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Nicola Allsop

Nicola Allsop

Nicola has a modern commercial chancery practice encompassing company litigation (particularly shareholder disputes), insolvency and civil fraud. She appeared as a junior in the ten week fraud trial in Sita v Serruys and was called to the Bar of the BVI in 2012 where she successfully represented the majority shareholders of the only oil-producing company in Belize (SM Life Ventures LLC v BNE and others). Nicola is regularly retained by insolvency practitioners with a view to recovering assets for the benefit of insolvent estates and appeared for the appellants in Helman v John Lyon Free Grammar School [2014] 1 WLR 2451], a case concerning the impact of a bankruptcy order on the right to serve a notice to enfranchise. Her cases frequently involve applications for freezing injunctions and similar interim remedies
Stephanie Barrett

Stephanie Barrett

Stephanie's practice encompasses a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration, particularly in the areas of shipping (both wet and dry), energy, shipbuilding, aviation, international trade and commodities. She undertakes drafting and advisory work in all areas of her practice. Stephanie also appears regularly (both as a junior and as sole counsel) in court hearings at High Court and County Court levels and in commercial arbitrations (on both LMAA and LCIA terms). Stephanie acted as junior counsel in the reported cases of Emma Moore v Hotelplan, t/as lnghams [2010] EWHC 276 (QB), concerning tour operator liability for excursions, and Lloyds TSB Equipment Leasing (No.1) Ltd v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2014] EWCA Civ 1062, concerning capital allowances on LNG tankers used in the Norwegian Snøhvit project. She also appeared as junior counsel in the Court of Appeal in Ford v Malaysia Airlines [2014] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 301, concerning the meaning of 'accident'' under Article 17 of the Montreal Convention and as sole counsel in The Amity [2017] EWHC 2893 (Comm), which dealt with the proper service of arbitration notices under Section 76 of the 1996 Act. Stephanie has appeared as junior counsel in several substantial shipping, shipbuilding and offshore construction arbitrations.
Tom Bird

Tom Bird

Tom Bird has a broad commercial practice with a focus on shipping, commodities, aviation, insurance and reinsurance. Chambers UK recommends him as “one to watch ... He's bright, he's user-friendly, he's accessible and he has good judgement." Tom has represented clients in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He is equally at home in arbitration. His significant cases include appeals to the Supreme Court in The DC Merwestone – a marine insurance dispute concerning the fraudulent device doctrine – and Stott v Thomas Cook, the leading case on the exclusivity of the Montreal Convention and its relation to EU law.
Maya Chilaeva

Maya Chilaeva

Maya Chilaeva joined Quadrant Chambers on 1 October 2021 following the successful completion of her pupillage. She is developing a broad commercial practice in line with Chambers’ profile. From October 2019 to August 2020, Maya spent ten months as a judicial assistant to the Commercial Court, sitting with a number of judges on matters ranging from without notice applications for freezing injunctions to an eight-week trial in the case of PCP Capital Partners LLP v Barclays Bank [2021] EWHC 1852 (Comm). This experience, as well as the training received during pupillage, informs her approach to case preparation and advocacy as a junior barrister. Prior to becoming a barrister, Maya worked for three years as an analyst in Equity Research at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. In that role she worked on the valuation of listed and unlisted companies in the Retail and European Diversified Financials sectors. She was also involved in regulatory work in relation to the operation of exchanges and produced written reports on the implications of MiFID II, the Financial Transaction Tax and Target2Securities for capital markets. Maya has passed the level 1 CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) exams. Maya graduated from the London School of Economics and completed the GDL with distinction at City University. She was the winner of the Times 2TG national mooting competition in 2020.
Nigel Cooper KC

