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Edmund King

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Essex Court Chambers ()

Position

Edmund King has a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice with an emphasis on advocacy: experience in the Court of Appeal, High Court, in arbitrations (domestic and international) and in VAT Tribunals. Practices in general commercial litigation and VAT. His commercial practice includes international arbitration, banking, commodities, fraud, insurance, shipping, and sovereign immunity claims and he also has considerable experience of shareholder disputes. Significant experience of interim applications, including arbitration applications and appeals, and obtaining and setting aside freezing orders, in support of proceedings here and in other jurisdictions or in support of arbitrations. Called to the Bar in the British Virgin Islands.

Career

Called 1999, Inner Temple.

Languages

French.

Education

BA (Oxon); LLM (Harv).

Practice Areas

Litigation - commercial; Shipping - Admiralty; Tax - VAT, C&E

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