London Bar
Crime
HALL OF FAME3Mark Summers KC – Matrix Chambers 'Mark is astonishingly bright and a highly effective appellate advocate. He is also a joy to work with.'
Mark Summers
- Phone020 7404 3447
- Email[email protected]
Position
Specialist in extradition, mutual legal assistance, criminal EU law. Recent extradition cases include ● India v Vijay Mallya ● USA v Naviner Sarao (the 2010 “flash crash”) ● USA v Kareem Serageldin (Credit Suisse executive prosecuted for his part in the 2008 financial crisis) ● the collapse of Enron (the “NatWest 3”) ● Spain v Rwandan intelligence chief, General Karenzi Karake ● Sweden v Julian Assange ● South Africa v Shrien Dewani. Mark’s domestic criminal practice focuses on anti-terrorism and cases concerning complex cross-border and jurisdictional issues. His recent caseload has included ● R v Anjem Choudary ● the 1982 Hyde Park IRA bombing ● the Pakistani international cricket spot-fixing trial ● the plot to bomb the London Stock Exchange ● challenges to the legality of the policing of the 2011 Royal Wedding.
Mentions
London Bar
International crime and extradition
HALL OF FAME1Mark Summers KC –Matrix Chambers ‘Mark is the go-to silk for extradition. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of domestic and European extradition law, he works ferociously hard, and he has the ear of judges at all levels.’