London Bar
Art and cultural property
Leading silk1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Gilead is incredibly clever, sharp and lucid. He can explain very complicated matters with an unrivalled economy and clarity.’
Wilberforce Chambers
Barristers
Gilead Cooper KC
Wilberforce Chambers, London
- Phone0207 306 0102
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.wilberforce.co.uk
Position
Gilead specialises in complex, high-value disputes, often involving allegations of fraud, breaches of trust and fiduciary duties, and professional negligence. He also has a notable specialism in matters involving art and antiquities.
Gilead’s practice has a strong international element. He has appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, the BVI, Bermuda, Cayman and Nevis, and has been involved in litigation in Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.
Career
Call: 1983, KC: 2006.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; PAIAM (Professional Advisers to the International Art Market); ACTAPS; LCIA.
Education
BA in English, Christ Church, Oxford; Dip. Law, The City University.
Mentions
London Bar
Private wealth and probate
Leading silk1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Gilead is brilliant. He has an incredibly quick mind, great intellectual powers and a wonderful creative and strategic thinking capacity.’
The English Bar Offshore
Trusts and private wealth
Leading silk1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Simply put, Gilead is brilliant, as he has an incredibly quick mind, great intellectual powers and at the same time a wonderful capacity for creative, strategic thinking. He writes beautifully, judges clearly respect him, and he is an excellent courtroom advocate.’