Chambers of Gavin Kealey KC

Patrick accepts instructions in all of 7KBW’s areas of practice acting as sole or junior counsel.

Before joining 7 King’s Bench Walk, Patrick qualified as a solicitor-advocate and worked in commercial litigation and arbitration at a Magic Circle law firm in London and Washington DC gaining experience of large-scale commercial disputes, SFO investigations and investor-State dispute settlement.

Patrick was also a Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Calver in the Commercial and Administrative Courts (2021-2022) and to Lord Leggatt in the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee to the Privy Council (2022-2023).

Whilst at the Supreme Court Patrick gained insight into appellate proceedings and worked on a number of leading commercial cases such as Philipp v Barclays Bank [2023] UKSC 25, Byers v Saudi National Bank [2023] UKSC 51, Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 and Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed [2024] UKSC 17.

Patrick holds an undergraduate degree in Modern Language (Double First) and a postgraduate degree in Comparative Literature (Distinction), both from the University of Cambridge. He also holds an LLB from BPP University (First).