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Farhaz Khan KC
Position
Farhaz is a leading advocate at the commercial bar, was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 2022 and, in his first year in Silk, named one of the “Hot 100” lawyers in the UK by The Lawyer magazine.
Farhaz receives instructions in complex and high-profile commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory proceedings, with a focus on banking, financial services, and pensions. His cases also take him into different area of law, and he has broad experience in cases involving insurance law, company law, corporate insolvency, partnership, ‘white collar’ crime, employment law, EU and public law. Farhaz also regularly appears in the commercial courts of offshore jurisdictions such as the DIFC and ADGM courts and has acted as a legal expert in foreign proceedings. Farhaz is a founding committee member and former Secretary of the Financial Services Lawyers Association. He writes regularly and is a Contributing Editor to Financial Services Law (4th Ed, OUP), the leading textbook on the subject. Farhaz also acts from time to time as consultant for the OECD on access to justice for businesses projects in emerging market economies.
Career
Called: 2005 (Middle Temple, Queen Mother Major Scholar and Harmsworth Entrance Exhibitioner). Registered to practice in the DIFC.
Memberships
COMBAR, ChBA, APL, FSLA (Assistant Secretary), IBA
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Farhaz Khan KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘An absolute class act, with a deep knowledge of financial services matters. Charismatic and user-friendly.’
With ‘genuine strength in depth’, 3 Verulam Buildings is ‘one of the pre-eminent financial services regulation sets’; highly active across both the contentious side, including FCA investigations, market misconduct and judicial review, as well as non-contentious regulatory matters. 2021 silk Saima Hanif KC has a stellar reputation for acting against financial regulators, while 2022 silk Farhaz Khan KC continues to undertake high-profile work in the area of non-financial misconduct proceedings and investigations. Adam Temple is known for representing regulators and did so in FCA v Steel, the FCA has sought to use s.382 of FSMA to obtain restitution orders against shareholders of regulated firms.
London Bar > Pensions
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Farhaz Khan KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Rising star on contentious pensions disputes, very commercial and popular with clients.‘
London Bar > Professional negligence
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Farhaz Khan KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Farhaz is very persuasive both on paper and orally. He identifies the key issues quickly and has a very confident court manner.’
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(2022 Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Farhaz Khan KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘He brings a practical analysis to complex disputes, breaking things down into user friendly work product, which is great for client management. He has an excellent sense of judgment and how a court would weigh the arguments.’