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Barristers

Fiona Petersen

Fiona Petersen

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; Intellectual property; Jurisdiction, conflicts and enforcement; Public and administrative law; Public international law; Shipping; Technology, media and telecoms

Position

Fiona is developing a broad practice across all of Chambers’ practice areas. She has experience both in courts and with arbitration.

In 2021 to 2022, Fiona was seconded to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. She gained experience with advising on public, international, information, procurement and commercial law and litigation. In addition, Fiona is on the Attorney General’s Junior Junior panel and has advised a range of government departments and agencies. For example, she recently advised on powers to make secondary legislation, where the powers were contained in a retained EU regulation.

Before coming to the Bar, Fiona worked as a research assistant on the automated vehicles project at the Law Commission.

Career

Called 2018.

Languages

English (fluent), Danish (fluent), French (proficient)

Education

University of Cambridge, Hughes Hall: Masters in Public International Law, First Class (2017) University of Cambridge, Jesus College: MA in Law, Double First Class (2016)