Fountain Court Chambers

Fountain Court Chambers

Barristers

Samuel Ritchie

Samuel Ritchie

Position

Art & Cultural Property; Aviation; Banking and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Fraud – Civil; International Arbitration.

Specialises in commercial litigation, with particular expertise in civil fraud, banking and finance, international and domestic arbitration, jurisdiction and conflict of laws, and aviation.

Recent practice includes a number of significant commercial cases, including: acting for the distributor of Aston Martin Vehicles in the Middle East and North Africa in a suite of actions engaging contractual and shareholder actions against Aston Martin Limited across different tribunals and jurisdictions; acting for the Republic of Argentina in multi billion dollar litigation regarding the proper interpretation of GDP-linked bonds, with serious allegations of bad faith against senior government officials; acting in respect of aircraft caught under the scope of UK, EU and US sanctions; and acting for Air Europa in a valuable aircraft financing dispute.

Career

Called 2012; Inner Temple.

Memberships

COMBAR.

Education

Keble College, Oxford (BA, BCL).

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

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Samuel Ritchie – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Calm, unequivocal advice given in an acccessible manner with strong legal analysis and considered commercial acumen. Sam is also a joy to work with- endlessly available, incredibly hard-working with a can-do attitude to any issue.'
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Samuel Ritchie –Fountain Court Chambers