Anton has a broad commercial practice. He is regularly instructed in international arbitrations, as well as trials and applications in the High Court and the County Courts. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal, and is accustomed to acting both as sole counsel and as part of a team of leading and other junior counsel, solicitors and experts. Key areas of expertise include: arbitration and related court applications; banking and financial services; civil fraud and asset tracing; commercial dispute resolution; conflict of laws and private international law; European law and competition; and insurance and reinsurance.
Called 2008; Gray’s Inn. Research assistant for Professor Simon Whittaker, St John’s College, Oxford (2006-07); Tutor in EC Law, St John’s College and Balliol College, Oxford (2007-08); Tutor in Jurisprudence, Wadham College, Oxford (2007-08); Research assistant, Law Commission (2008-09); Call, Gray’s Inn (2008); Pupillage at Essex Court Chambers (2009-10); Essex Court Chambers (2010).
Russian (fluent); Anton is a native Russian speaker.
St John’s College, Oxford, BA (First Class Hons) (Law) (2003-06); St John’s College, Oxford, BCL, Distinction (Conflict of Laws, Restitution, Jurisprudence and Political Theory) (2006-07); BVC (Very competent) (2007-08); Keble College Advanced International Advocacy Course (2013). Awards: Casberd Scholarship (for a distinction in Law Moderations) (2004); Lord Justice Holker Award (Gray’s Inn) (2006); Herbert Hart Prize (for best performance in Jurisprudence and Political Theory) (2007); Phoenicia Scholarship (Bar European Group) (2008); Lee Essay Prize (Gray’s Inn) (2009).