Farhaz is a leading advocate at the commercial bar, was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2022 and, in his first year in Silk, named one of the “Hot 100” lawyers in the UK by The Lawyer magazine.

Farhaz receives instructions in complex and high-profile commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, with a focus on banking, financial services, and pensions. His cases also take him into different area of law, and he has broad experience in cases involving insurance law, company law, corporate insolvency, partnership, ‘white collar’ crime, employment law, EU and public law. Farhaz also regularly appears in the commercial courts of offshore jurisdictions such as the DIFC and ADGM courts and has acted as a legal expert in foreign proceedings. Farhaz is a founding committee member and former Secretary of the Financial Services Lawyers Association. He writes regularly and is a Contributing Editor to Financial Services Law (4th Ed, OUP), the leading textbook on the subject. Farhaz also acts from time to time as consultant for the OECD on access to justice for businesses projects in emerging market economies.

Called: 2005 (Middle Temple, Queen Mother Major Scholar and Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner). Registered to practice in the DIFC.

COMBAR, ChBA, APL, FSLA (Assistant Secretary), IBA