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Mr Chris Owen

Work Department
Commercial Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
As head of the Commercial Dispute Resolution team, Chris has built a reputation for acting for household brands in all aspects of commercial litigation.
This includes the resolution of complex contractual disputes, corporate and shareholder claims, IT contracts, manufacturing and engineering disputes, injunction proceedings, professional negligence, arbitration proceedings, mediation (Chris is an accredited mediator) cross border claims and jurisdiction disputes.
Chris is head of International at TLT and also played an integral role in TLT being shortlisted for innovation in Resourcing by the Financial Times. He is independently recognised as a top tier leading lawyer in the field of dispute resolution by Chambers UK.
Jurisdiction: England & Wales
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Insurance > Professional negligence
The team at TLT is best known for handling professional negligence claims in the financial services sector, leveraging the firm’s investment funds and banking litigation expertise to do so; Neil Franklin oversees such mandates, supported by Katie Hill and Sam McCollum, and regularly collaborating with financial services litigation practice head Jonathan Hoey. For construction-related claims, property litigation specialist Mark Routley and construction expert Tom Wrzesien are the key names. Commercial dispute resolution team lead Chris Owen is another practitioner to note.
South West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
(Leading partners)TLT acts for national and international clients across the retail, financial services, digital, energy and public sector arenas on high-stakes disputes, boasting demonstrable experience in handling cross-border claims. With ‘wide-ranging litigation experience’, Chris Owen ‘remains as razor sharp as ever, solution-focused and client friendly’, and jointly leads the team alongside banking and financial services disputes expert Jonathan Hoey. ‘Supremely intelligent’ Ed Fiddick handles shareholder and partnership cases, while ‘formidable’ Victoria Mabbett specialises in IT litigation and Nicola Mead-Batten is a ‘first-class lawyer’ in the realm of public sector and regulatory disputes. Praised as ‘unflappable, bright and exceptionally able even in challenging circumstances’, Kate Ward is another key contact in the group.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners South West > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Commercial litigation: Bristol South West > Dispute resolution
- Professional negligence South West > Insurance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Bristol
- Employment > Employment: Bristol
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Employment > Pensions
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Bristol
- Real estate > Commercial property: Bristol
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Social housing
- Real estate > Environment
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property