Edward Harrison has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice encompassing civil fraud, banking and finance, professional negligence (including accountants' negligence and proceedings involving the FRC), energy and the conflict of laws. He also has experience of public international law and human rights, and is regularly instructed in proceedings overseas (including, on a number of occasions, before the DIFC and QFC Courts). Before coming to the Bar, Edward was an undergraduate and graduate student at Worcester College, Oxford, where he was subsequently a lecturer in contract law.
Edward has been instructed in a number of the leading commercial cases before the English Courts of recent years, including ENRC v Dechert, BayernLB v Bernie Ecclestone, Libyan Investment Authority v Goldman Sachs and UBS v KWL. His recommendations in the legal directories cover multiple practice areas, including commercial litigation, civil fraud and professional negligence. As well as referring to his “very strong intellectual and analytical mind” and “commercial approach” he is also described as “fantastically responsive” and a “strong team player”.
Call: 2008
Spanish (fluent).
COMBAR; Lincoln’s Inn (Lord Mansfield Scholar).
Worcester College, Oxford University (2006 Jurisprudence (First Class Hons)); 2007 BCL; 2008 BVC).