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Courtney Grafton

Courtney Grafton

Twenty Essex, London

Work Department

Arbitration; Banking and financial services; Civil fraud and asset tracing; Commodities and international trade; Company law; Energy and infrastructure; EU & Competition; Insolvency and restructuring; Jurisdiction, conflicts and enforcement; Public and administrative law; Public international law; Shipping

Position

Courtney has developed a broad practice in commercial litigation, international arbitration and public international law. Courtney is instructed on a broad spectrum of litigation in the English courts and in international arbitrations under a variety of institutional rules, and she regularly advises the UK Government on a range of public international law issues.

Before joining Twenty Essex, Courtney qualified as a solicitor-advocate and worked at a leading Wall Street firm. Courtney was also an Assistant Legal Adviser at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, where she advised on urgent issues arising in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtney also served as a Judicial Assistant to Lord Hodge and Lord Lloyd-Jones at the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, where she worked on over 40 cases.

Career

Called 2020.

Education

University of Cambridge: LLM (2018) Kaplan Law School: Legal Practice Course (2015) BPP Law School: Graduate Diploma in Law (2014) London School of Economics and Political Science: MSc in History of International Relations (2013) Yale University: BA in History (2012)

Mentions

London Bar

Public international law

Leading junior3
Courtney Grafton – Twenty Essex ‘Courtney is a star. She is one of the next generation of public international law practitioners at the Bar. Her drafting is exceptional, as is her knowledge of public international law. She pairs excellent advice with brilliant instincts and judgement. She is undoubtedly a go-to junior in public international law disputes.’