Fountain Court Chambers

Daniel is a commercial junior with a broad practice, with particular interest and experience in banking and insurance work. Much of his practice is international in nature and involves issues of conflicts of laws. Daniel is equally happy working as part of a team or as sole counsel and regularly appears unled in the County Court and the High Court.

Daniel Schwennicke joined Chambers in October 2021, following the successful completion of his pupillage. Call 2020.

Before commencing practice, Daniel spent three months working full-time as a Judicial Assistant in the High Court, assisting Cockerill J, Foxton J and Bacon J. This included assisting Cockerill J during the trial of Recovery Partners GP Ltd v Rukhadze [2022] EWHC 690 (Comm), which concerned the taking of an account following a judgment in which the defendants had been found liable for breach of fiduciary duties by appropriating a business opportunity relating to the assets of a deceased Georgian billionaire.

Daniel graduated from Oxford University with a First in Classics and received a Henry Fellowship at Yale University. He then completed an accelerated degree in Law at Oxford, taking a First and receiving the Elton Davies Scholarship and the Dickey Scholarship. He was subsequently a teaching fellow at Jesus College, Oxford, in Tort Law.