Nigel Cooper KC

Barrister; practice covers the fields of shipping, shipbuilding (including superyacht and military build projects), insurance/reinsurance, energy and offshore, and commercial disputes (including international trade and conflicts of law). Full practice details are available at www.quadrantchambers.com or by contacting chambers. Nigel is an experienced advocate appearing regularly in the Commercial and Admiralty courts, arbitrations and in the appellate courts; he has acted for the government at three major formal investigations as well as appearing as an expert witness in overseas proceedings. Recent cases include major arbitrations and commercial court actions in all areas of Nigel’s practice but particularly, shipbuilding in the commercial and yacht sectors, sanctions and fraud, unsafe ports, oil and gas and commodities. Reported cases include Kaefer Aislamientos SA v. AMS Drilling Mexico SA [2017] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 575 (rig repairs and jurisdiction); Bug-5 Shipping Ltd v. Allia Systems Ltd. SA [[2015] EWHC 2550 (Comm) (sale of damaged cargo) BHP Biliton Marketing AG v. TMT Asia Ltd [2012] EWHC 3913 & [2016] EWHC 287 (Ch) (liability under a series of FFAs);  Seadrill Management Services Ltd v Gazprom [2010] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 543 and [2010] EWCA Civ 691 (claims arising out of the collapse of an oil rig); the Western Neptune [2010] 1 Lloyd’s Rep 158 and 172 (collision accident); Ferryways NV v Associated British Ports [2008] 1 Lloyds Rep 639; Almatrans SA v Tutova Shipping Co Ltd [2007] 1 Lloyds Rep10; The Doric Pride [2005] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 470 and court of Appeal (unreported) – charterparty dispute; WISE Underwriting Agency Ltd and Ors v Grupo Nacional Provincial SA [2004] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 483 (CA) – reinsurance dispute; Great North Eastern Railway Ltd v Railcare Ltd [2003] – claim for losses arising from a derailment; Seascope Capital Services ltd v Anglo-Atlantic SS Co Ltd [2002] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 611 – ship financing; reopened formal investigations into the loss of the bulk carrier MV ‘Derbyshire’ (2000) and the fishing vessel FV ‘Gaul’ (2004); formal investigation into the collision between the ‘Marchioness’ and the ‘Bowbelle’ (2001). Nigel was also heavily involved in the Fiona Trust Litigation
Simon Croall

Simon Croall

Simon Croall is an established commercial silk who has appeared in every court (including twice in the House of Lords). He is a sought after trial advocate as well as being respected in the appellate courts. In recent years much of his work has been in the context of International Arbitrations. He led the team for Owners in landmark case on remoteness in contract damages Transfield Shipping v Mercator Shipping ("The Achilleas") [2009] 1 AC 61. Recent reported highlights include another important case on damages Fulton Shipping v Globalia (The New Flamenco) in both the Court of Appeal [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 383 and below [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 230, Mitsui v Beteiligungsgesellschaft (“The Longchamp”) [2016] EWCA 708 in which the Court of Appeal ruled on controversial aspects of general average in the context of piracy, Essar Shipping v Bank of China [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 427 on factors relevant to the grant of anti suit injunctions and ST Shipping v Space Shipping [2016] 2 Lloyd’s 17 on arbitration appeals. Simon is particularly well known for his experience in the following fields: shipping and commodities, commercial litigation, International Arbitration, energy, insurance and Information Technology (see for example De Beers v Atos Origin [2011] BLR 274, a claim arising out of a large scale IT project). He also has a global practice with a depth of experience working with Chinese and south east Asian clients.
Simon Croall KC

Simon Croall KC

Simon Croall is an established commercial silk who has appeared in every court (including twice in the House of Lords). He is a sought after trial advocate as well as being respected in the appellate courts. In recent years much of his work has been in the context of International Arbitrations. He led the team for Owners in landmark case on remoteness in contract damages Transfield Shipping v Mercator Shipping ("The Achilleas") [2009] 1 AC 61. Recent reported highlights include another important case on damages Fulton Shipping v Globalia (The New Flamenco) in both the Court of Appeal [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 383 and below [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 230, Mitsui v Beteiligungsgesellschaft (“The Longchamp”) [2016] EWCA 708 in which the Court of Appeal ruled on controversial aspects of general average in the context of piracy, Essar Shipping v Bank of China [2016] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 427 on factors relevant to the grant of anti suit injunctions and ST Shipping v Space Shipping [2016] 2 Lloyd’s 17 on arbitration appeals. Simon is particularly well known for his experience in the following fields: shipping and commodities, commercial litigation, International Arbitration, energy, insurance and Information Technology (see for example De Beers v Atos Origin [2011] BLR 274, a claim arising out of a large scale IT project). He also has a global practice with a depth of experience working with Chinese and south east Asian clients.
Michael Davey KC

