Daniel Bovensiepen > Twenty Essex > London, England > Barrister Profile
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20 ESSEX STREET
LONDON
WC2R 3AL
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Daniel Bovensiepen
Work Department
- Arbitration and mediation
- Banking and finance
- Commercial law
- Energy and natural resources
- Insurance and reinsurance
- Private international law
- Shipping
Position
Daniel’s practice covers a broad range of international commercial work, with a particular emphasis on shipping, commodities, energy and natural resources, and related international disputes. Daniel also accepts appointments as an arbitrator.
He has extensive experience, including in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and before a wide variety of arbitral bodies. He has an outstanding reputation as a friendly and approachable team player. Beyond his impressive skills as an advocate, he is happy to assist at all stages of litigation, providing advisory and drafting services, strategic input and any other required support. Daniel is one of the few junior counsel to be ranked in Tier 1 in both the shipping and commodities practice areas by The Legal 500, and is also highly ranked in Chambers & Partners, Chambers & Partners Global, and Who’s Who Legal. He received the award for “Shipping Junior of the Year” at the Chambers UK Bar Awards in 2016, and was nominated for the award of “Shipping Junior of the Year 2018” by The Legal 500.
Daniel has further significant experience in interim applications; as an SCMA trained counsel in mediations; and providing expert opinions for foreign courts. He is also registered as a public access practitioner qualified to accept direct instructions from corporations and in-house legal departments.
Daniel has previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Law Commission of England and Wales, in the Hong Kong office of a leading City law firm, and as a Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dyson in the Court of Appeal.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Daniel Bovensiepen –Twenty Essex ‘Exceptionally bright.’
Lauded as ‘one of the pre-eminent shipping sets’, Twenty Essex’ strengths are well-distributed along the full range of maritime disputes. The charterparty dispute Trafigura Maritime Logistics Pte Ltd v Clearlake Shipping Pte Ltd kept a number of members busy, with Michael Ashcroft KC, Daniel Bovensiepen, and Timothy Young KC all being involved. The latter also led Colleen Hanley in the Shagang Giant, a case dealing with the interpretation of a force majeure clause in light of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Damages caused by the detention of a vessel and the subsequent claim for demurrage are central in Rhine Shipping v Vitol, where Patrick Dunn-Walsh is led by Philip Edey KC on behalf of Rhine Shipping.
London Bar > Commodities
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Daniel Bovensiepen –Twenty Essex ‘Daniel has a great eye for detail, is very strong on the law and comes up with some very clever and innovative solutions to legal problems.’