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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 junior4
Edward Sawyer – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Edward has excellent legal knowledge and great tactical skills and is a great advocate on paper and on his feet. His super power is being able to use his strong technical knowledge of different areas of law and procedural rules to plot a clear way through a very unusual dispute, coming up with a clear, entirely novel, and incredibly good approach.'
London Bar

Pensions

Leading junior1
Edward Sawyer –Wilberforce Chambers ‘Edward is both thoughtful and practical and sees the full picture. He combines technical knowledge with commercial awareness and is one of the most highly rated senior juniors.’
London Bar

Private wealth and probate

Leading junior4
Edward Sawyer – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Edward is conscientious and considerate, with a brilliant technical mind. He has excellent attention to detail in drafting. His oral advocacy is strong and measured.’
London Bar

Professional negligence

Leading junior6
Edward Sawyer – Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is an excellent advocate. He explains difficult concepts clearly. He is very pleasant, calm, highly intelligent, and very hardworking.’