London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading silk5Simon Colton KC –One Essex Court ‘Simon is just excellent. Extremely user-friendly, responsive and commercial, very good on the black-letter law, has great instincts, and very good on his feet.'
Barrister specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, including all forms of contractual disputes, civil fraud, banking disputes, professional negligence, agency, sale of goods, economic torts, financial services and conflicts of laws. Recent notable cases include Magomedov v TPG and ors; ENRC v Serious Fraud Office; Various Claimants v G4S plc; Jinxin v Aser Media.
Call 1999. QC 2017. Recorder 2018. Deputy High Court judge 2021.
French and Italian.
COMBAR; London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.
St Paul’s School, London; Trinity Hall, Cambridge (MA Hons); Université de Poitiers, Diplôme universitaire d’études juridiques françaises.
Coastal walking.