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Stephen Midwinter KC KC
Position
Stephen Midwinter KC advises on and appears in a broad range of commercial disputes, in litigation and arbitration. He has appeared in commercial cases in the Supreme Court, the House of Lords, the Privy Council, the Court of Appeal, the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division and the European Court of Human Rights. He has been recommended as a leading silk by the directories in eight fields: commercial dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance, banking, international arbitration, energy and natural resources, civil fraud, offshore and professional negligence.
A significant proportion of Stephen’s work takes place in arbitration and he has appeared in and advised on arbitrations under the ICC, LCIA, ARIAS, UNCITRAL, ICSID and Stockholm Chamber of Commerce rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations pursuant to the Arbitration Act 1996 and under the Bermuda Form. Recent instructions include a $150million dispute in the oil sector and a US$25 million LCIA arbitration concerning offshore drilling rigs. Stephen is also experienced in proceedings dealing with the enforcement of arbitral awards in the domestic courts.
Stephen also sits as an arbitrator in arbitrations for the LCIA and ICC.
Stephen is a member of the bar of the British Virgin Islands where he regularly appears in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal. Recent instructions include jurisdiction disputes, freezing order applications, international fraud claims and insolvency disputes.
Career
Qualified 2002, Middle Temple.
Languages
French (good), Italian (conversational), German (basic).
Education
Verulam School, St Albans; Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (2000 BA; 2001 LLM; 2004 MA).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 6Stephen Midwinter KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Excellent command of the facts, and unflappable, understated court manner that goes down well with the Commercial Court. ’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Recognised for its diverse offering across a wide range of commercial disputes, barristers at Brick Court Chambers are highly adept at handling disputes before the full range of arbitral institutions acting for a client portfolio spanning the energy and natural resources, financial services and telecoms sectors. Recent highlights include an LCIA arbitration in which Vernon Flynn KC acts for Vallex FM and Base Metals following a $300m claim by a Russian bank in relation to the financing of and investment in a copper mine in Armenia. Stephen Midwinter KC is acting for a Kazakh gas energy and transportation company, in a dispute over the terms of a sale and purchase agreement. In a significant Arbitration Act challenge to an award of the Permanent Court for Arbitration that defined Kazakhstan’s international law obligations and reconciled divergent lines of arbitral authority about whether Kazakhstan had succeeded to a former USSR treaty, Edward Ho acted on behalf of the claimant.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers
‘Stephen’s written advocacy is exceptional – he makes excellent use of parallels that convince people that he must, of course, be right.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Stephen Midwinter KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Stephen is excellent.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Stephen is a phenomenally quick silk with a huge depth of knowledge.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A succinct and confident advocate.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Stephen Midwinter KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Incredibly bright and able to absorb new matters at great speed. Excellent judgment, unflappable, great value for money and a pleasure to work with.’