Brick Court Chambers

Fionn Pilbrow KC is a well-established and highly-regarded commercial KC, with an enviably broad commercial practice. He is above all a litigator and an advocate, applying that expertise across the broad spectrum of commercial work, with clients turning to him, in both litigation and arbitration, for the most challenging cases.

Fionn appears most often in the Commercial Court but also acts regularly in the appellate courts, the Chancery Division and all other divisions of the High Court, as well as before specialist tribunals. He also acts frequently in arbitration, and he has experience of arbitrations under a wide range of institutional rules.

Fionn is known for his oral advocacy, his penetrating analysis and for being extremely responsive and user-friendly. Current or recent court work includes: acting for the claimant in Rusal v Whiteleave & Potanin; acting for Neil Gerard in the Al Sadeq / Quzmar / Stokoe litigation, as well as the Azima litigation and the Mikadze litigation; Al Aggad v Al Aggad & others; and, representing one of the individual defendants in FRC v KPMG (the Carillion litigation).

In addition, Fionn chairs the tenancy committee of Brick Court Chambers and is Secretary of the Commercial Bar Association.

Called 2001, Inner Temple (major CPE scholarship, Princess Royal scholarship).

French.

COMBAR; LCLCBA; Bar European Group.

Winchester College; Balliol College, Oxford (1998 BA; 2002 MA); St John’s College, Cambridge (1999 MPhil); City University (2000 CPE); Inns of Court School of Law (2001 BVC).

Travel, reading, theatre, skiing, scuba diving.