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Roger Masefield KC

Roger Masefield KC

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Roger Masefield has over 20 years’ litigation experience of all aspects of commercial law (including arbitration, banking, civil fraud, energy, insurance and reinsurance and professional negligence).

Since taking silk in 2013, Roger Masefield has been instructed as leading Counsel in a wide range of high profile and high value matters, including claims on behalf of the Libyan Investment Authority against Goldman Sachs and Societe Generale (each worth in excess of $1 billion); claims on behalf of PT Ventures (a Portuguese telecoms company) against companies owned and controlled by Isabel dos Santos (involving a $2 billion freezing injunction in the BVI); and most recently claims on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria against JP Morgan (worth in excess of $875 million), and against the oil majors Royal Dutch Shell plc and Eni S.p.A (worth in excess of $3.5 billion).  As a lead junior, Roger Masefield was involved in the high profile Berezovsky v Abramovich litigation (worth in excess of $5 billion).

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Roger Masefield KC –Brick Court Chambers 'Roger is a rock star who is not afraid to roll his sleeves up and work hard. He is very bright but easy to work with.'
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Roger Masefield KC –Brick Court Chambers
London Bar

Insurance and reinsurance

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Roger Masefield KC –Brick Court Chambers 'Not afraid of expressing an opinion, sticks to his guns, team player.'