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Nathan Pillow QC
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Position
Specialises in commercial dispute resolution. Practises in the English courts at all levels, and before international arbitral tribunals of all varieties. Extensive experience of working on heavy and complex cases, as part of a team made up of solicitors, foreign lawyers and/or other counsel; but equally at home acting alone, both as an advocate and in an advisory context. Particular interest in and experience of cases involving civil fraud, including injunctive and other interim relief; equitable, proprietary and restitutionary claims and remedies; and tracing and asset recovery. Work generally has an international character and often involves complex jurisdictional and conflict of laws issues.
Career
Called 1997, Gray’s Inn; Essex Court Chambers 1998; Silk 2015.
Languages
French (near fluent).
Education
Magdalen College, Oxford (BA).
London Bar
Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
Within: Leading Silks
Nathan Pillow QC - Essex Court Chambers â He is incredibly easy to work with, brilliant with clients, and has a great eye for the detail as well as overall strategy. â
Commercial litigation
Within: Leading Silks
Nathan Pillow QC - Essex Court Chambers â An outstanding barrister, he is incredibly easy to work with, brilliant with clients, and has a great eye for detail as well as overall strategy. â
Commodities
Within: Leading Silks
Nathan Pillow QC - Essex Court Chambers â Formidable and unflappable, good to work with. â
Fraud: civil
Within: Leading Silks
Nathan Pillow QC - Essex Court Chambers â A tremendous trial advocate and cross-examiner. â
Within: Fraud: civil
Essex Court Chambers is 'without question the go-to set for heavy-duty commercial litigation, in particular, fraud'. The set has expanded significantly in this area over recent years, particularly at the junior end, and the recent arrival of tier-one junior Tim Akkouh, from Erskine Chambers, continues the trend. Five members, including Nathan Pillow QC, David Davies, and James Willan  were involved in the nine-week National Bank Trust v Yurov & ors trial, relating to a $800m fraud claim. Paul McGrath QC, James Sheehan, and Ruth den Besten were among those with significant roles on Tatneft v Bogolyubov & Ors.
Shipping
Within: Leading Silks
Nathan Pillow QC - Essex Court Chambers â Formidable and unflappable. â
Within: Shipping
With 'top quality barristers', Essex Court Chambers is seen as a 'pre-eminent set in international arbitration, shipping and commodities'. Major marine insurance dispute, The Panamax Trader, is a key highlight for Steven Berry QC and Jeremy Brier, which concerns whether the shipowners deliberately sank a vessel. Euro-Asia v Credit Suisse, which relates to missing bills of lading and an alleged letter of credit fraud, is a notable case for Jeffrey Gruder QC and Nathan Pillow QC saw the end of long-running bribery and conspiracy case case Fiona Trust & Holding Corp v Privalov and others in 2018, when permission to appeal was refused. The 'user-friendly' set welcomed David Walsh from Quadrant Chambers in 2018.