Chambers of Jonathan Hirst QC and Nicholas Green QC
7-8 ESSEX STREET, LONDON, WC2R 3LD, ENGLAND
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Roger Masefield
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Position
Barrister practising commercial law, specialising in commercial litigation (Berezovsky v Abramovich (ongoing); Berezovsky v the Estate of Patarkatsishvili (on-going); BP v Aon [2006] 1 Lloyds Rep 549; ING v R&V [2006] 2 All ER (Comm) 870); commercial arbitration (Suramericana/BDLR; Mizuho/Worldcom); insurance and reinsurance (Prifti v Musini [2006] Lloyds Rep IR 221; [2003] All ER (D) 307; Brotherton v Colseguros [2003] 2A11 ER (Comm) 208); professional negligence (BP v Aon; Bowman v Fels [2005] 4 All ER 609; Eskom v Alstom); banking (Chase v Pollux; Banco Santander v Banque Paribas); and civil fraud (Transworld v Deripaska (BVI); SGC v Markel; Petroval v Yukos (BVI)).
Career
Called 1994; Middle Temple; pupillage at Brick Court Chambers 1995; tenant 1996 to date; junior counsel to the Crown (C Panel) 1999. Publications of note: assistant editor of Paget’s ‘Law of Banking’ (13th edition 2007); general editor of Butterworths ‘Banking Law Guide’ (2006); contributor to ‘Banks & Financial Crime’ (2008 Ed William Blair QC); contributor to arbitration section of the OUP’s Competition Litigation (2010 Ed Mark Brealey QC and Nicholas Green QC).
Languages
French.
Member
COMBAR; Bar Council Law Reform Committee.
Education
Marlborough College; St John’s College, Cambridge (1993 MA 1st Class); Magadalen College, Oxford (1995 BCL 1st Class and Vinerian Scholar).
Leisure
Skiing; snorkelling and scuba diving; croquet.
Practice Areas
Banking; Litigation - commercial; Litigation - insurance/reinsurance
