Outer Temple Chambers

Barrister; Year of Call 2022.

James Smith has a wide-ranging commercial practice which spans banking and financial services, civil fraud, commercial, company, insolvency, international arbitration, pensions, private client, regulatory, and sanctions matters. His international work is principally based in the Gulf.

Formerly a law lecturer at the London School of Economics, James graduated with first-class honours in Law (LLB) from the University of Warwick and a distinction in International Commercial Law (LLM) from University College London. He served as a trainee at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, where he wrote speeches for the Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg.

He is a contributor to the latest edition of Lissack and Horlick on International Bribery and Corruption.

• Attorney General’s Junior Junior Scheme.

• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).

• Chancery Bar Association (ChBA).

• London Bar Association (LBA).

• Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA).

• Young Fraud Lawyers Association (YFLA).

• PgDip (Bar Vocational Studies), City, University of London: Distinction.

• LLM (International Commercial Law), University College London: Distinction (top of year in Company Law).

• LLB, University of Warwick: First Class (third in year, President of Warwick Law Society).