Michael Davey KC

Barrister specialising in commercial and shipping: charterparties and bills of lading; international sale of goods; insurance; salvage and collisions; shipbuilding; fisheries. Significant recent cases: MSC v Cottonex Anstalt [2016] EWCA Civ 789 (Court of Appeal decision on repudiation and liquidated damages); Loose v Lynn Shellfish Ltd [2016] 2 W.L.R. 1126 (Supreme Court decision on the boundary of private fisheries); Fish & Fish Ltd v Sea Shepherd [2015] A.C. 1229 (Supreme Court decision on joint liability in tort for environmental protest); The “Ocean Victory” [2015] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 381 (Court of Appeal decision on unsafe ports and demise charters, appeal in the Supreme Court in November 2016).
Joseph England

Joseph England

Joe is ranked in the latest edition of Legal 500 as a Leading Junior in four separate categories: International Arbitration, Energy, Civil Fraud and Insolvency, where feedback includes: “He is a dangerous adversary, constantly looking for weaknesses in his opponent’s position and clients love him.” He qualified as a solicitor at Allen & Overy LLP before transferring to the Bar. He spent the first year of his practice as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Sumption and Lord Wilson in the Supreme Court. Joe soon returned to the Supreme Court as Counsel in Bank of Cyprus UK Limited v Menelaou [2015] UKSC 66. Recent work includes: • Acting (as sole Counsel) in c.20 interim hearings and at trial in the Commercial Court for XL Insurance, including a ground-breaking fraud case involving HMRC’s receipt of proprietary funds (XL v IPORS & Others [2021] EWHC 474 (Comm); [2018] EWHC 2251 (Comm.); multiple worldwide injunctions and one of the first contempt applications relating to commercial freezing injunctions under the new CPR 81 (XL Insurance Company SE v Paul Alan Corcoran [2021] EWHC 1407 (Comm)) • Acting with Paul Downes QC and Quinn Emmanuel on live claims in the Commercial Court for a Brazilian Bank against Tranferwise involving currency exchange transactions. • Acting (with Matthew Reeve) for the family of footballer Emiliano Sala in civil proceedings and Inquest relating to his death and for the successful claimants in a trial in the BVI concerning the landing of a helicopter onto a superyacht (The M/Y “Bacarella” BVIHC (Com) 2018/0062, Judgment 17 May 2021) (Appeal October 2022) • Appearing (unled) in the Court of Appeal in a second appeal concerning premature execution of registered foreign (Islandsbanki hf, HMRC, Shinclear Holdings Ltd v Kevin Gerald Stanford - [2020] EWCA Civ 480), arising from the largest and hotly contested personal insolvencies against Founder of All Saints fashion brand, including a successful case management appeal ([2019] EWHC 307 (Henry Carr J); [2019] EWHC 595 (Ch.) [2019] (ICC Judge Jones); [2019] 6 WLUK 295 (Fancourt J)) • Acting in c.10 cases involving email frauds, including World Proteins v Persons Unknown [2019] EWHC 1146 (QB) (injunction); [2019] 6 WLUK 500 (judgment). • Acting (led by Chris Smith QC) in Commercial Court proceedings concerning the sale of crude oil arising from a joint venture with the Government of Turkmenistan, including discharging a freezing order (and resisting a subsequent appeal) - United Petroleum Trading Switzerland SA v Mitro International Ltd [2019] EWHC 1382 (Comm.) • Acting for the Government of India, most recently (led by David Wolfson QC) resisting enforcement of a c.£70 million award under s.103 of the Arbitration Act 1996 - A v B [2018] 5 WLUK 366; Hardy Exploration and Production vs India [2018] EWHC 1916 (Comm.). • Ongoing ICC ship-building arbitration (led by Thomas Macey-Dare QC) and several international oil and gas/construction arbitrations (led by Steven Walker QC) which involved near-full time work from 2013-2018 and 2019-2021, and appearing or giving evidence in the Courts of Switzerland, France, Ireland, Poland, Caraco, Mauritius, Nigeran, Scotland and The Netherlands. • Acting and advising AXA XL on disputes including relating to Covid-19 and acting in multi-party fraud claims against coverholders ([2022] EWHC 985 (Comm); [2022] EWHC 306 (Comm); | [2021] EWHC 3551 (Comm)); and acting for coverholders in a c.£6 million arbitration against a Bermudan insurer.
David Goldstone KC

David Goldstone KC

David is a highly experienced barrister who has appeared in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and has acted for most of the UK`s leading commercial solicitors. He is now accepting appointments as arbitrator and mediator but also continues to advise clients across the full spectrum of commercial law, international trade and shipping. David is also one of the very few barristers in the UK who is able to provide specialist expert advice to companies and individuals operating in the increasingly significant sector of digital and crypto-currencies.
Ruth Hosking

