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Celso De Azevedo
Position
“Celso is a sought-after commercial barrister with particular expertise on emerging technology disputes relating to cryptoassets recovery, cyber risks, information technology, insurance, breach response and IT projects’ contractual disputes.
Celso regularly appears before the High Court to obtain interim injunctions in ransomware, cryptocurrency fraud and data theft cases involving fraudsters, hackers, cryptocurrency exchanges, banks and e-money institutions, including non-publication, search and freezing injunctions, third party disclosure, Norwich Pharmacal and Bankers Trust orders. His recent cryptocurrency cases include the leading authorities in this area of the law, as follows: D’Aloia v Persons Unknown & Ors [2024], Boonyaem v Persons Unknown Category (A) & Ors [2023], Mannarino v Persons Unknown & Ors [2023] and Scenna v Persons Unknown & Ors [2023].
Celso is also recognised as a leading re/insurance barrister, having previously worked for over 20 years as a re/insurance and commercial litigation solicitor and partner in UK and US law firms in the City of London, where he gained extensive experience in complex multi-jurisdictional arbitrations and court proceedings worldwide. He is the 2023 BILA prize-winner of the leading practitioner textbook ‘Cyber Risks Insurance, 2nd Ed, Sweet & Maxwell’. Celso is qualified as a New York Attorney, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Certified Crypto Researcher and Investigator (Crystal Intelligence).”
Career
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
New York State Bar – Attorney, New York (2002)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Fellow (FCIArb)
The Insurance and Reinsurance Arbitration Society, ARIAS (UK) – Panel Member
FedArb (US) – Arbitrator and Mediator Panellist
Certified Crypto Researcher and Investigator (Crystal Intelligence)
London Business Interruption Association (Past President)
Cyber Insurance Association (Founding Member)
British Insurance Law Association
Chartered Insurance Institute
Insurance Institute of London
Society of Claims Professionals
Society for Computers and Law
Chancery Bar Association – ChBA
The Technology and Construction Bar Association – TECBAR
Financial Services Lawyers Association – FSLA
Languages
Portuguese
Education
King’s College London: Master of Laws (1997)
Inns of Court School of Law: Bar Vocational Course (1996)
King’s College London: Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (1995)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Crypto and blockchain assets
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Celso De Azevedo – Enterprise Chambers ‘Celso exhibits exceptional strengths and qualities as a barrister in the crypto and blockchain area.’