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Edward Sawyer

Edward Sawyer

Position

Edward has a commercial and chancery practice, with particular experience in the fields of pensions, trusts, commercial disputes, professional negligence, international work, financial services and civil fraud. His practice encompasses litigation and advisory work across the broad range of commercial chancery cases.

Edward is regularly involved in large-scale litigation involving pension schemes, regulatory work, trust disputes, business disputes and professional liability, often with an international or offshore element. He has considerable experience of document-heavy long-running cases and working as part of multi-jurisdictional legal teams.

Career

Called 2001; Middle Temple.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; Association of Pension Lawyers; Civil Fraud Lawyers Association; Commercial Bar Association; Property Bar Association.

Education

Lincoln College, Oxford (1998 BA Modern History).

Mentions

London Bar

Commercial litigation

LEADING JUNIORS4
Edward Sawyer –Wilberforce Chambers ‘Exceptionally able, and a very strong strategist and advocate. Not fazed by difficult legal/factual issues, and creative in working out how to use court processes to get the client where it needs to be.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

LEADING JUNIORS4
Edward Sawyer –Wilberforce Chambers
London Bar

Pensions

LEADING JUNIORS1
Edward Sawyer –Wilberforce Chambers ‘A superb draftsman and one who has a real forensic eye for points of detail.'
London Bar

Private client: trusts and probate

LEADING JUNIORS4
Edward Sawyer – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Edward is exceptionally able, a very strong strategist and advocate. He is creative in working out how to use the court processes to get the client where it needs to be. He has excellent oral and written advocacy - just the right blend of succinctness and detail and is able to present complex facts clearly.’
London Bar

Professional negligence

LEADING JUNIORS6
Edward Sawyer – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Good with clients and with an amazing brain. Edward really listens to questions and is very polite to all - he is calm and provides really wise advice.’