Fountain Court Chambers

Commercial litigation including banking, financial services, aviation, insurance/reinsurance, sale of goods, conflict of laws, financial regulation, civil fraud and professional negligence.

Recent notable cases include: Philipp v Barclays Bank UK PLC [2023] UKSC 25 (banking), AerCap Ireland Ltd v AIG Europe SA [2023] EWHC 96 (Comm) (aviation/insurance), Federal Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan Chase Bank NA [2022] EWHC 1447 (Comm) (banking/fraud); Byers v Saudi National Bank [2022] EWCA Civ 43 (fraud); AXA France IARD SA v Santander Cards UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 1776 (Comm) (commercial/banking/insurance); a substantial confidential arbitration involving the loss of a commercial airliner (aviation); and the RBS Rights Issue Litigation [2017] EWHC 1217 (Ch). Other recent experience and current instructions include various substantial confidential commercial arbitrations in London and overseas; a series of heavy and complex aviation insurance disputes in the Commercial Court arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and a variety of financial mis-selling claims.

Called 2004. Internship at ICC, Paris, Oct-Dec 2005; Pegasus Scholar, Hong Kong, Sep-Dec 2007.

French.

COMBAR. Authorised to practise in the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Christ Church, Oxford: BA 2001 (First), BCL 2002 (Distinction). Vinerian Scholarship 2002; Eldon Scholarship 2004.

Climbing, sailing.