Ruth Hosking

Ruth's practice spans the full spectrum of commercial litigation and arbitration including general commercial, commodities, energy, insurance, international trade and shipping. Since joining chambers in 2003, she has appeared in the House of Lords, Court of Appeal, and High Court. She has also represented clients in a variety of international and trade arbitrations (including ICC, LCIA, LMAA and GAFTA) and assisted clients in FOSFA arbitrations. Ruth has acted in a number of high profile cases, including "The Achilleas", a leading case on the contractual principles of remoteness of damage.  Most recently, she was junior counsel to Nigel Jacobs QC in "The Atlantik Confidence", a 7-week trial challenging the right to limit under the Limitation Convention (judgment awaited).  She is a meticulous advocate, devoted to the needs of her client, combining rigorous analysis with a common sense commercial approach.  Please visit www.quadrantchambers.com for Ruth's detailed CV
John Ashley Kimbell KC

John Ashley Kimbell KC

John Kimbell QC is a maritime and aviation law specialist. He is instructed on a regular basis to appear in the Admiralty Court, the Commercial Court and arbitrations in London (LCIA, ICC and LMAA) and in Hamburg (GMAA). His shipping work encompasses both 'wet' collision and other Admiralty Court matters and 'dry' bill of lading and charterparty disputes. He was appointed a Deputy High Court Judge in September 2018 and is chair of the Admiralty Bar Group.John has acted on a number of leading cases in the shipping arena over recent years including advising a number of Owners and Charterers in relation to proceedings arising from the insolvency of OW Bunkers – see e.g. Stena Bulk AB v Copley [2015] Lloyd’s Rep Plus 5. He further acted on Stolt Kestrel BV v Sener Petrol Denizcilik Ticaret AS; and CDE S.A. v Sure Wind Marine Ltd - [2015] All ER (D) 146 (Oct) two cases concerning collision actions in the Admiralty court, the claimant ship owners had been refused an extension of time for issuing their actions in personam. He was involved in the first West-African piracy case to be litigated in the High Court (“CAPE BIRD”). John also advises clients on jurisdictional, private international law and foreign law aspects to disputes. He successfully represented Thomas Cook in the Court of Appeal and in the Supreme Court in Stott v Thomas Cook [2014] 2 Lloyd’s Rep 207 on the exclusivity of the Montreal Convention. John is rare in the marketplace as a barrister who is fluent in, and accepts instructions in German. Since 2001 he has been qualified to practice as a lawyer ('Rechtsanwalt') in Germany. He uses his knowledge of German law to provide a specialist service not only to German, Austrian and Swiss clients but more generally to clients from civil law countries. He recently acted for in German insurer in Woodford v AIG [2018] EWHC 358 (QB) and for a German ship manager in Harms Bergung, Transport & Heavylift GmbH & Co KG v Harms Offshore AHT 'Uranus' GmbH & Co KG and others - [2015] All ER (D) 72 (May). He acts as an arbitrator in London and Hamburg. He is the joint editor (with Nigel Meeson QC) of Admiralty Jurisdiction & Practice (5th edition, 2017) Informa and one of the authors (with Michael Howard QC and John Knott) of Foreign Currency: claims, judgments and damages (2016) Routledge.
Poonam Melwani KC

Poonam Melwani KC

Poonam Melwani KC is Head of Quadrant Chambers. She is a commercial silk who practises across the full spectrum of commercial, insurance, energy and shipping law, providing advisory and advocacy services. Poonam’s clients want her for their “difficult cases” where innovative thinking and oversight of a large team, complex issues and multi-strands are necessary. Praised as “clever, imaginative and user-friendly … diligent and fights very hard for her clients.” Poonam has been ranked as a ‘Leading Silk’ over many years by the Legal Directories and is shortlisted for Shipping, Commodities & Aviation Silk of the Year 2023 at the Legal 500 Bar Awards. She was also shortlisted for Shipping Silk of the Year at the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Awards 2020. She represents clients in a wide variety of jurisdictions and arbitral regimes including ICC, LCIA, LMAA and ad hoc, as well as English High Court Litigation, mainly in the Commercial Court and the Appellate Courts.
William Mitchell

William Mitchell

Will has a broad and growing practice in line with chambers core areas of aviation and travel, banking and financial services, commercial disputes, commodities and international trade, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance, international commercial arbitration and shipping. Will has market experience in marine, aviation and space insurance having undertaken a placement with a leading insurer with their complex claims department. During the placement he advised on stock throughput, P&I, War Risks and H&M policies.
Luke Parsons KC

