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Rory Cochrane
Position
Rory has a broad commercial litigation and arbitration practice, with particular expertise in telecommunications and technology, banking (including regulatory enforcement proceedings), insurance and reinsurance, shareholder and partnership disputes, and the conflict of laws. Rory joined the Bar following a career as a senior associate and solicitor advocate with Herbert Smith Freehills in London and King & Wood Mallesons in Melbourne, Australia. He has substantial experience in international litigation, often involving Russia and the CIS. Rory was also a Teaching Fellow in Private International Law at University College London and contributed to the conflict of laws chapter of MacGillvray on Insurance Law (13th Ed).
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Career
Associate King & Wood Mallesons, Melbourne; Associate to the Hon Justice Susan Kenny of the Federal Court of Australia; senior associate and solicitor advocate Herbert Smith Freehills 2007-13; called 2013 (Inner Temple).
Memberships
COMBAR; FSLA; Competition Law Association; British Insurance Law Association; RBA.
Education
University of Western Australia (2004 Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Arts); University of Melbourne (2014 Master of Laws); Teaching Fellow (Conflict of Law), University College London 2013 to 2017)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > IT and telecoms (infrastructure and contracts)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Rory Cochrane –Devereux ‘Rory is a fantastic barrister. He has excellent judgement and good creative ideas, is very on top of the detail, very smart and extremely hard-working. He has a fantastic team ethos and is a pleasure to work with.’
Members of Devereux act for major communications and infrastructure providers, as well as smaller entities and international telecoms companies. Graham Read KC continues to act for major client BT, leading Rory Cochrane, in its proceedings in the Commercial Court seeking £16m of payments for electronic communications services which it alleges TalkTalk has withheld.