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Harry Matovu KC KC
Position
Harry Matovu is a noted advocate, “a consummate cross-examiner, who’s great on his feet” and “tremendously tenacious and committed, he’s an absolute team player” (Chambers & Partners). He has a wide-ranging and high-profile commercial practice, both domestically and abroad, including energy and natural resources, civil fraud, finance, insurance/reinsurance and international arbitration. Historic cases of note have included Excalibur Ventures LLC v Texas Keystone Inc (a US$1.7 billion dispute over oil exploration rights in Iraqi Kurdistan); Mbasogo v Logo Ltd (major conspiracy claim arising out of an attempted coup against the Government of Equatorial Guinea); and R (Luton BC and others) v Secretary of State for Education (judicial review of the decision to cut the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Harry Matovu KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘Harry has the gift of making complex matters seem simple. He definitely can see the wood through the trees. His drafting is a pleasure to read.’
London Bar > International arbitration: arbitrators
(Leading counsel as arbitrators)Ranked: Tier 2Harry Matovu KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A masterclass in how to run an arbitration: studiously fair, masterfully efficiently and carried out with superlative grace.’
Brick Court Chambers‘ full and part-time arbitrators continue to take on appointments in institutions across the world, primarily ICSID, ICC and the LCIA, as well as ad-hoc appointments. Hilary Heilbron KC regularly sits as chair or co-arbitrator on complex corporate, joint venture and energy disputes, Harry Matovu KC frequently handles Africa-related disputes in his appointment as arbitrator, while Klaus Reichert SC is well-versed in commercial cases with US connections.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Harry Matovu KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘Harry is simply put, the best. He is strong on all accounts, and a pleasure to work with.’
Brick Court Chambers is described as a ‘one-stop shop’ when it comes to international arbitration and its members are regularly instructed in high-value international arbitrations seated across the globe, arbitration related court cases and in investor-state disputes. Clients turn to the set for their ‘huge strength in depth’, where at Silk level, members often handle high profile and politically sensitive cases, such as Mark Howard KC leading a team representing the Nigerian government in the Process and Industrial Developments Ltd v Federal Republic of Nigeria case, setting aside an arbitration award which the court found to be procured by falsified and the use of documents which should not have been disclosed to P&ID; Harry Matovu KC represented Nigeria in earlier stages of the dispute. Juniors in the set equally have strength in investment treaty proceedings, an area in which Zahra Al-Rikabi and Edward Ho have recently been active.
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Harry Matovu KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘He is strong on all accounts, and a pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Harry Matovu KC –Brick Court Chambers ‘A smooth and astute advocate who is effective at unpacking complex points for the court to understand.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Harry Matovu KC – Brick Court Chambers ‘A silk with intellectual rigour who can get the court eating out of his hands.’