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Mr Sharif Shivji KC
Position
Formerly a derivatives trader in London and Hong-Kong, now King’s Counsel specialising in commercial law with a focus on banking, financial services, company, insolvency, and civil fraud litigation. Sharif is also a leading barrister offshore (in particular the DIFC and the Caribbean). He has in-depth knowledge of the financial markets, corporate finance and fintech (including complex derivatives and cryptoassets). Notable cases include: Mozambique v Credit Suisse International (2023), Autonomy v Lynch (2022), General Electric v Alpine (2021), Akhmedova v Akhmedov (2018) (DIFC CFI & CA), Akers v Stanford (BVI HC & CA), Wentworth v Lehman (2017), S&P v ApoBank and RBS (2016) and Chesterfield v Deutsche Bank (2016).
Career
Economics graduate (LSE); research assistant to Bank of England’s monetary policy committee member; derivatives trader (London and Hong Kong 1997 to 1999).
The Lawyer Hot 100; C&P Company & Insolvency Junior of the Year 2016; Commercial Litigation Junior of the Year 2018 and Legal 500 Insolvency Junior of the Year 2020.
Sharif is the Attorney General to HRH The Prince of Wales (2020 – current).
Sharif is also the Chair of Advocate (the legal pro bono charity). He is a Director of the Bar Mutual Indemnity Fund and Chair of the Reserves Committee and was the former Chairman of the Personal Insolvency Litigation Advice and Representation Scheme (PILARS).
Publications: Author, Transaction Avoidance in Insolvencies, OUP, 2018
Memberships
Called to the Bar of the Dubai International Financial Centre and the British Virgin Islands; Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR Insolvency Lawyers’ Association.
Education
Winchester College; London School of Economics (1997 BSc Economics); City University (2000 CPE/Diploma in Law; 2003 MA Law).
Leisure
Climbing/sailing/skiing.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sharif Shivji KC –4 Stone Buildings ‘Sharif is a hard-working and highly focused person. He is great at financial services and his written submissions are both detailed and well laid-out.’
London Bar > Insolvency
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sharif Shivji KC –4 Stone Buildings ‘Sharif has a passion for equality and justice, alongside being brilliantly clever and held in high regard across the breadth of the chancery Bar and particularly in the insolvency field.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Sharif Shivji KC – 4 Stone Buildings ‘Sharif is a tremendously-strong, all-round litigator, who is a clear and strategic thinker. Confident, clear and compelling.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Sharif Shivji KC – 4 Stone Buildings ‘Sharif is a commanding advocate and cross-examiner: always polite, but analytically precise and utterly tenacious.’
Banking and finance remains a key area for members of 4 Stone Buildings, who handle disputes which arise in connection with the raising of loan or share capital, and in situations of insolvency or weak markets. Members have been involved in domestic and international high profile and high value cases such as Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse, which saw Richard Hill KC, Sharif Shivji KC and Tom Gentleman involved in a high-value multi-party casein relation to a collapsed banking facility connected to the “tuna bond” scandal.