Luke Parsons KC

Luke is a Commercial and Admiralty silk whose practice encompasses insurance and reinsurance, international trade, energy, sale of goods, banking, commercial contracts, and shipping. Luke is often called in to handle the highest value, most complex claims, involving coordinating large teams of experts and has acted on many precedent-setting cases in the High Court, and Court of Appeal; recent and reported cases include: BHP Billiton v TMT Asia (Ongoing), Borco v Phillips 66: ‘Cape Bari’ (2016); W Ltd v M Sdn Bhd [2016]; Shagang Shipping v HNA Airlines (2016); Bloehm & Vos v Enquest Britain: 2014; E D and F Man Sugar Ltd v Unicargo Transportgesellscaft GmbH, E D and F Man Sugar Ltd v Unicargo Transportgesellschaft GmbH [2013]; Itochu Corporation v Johann MK Blumenthal GmbH & Co & Ors [2012]; Berezovsky & Anor v Edminston & Company [2011]; JSC Bank v Solodchenko [2011]; Vitol SA v Capri Marine Ltd [2010]; Cosco Bulk Carrier Co Ltd & Anor v MV Saldanha [2010]; Raiffeisen Zentralbank Oterreich AG v. China Marine Bunker (Petrochina) Co Ltd [2008]; Shipping Co. SA v. Trafigura Beheer BV & Anor (The "MSC Amsterdam") [2007]; Anton Durbeck GmbH v. Den Norske Bank ASA [2006]; Mediterranean Den Norske Bank ASA v. Acemex Management Company Ltd [2004]; Mamidoil-Jetoil Greek Petroleum Co. SA v Okta Crude Oil Refinery AD [2003]; Canara Bank v Standard Bank [2002] Luke has extensive experience in dealing with foreign law and multi-jurisdictional disputes and  frequently acts in arbitrations with a cross-border element and is experienced in making applications to the High Court in support of English arbitrations and also in support of foreign arbitrations in the English courts and advises on the enforcement of awards under the New York Convention.
Simon Rainey

Simon Rainey

Simon Rainey QC is one of the best-known and most highly regarded practitioners at the Commercial Bar with a high reputation for his intellect, advocacy skills, commercial pragmatism and commitment to client care. He has established a broad commercial advisory and advocacy practice spanning substantial commercial contractual disputes, international trade and commodities, shipping and maritime law in all its aspects, energy and natural resources and insurance and reinsurance. He appears mainly in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal and has extensive experience of arbitration, regularly appearing before all of the main domestic and international arbitral bodies and trade associations. He particularly relishes complicated legal disputes and also cross-examination, especially in cases involving heavy expert evidence, of both technical disciplines and foreign law. He is well-known as a cheerful and easy to work with team player who rolls his sleeves up in long and complex trials and arbitrations. He is frequently appointed as arbitrator (LCIA, ICC, LMAA and ad hoc, sitting both sole and as co-arbitrator) and has given expert evidence of English law to courts in several countries. He also sits as a Recorder in the Crown Court and as a Deputy High Court Judge. He has been cited for many years as a Leading Silk in the areas of shipping, commodities, commercial litigation and dispute resolution, international arbitration, energy and natural resources, and insurance and reinsurance by Chambers & Partners and/or The Legal 500.
Jakob Reckhenrich

