Daniel is a leading commercial law silk. He has built up a formidable practice over thirty years at the bar and is regularly chosen by the top law firms to advise clients and to appear before various tribunals in a wide range of disputes. He is known for his expertise in all kinds of commercial contract disputes, and in banking and finance, energy, international trade and sale of goods as well as for his work in the areas of civil fraud and sports law. He has extensive experience in jurisdiction disputes and in disputes governed by foreign laws, as well as in group actions. He regularly appears in the Commercial Court and in the appellate courts, and also devotes much of his time to his strong arbitration practice involving hearings both in London and abroad under the auspices of different arbitral institutions.
Recent cases include: acting for BHP in the Fundao dam group action; acting for the Virgin Group in disputes concerning the licensing of its IP rights in the Commercial Court and in the Court of Appeal; acting for General Dynamics in the Supreme Court in its claim against the state of Libya; acting in Commercial Court proceedings concerning the banking and financial crisis in Lebanon; and acting as lead counsel in a major ICC arbitration concerning a power station and the price of electricity generated.
Called: 1993.
Silk: 2009.
Deputy High Court Judge: 2017-2023.
Joint Head of Chambers: 2024-
Combar
Bencher of the Inner Temple
Haberdashers’ Aske’s School
Jesus College, Cambridge (MA Law First Class Hons).