Barrister and arbitrator specialising in all forms of commercial dispute, including disputes relating to banking and banking regulation, commodities, competition, insurance and reinsurance and insurance regulation, investment treaty disputes, oil, gas and energy contracts and regulation, professional negligence, securities, share sale agreements, tax and telecommunications. Experienced in LCIA, ICC, SCC, SIAC, ICSID and Bermuda Form arbitrations, and regularly sitting in arbitrations with a foreign seat.

Qualified 1970; Inner Temple; Silk 1987; junior counsel to the Crown, Common Law 1985-87; standing counsel to DTI in export credit cases 1985-87; bencher, Inner Temple; Chairman Commercial Bar Association 1997-99.

Fellow Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.