London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
Leading junior3James Potts – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Very hard working and technically able barrister - a good advocate.'
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James Potts
3 Verulam Buildings, London
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Position
James specialises in commercial litigation and arbitration, banking and financial services, civil fraud, energy, and regulatory & professional disciplinary law. He has substantial experience of high-value, complex commercial litigation and arbitration, and regularly appears unled in trials and interim applications as well as acting as a junior. Much of James' work is international, including arbitrations under DIFC, LCIA, ICC and GCC Commercial Arbitration Centre rules. He has significant experience of litigation and arbitration in the Caribbean, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and a number of Middle East jurisdictions (including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Bahrain).
Career
Called 2011, Gray’s Inn.
Publications of note:
Contributing editor, Phipson on Evidence (20th edition) Contributing editor, Mithani on Directors’ Disqualification Contributing author, Jordans Disciplinary and Regulatory Proceedings (8th, 9th and 10th editions) Contributing editor, Atkins Court Forms: Financial Services Contributing author, Butterworth Financial Regulation ServiceMemberships
COMBAR, Chancery Bar Association, FSLA, Bar Pro Bono Unit
Education
MA (English Literature), First Class, University of Oxford (2008)
MPhil (Eighteenth Century Literature), Distinction, University of Cambridge (2009)
GDL, City University (2010)
Mentions
The English Bar Offshore
Commercial disputes
Leading junior3James Potts – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘James is a great tactician, able to devise legal arguments even in the most challenging litigation, goes the extra 10 miles to deliver excellent legal service, and is definitely someone to have on your team in the most difficult cases.'
London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading junior5James Potts – 3 Verulam Buildings 'James is extremely smart and responsive, and his drafting is first-class.'
London Bar
Crypto and blockchain assets
Leading junior1James Potts – 3 Verulam Buildings 'Excellent technically and very user friendly. One of the few barristers in the crypto space who really know their stuff.'
London Bar
Financial services and fintech regulation
Leading junior1James Potts – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘James is very knowledgeable about financial services regulation.’
London Bar
Fraud: civil
Leading junior4James Potts –3 Verulam Buildings 'He is measured under pressure and very intellectually able.'