London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
HALL OF FAME4Stephen Midwinter KC – Brick Court Chambers 'Stephen is excellent.'
Stephen Midwinter KC
- Phone020 7379 3550
- Email[email protected]
Position
Stephen Midwinter KC advises on and appears in a broad range of commercial disputes, in litigation and arbitration. He has appeared in commercial cases in the Supreme Court, the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal, the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and the European Court of Human Rights. He has been recommended as a leading silk by the directories in eight fields: commercial dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance, banking, international arbitration, energy and natural resources, civil fraud, offshore and professional negligence.
A significant proportion of Stephen's work takes place in arbitration and he has appeared in and advised on arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ARIAS, UNCITRAL, ICSID and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996 and under the Bermuda Form. Recent instructions include a $150million dispute in the oil sector and a US$25 million LCIA arbitration concerning offshore drilling rigs. Stephen is also experienced in proceedings dealing with the enforcement of arbitral awards in the domestic courts.
Stephen also sits as an arbitrator in arbitrations for the LCIA and ICC.
Stephen is a member of the bar of the British Virgin Islands where he regularly appears in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal. Recent instructions include jurisdiction disputes, freezing order applications, international fraud claims and insolvency disputes.
Education
Verulam School, St Albans; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (2000 BA; 2001 LLM; 2004 MA).
Mentions
London Bar
Commercial litigation
HALL OF FAME6Stephen Midwinter KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Excellent command of the facts, and unflappable, understated court manner that goes down well with the Commercial Court. ’
London Bar
Energy
HALL OF FAME4Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Stephen is a phenomenally quick silk with a huge depth of knowledge.’
London Bar
Fraud: civil
HALL OF FAME3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers 'Stephen's written advocacy is exceptional - he makes excellent use of parallels that convince people that he must, of course, be right.'
London Bar
Insurance and reinsurance
HALL OF FAME3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers 'A succinct and confident advocate.'
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
HALL OF FAME4Stephen Midwinter KC – Brick Court Chambers
The English Bar Offshore
The English Bar Offshore
HALL OF FAME3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers 'Incredibly bright and able to absorb new matters at great speed. Excellent judgment, unflappable, great value for money and a pleasure to work with.'