Jakob Reckhenrich

Jakob practises across the whole range of Chambers’ core areas, with many of his matters having an international element. Jakob is regularly instructed at all stages of proceedings, providing advice, settling pleadings and appearing at interlocutory hearings and trials, both led and as sole counsel. Jakob’s recent work includes a USD 35 million ICC arbitration relating to the breach of a mezzanine loan facility in which he appeared as sole counsel. The award obtained in favour of his clients is being challenged under section 67 and Jakob is led by Philippa Hopkins KC of Essex Court in defending the challenge in the Commercial Court. He is also due to appear in a 4-day LMAA arbitration, led by David Lewis KC of Twenty Essex, in a USD 4 million dispute concerning failure to give contractual redelivery notices at the end of a long-term charterparty for an LNG carrier. Jakob was a judicial assistant in the Commercial Court, where he sat with Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mr Justice Butcher and Mr Justice Jacobs, assisting, among other matters, on The London Steam-Ship Mutual Insurance Association Limited v The Kingdom of Spain (The Prestige) [2021] EWHC 1247 (Comm), which concerned a challenge to the registration of a USD 1 billion judgment of the Spanish court against the Club. Jakob also did a secondment at the London office of an international shipping and commodities firm, where he gained valuable insight into the day-to-day work of a firm and how counsel can most productively become a part of the team for a particular matter. His written work has been praised as “succinct” and “superbly analytical”; his legal research has been described as “especially impressive” and his advocacy has been noted as being “very much at the top end of the range”. Recent client feedback includes the following: “Jakob was very much on top of the brief and his advocacy was excellent”; “I was very impressed with Jakob. His drafting was spot on, as was his advice on the claim and his tactical comments” and “I have been very impressed with [Jakob’s] work over a number of matters.” Jakob came to the Bar after working as an academic philosopher for a few years, completing his PhD and teaching at Brown University after studies at University College, Oxford and in Berlin. Outside his work, Jakob keeps trying to become a proficient pianist, alas, with no great success.
Mark Stiggelbout

Mark Stiggelbout

Commercial barrister specialising in shipping, commodities, international sale of goods, insurance, energy and aviation matters. Mark regularly acts in litigation and arbitration proceedings, including trials, appellate work and obtaining injunctive relief. Recent notable cases include Deleclass Shipping v. Ingosstrakh Insurance (The Siderfly) [2018] EWHC 1149 (Comm) and [2018] EWHC 1135 (Comm), The Bulk Indonesia [2017] 2 Lloyd's Rep. 385, and the Supreme Court case of Bunge SA v. Nidera BV [2015] 3 All E.R. 1082.
Robert-Jan Temmink KC

Robert-Jan Temmink KC

Robert has a wide-ranging and international practice in commercial and chancery law. He is known for being a talented and intellectually-agile advocate equally at home in fraud and financial services cases as in aviation and shipping matters. He has a strong practice in construction, energy and infrastructure disputes and is often asked to advise and act in complex insolvency and cross-border actions. Robert is called to the bar in the Eastern Caribbean and Trinidad & Tobago and has acted in cases in the BVI, Cayman and the Turks & Caicos islands. He is a registered advocate in the Abu Dhabi Global Market and was one of the first UK advocates registered to practice in the Dubai International Financial Centre Courts. He is also called to the bar in Northern Ireland and as a Foreign Legal Consultant in the State of New York. Robert has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators since 2007 and has been appointed as an arbitrator in ICC, LCIA, LMAA and English arbitrations under the Arbitration Act. He is a registered arbitrator in the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre, the Asia International Arbitration Centre, the Dubai International Arbitration Centre and has acted as Counsel in a wide variety of institutional arbitrations dealing with commercial cases in all of his core areas of practice. Robert is an accredited mediator and has conducted numerous commercial mediations. He is a TECBAR-accredited mediator and adjudicator and has been appointed as an adjudicator in several large construction-related matters. He acted as Counsel in the Court of Appeal’s decision concerning stays of adjudication and enforcement in the event of a party’s insolvency.
Alexander Uff

Alexander Uff

Alexander Uff specialises in international commercial and investment treaty arbitration. Originally qualified as a barrister, Alexander was a partner in an elite global arbitration practice at Shearman & Sterling for several years before joining Quadrant Chambers in 2021. He provides advice, representation and advocacy to corporations, States and State-owned entities in complex international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations.  His work has focused in recent years on disputes in the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, investment treaty claims and commercial disputes, while his experience covers numerous other industries and subject matters including IP and licensing, M&A, shareholder and joint venture disputes, pharmaceuticals, IP, retail, food industries, aviation and agribusiness, among others.  He sits as an arbitrator and has conducted arbitrations under the ICSID, ICC, LCIA and CRCICA Rules, as well as ad hoc arbitrations including under the UNCITRAL Rules.  Alexander’s practice is fully international and before relocating to London in 2013 he spent substantial parts of his career practicing international arbitration in Paris and New York, where he is also admitted.  He has handled disputes in Western and Eastern Europe and CIS countries, North and South America, South Asia, the Middle East and North and sub-Saharan Africa.   Alexander has been recognized for several years as a “future leader” in international arbitration by Who’s Who Legal (2018-2021).  The 2020 edition reports that he is ‘a name to remember in investment treaty arbitration’; while the 2021 edition describes him as ‘an extremely sharp and a creative lawyer’ with ‘great commercial sense’.