support of arbitration clause in a settlement agreement (which had settled an UNCITRAL arbitration). Value US$48m.
Investment treaty disputes

Iain has appeared as counsel in a number of investment treaty disputes within ICSID and under the UNCITRAL rules. He has particular expertise in relation to energy disputes involving oil multi-nationals, media industry disputes (such as satellite television rights holders), construction disputes (with particular experience in the Middle East and Asia) and in relation to commodity and natural resources disputes in Africa. Iain has considerable knowledge and practical experience of issues such as jurisdiction challenges, the use of MFN and umbrella clauses, expropriation claims, fair and equitable treatment claims, and claims arising from bilateral investment treaties, national investment laws and concession agreements.

Iain has extensive experience of cases involving concession contracts, for example, in respect of iron ore in Guinea, oil exploration in the Ivory Coast and Ghana, and motorway construction in Pakistan. He has conducted a number of such cases pursuant to the UNCITRAL Rules.

Some of the recent cases in which Iain has been involved include:

  • Oil pipeline dispute arising out of concession to construct and operate a pipeline system in the Middle East, subject to the UNCITRAL rules
  • Dispute regarding iron ore concession contracts in Guinea; ICSID claim for US$10 billion+ arising out of expropriation of those concessions
  • UNCITRAL arbitration brought against the state, arising out of a substantial investment in a state television station
  • ICSID arbitration arising from a motorway construction concession agreement in Pakistan
  • Dispute (ICSID) arising from concession agreements for the exploration, development and production of oil in West Africa
  • Joint venture dispute regarding a concession agreement for construction of a power plant in West African state (LCIA arbitration)
  • ICSID, multi-billion dollar, arbitration arising out of state nationalisation of the largest bank in a country in the Middle East.
Offshore litigation

Iain is called to the bars of the BVI and Cayman, and has also appeared in cases in the Bahamas, Jersey, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and the Isle of Man. He has appeared many times in the Cayman Islands courts, and in a 5-day trial in the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) court. Instructed by firms including Bedell Cristin, Applebys, Harneys, McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes and Lennox Paton.

Iain’s offshore work includes:

  • A wide ranging shareholders dispute in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands with multiple sets of proceedings arising out of alleged mismanagement of a large Cayman holding company
  • Winding up petition in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, which company ultimately owns K-Electric, one of the largest electricity supply companies in Pakistan, supplying 20 million people in Karachi.
  • Unfair prejudice petition in the Royal Court of Jersey in a dispute between founders and private equity investors  
  • ADGM court claim regarding breaches of an long term incentive agreement
  • Cryptocurrency dispute in the BVI arising out of the alleged botched sale of crypto.
  • Claim for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud, negligence and breach of contract, and appeal against the decision of a Deemster, in the High Court of the Isle of Man.
  • Insurance claim against introducer of business, in the Isle of Man High Court, raising claims under the Financial Services Act 2008.
  • Acting for the liquidators of Socimer International Bank, a Bahamian registered bank, in proceedings regarding the operation of forward sales transactions for the sale of emerging market assets.
  • Applications for a freezing and proprietary injunction in the Supreme Court of the Bahamas, in the context of a trust dispute.
  • Challenge to an arbitration award in the Supreme Court of the Bahamas (believed to be the first in the Bahamas).
  • DIFC claim by a financial adviser in respect of the sale of a technology company.
Joint Ventures and Shareholder Disputes

A significant proportion of Iain’s cases are joint venture and shareholder disputes, in court and arbitration. Almost all involve international parties and many of them have multiple sets of parallel proceedings in different jurisdictions.

Cases include:

  • Distributorship joint venture for supply and sale of luxury vehicles, with two actions in the English commercial court and an UNCITRAL arbitration
  • Joint venture and shareholders dispute regarding ownership of a large Pakistan electricity supply company, with proceedings in the English Commercial Court, the Cayman Islands Grand Court (and Court of Appeal) and in LCIA arbitration
  • Ukrainian agriculture joint venture with allegations of fraud and misappropriation of assets, in ICC arbitration
  • Pharmaceutical joint venture dispute regarding one the UK’s largest pharmaceuticals distributors, in the Chancery division
  • Dispute regarding a joint venture for exploration of the world’s largest untapped iron ore mine, in Guinea, involving an English Commercial Court claim, an LCIA arbitration, an ICSID arbitration and a New York RICO claim
  • Transport infrastructure joint venture dispute, in ICC arbitration
  • Shareholders dispute in the Cayman Islands, regarding a major telecommunications infrastructure company in Nigeria
  • Shareholders dispute re control of a security and anti-piracy services company in the Isle of Man
  • Shareholders dispute arising out of an M&A transaction for the purchase of part of a Canadian bank, in LCIA arbitration
  • ICC arbitration regarding breaches of a joint venture for the operation of a thermal power plant in the Middle East
  • Joint venture dispute regarding the operation of an oil and gas concession in Cameroon, alleging multiple breaches of a participation agreement
  • Acting for a consortium of the world’s five largest oil and gas companies regarding a very substantial pipeline JV dispute
  • Arbitration regarding the joint operation of a coal handling and processing plant in Mozambique against a global mining conglomerate
  • Puerto Rican arbitration regarding a solar power plant JV in Puerto Rico
  • Joint venture dispute regarding a UK headquartered oil and gas company
  • Large (£200m+) dispute regarding the JV purchase and operation of a Latvian Bank

 

Career

2002               

Called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn)

2003               

Essex Court Chambers

2007               

Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel)

2012               

Junior Counsel to the Crown (B Panel)

2014-2019   

Taught International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Treaty Arbitration on the MA course at King’s College, London

2016               

Appointed ICC UK Arbitration Consultant, the first barrister to hold that position

Appointed to the inaugural panel of arbitrators of the British Virgin Islands International Arbitration Centre (BVI IAC).

2019               

Deputy Chair of the ICC UK Arbitration Committee

UK Delegate to the ICC Global Arbitration Commission

2021               

Appointed Queen’s Counsel

2023                

Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Territory of the Virgin Islands)

Appointed to the Cayman Islands Arbitration Centre list of arbitrators

Appointed on the BVI Government Panel

Education

2002               

BVC, College of Law

2001               

LLB, University of Nottingham – First Class Honours

1991-1998       

Rhodesway Upper School, Bradford

Awards

2002               

Inaugural Woolf Scholarship, run by the Daily Telegraph/One Crown Office Row (which paid for Bar School fees)

2002

Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn

2003               

Megarry Pupillage Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn

Other

Committee Member of the Chancery Bar Association, following an election in 2022

Teaches advocacy at Lincoln’s Inn.

Mentor for new entrants to the bar, at Lincoln’s Inn.

CLIPS volunteer, providing pro-bono assistance to litigants in person in the Chancery Division.

Mentor for Combar/ChBA/TECBAR Equality & Diversity initiative to encourage applications for pupillage from those from disadvantaged social backgrounds

Conducts interview practice for the Social Mobility Foundation, promoting academically-talented disadvantaged students.

Member of Combar, ChBA, ICC, LCIA and British Association of Sport and Law.