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Edward Ho

Edward Ho

Position

Edward advises on commercial disputes of all kinds, in particular those with a public or private international law element, and has appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, High Court and in arbitration. Across Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 Edward is identified as a leading junior in five practice areas: Commercial Dispute Resolution; International Commercial Arbitration; Public International Law; Civil Fraud and Energy.

Career

Call: 2009

Education

BA (Law), Downing College, Cambridge, (Double First Class Hons.) BVC, Inns of Court School of Law, (Very Competent) Hague Academy of International Law (Directed Studies in Private International Law) Senior Harris Scholar & College Prize, Downing College (2007) Queen Mother Scholar, Middle Temple (2007) Harris Scholar & Harris Prize for Especial Distinction, Downing College (2006) Rebecca Flower Scholar, University of Cambridge (2006) The Times Law Awards, Runner Up (2007, 2005, 2004)

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading junior2
Edward Ho –Brick Court Chambers ‘He is academically brilliant but also brings terrific tactical nous. He has a real gift for knowing what issues the bench will care about.'
London Bar

Energy

Leading junior2
Edward Ho –Brick Court Chambers ‘A junior who is very good at taking highly complex and technical issues and distilling them into easily understandable points.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

Leading junior3
Edward Ho –Brick Court Chambers 'Exceptionally easy to work with, not fazed by anything and extremely quick to identify key issues.'
London Bar

International arbitration: counsel

Leading junior1
Edward Ho –Brick Court Chambers 'Ed is excellent at cross examination, he knows which lines of questioning to pursue, when to press a witness, and when to keep his powder dry. Ed is also very good at going through large volumes of highly technical or complex data and pulling out the best points for use at a hearing. He is very good at breaking down those technical and complex issues for the tribunal.'
London Bar

Public international law

Leading junior2
Edward Ho – Brick Court Chambers ‘Ed is excellent at cross examination and at distilling complex and highly technical issues into easily digestible points for the tribunal.’