London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
Other key lawyer1Henry Forbes Smith KC – One Essex Court ‘Great choice, unique international and comparative law experience, very hardworking.’
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Henry Forbes Smith KC
One Essex Court, London
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Position
Henry Forbes Smith practices international commercial litigation and arbitration. He is recommended by Chambers & Partners (Banking and Finance) and Legal 500 (Banking and Finance and Civil Fraud). Henry is also admitted in New Zealand (1997) and New York (2001), and practised New York law with Davis Polk before coming to the bar in 2005. He acted in Lomas, the leading case on the ISDA Master Agreement. Henry has a doctorate in the conflict of laws and is often instructed specifically to advise on jurisdiction or on choice of law and the presentation of foreign law. He has been responsible for the presentation of Russian law in many of the major Russian cases in recent years, including Tajik Aluminium and Berezovsky v. Abramovich. Henry also has a substantial arbitration practice, including under LCIA, ICC, SIAC, ICDR, UNCITRAL rules. He also sits arbitrator.
Career
Called 2004; Middle Temple; previously attorney with Davis Polk & Wardwell 2001-05, focusing on capital markets and mergers and acquisitions; admitted in New York and New Zealand.
Education
Nelson College, New Zealand; University of Otago (1996 LLB (Hons)); University of Oxford (1998 BCL (Vinerian Scholarship)); University of Cambridge (2001 PhD).
Mentions
London Bar
Fraud: civil
Other key lawyer1Henry Forbes Smith KC –One Essex Court 'An exceptionally clever silk with encyclopedic knowledge of the law.'
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
Other key lawyer1Henry Forbes Smith KC – One Essex Court 'Henry is extremely intelligent and sees the big picture. He is adept at distilling a large amount of information and regulation into a coherent core theory. He therefore excels at the legally complex.'