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Vernon Flynn KC KC
Position
Vernon Flynn KC is a “superstar” and “veteran of many heavyweight litigation battles”. He has a wide ranging practice in international and domestic commercial law “at the highest level” or “in the premier league”. He has extensive experience of trial work and appellate advocacy and has unusually extensive experience of civil tribunals (often where the substantive or procedural law is not English law). He is frequently instructed in very high value, multi-jurisdictional disputes across the globe.
“His sheer force of energy, intelligence, advocacy and politely devastating skill in cross-examination put him among the best silks in the world of international arbitration.”
Career
2003-09 Visiting Fellow of the London School of Economics in International Commercial Arbitration
Silk: 2008
Call: 1991
Education
1990-1 The Inns of Court School of Law
1990 Commercial Law Tutor at LSE
1986-89 Trinity College, Cambridge – First Class Honours in Law
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Vernon Flynn KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Vernon is an excellent advocate and knows his audience extremely well. He is able to convey complex legal arguments in a clear and concise manner.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Vernon Flynn KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Vernon is an excellent advocate and knows his audience extremely well. He is able to convey complex legal arguments in a clear and concise manner. He is also very responsive and industrious, quickly digesting large amounts of information and focusing on the pertinent factual and legal issues to provide timely advice.‘
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Vernon Flynn KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘One of the top rated silks in this area. Clients love him and he is very pragmatic. He has a very appealing advocacy style.’
Recognised 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.
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Vernon Flynn KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Vernon is exceptional – his advocacy skills are exemplary. He is very personable and easy to work with.’
Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Commercial
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Vernon Flynn KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Vernon is an excellent advocate and knows his audience extremely well. He is industrious, and conveys complex legal arguments in a clear and concise manner.’