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Samuel Rabinowitz
Position
Barrister practising in commercial litigation, civil fraud, banking & finance, professional negligence and sports law. Member of Football Association’s National Serious Case Panel for 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.
Recent cases include: HRH Princess Deema Bint Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud v Gibbs; Care Tree v Bell; advising a European Football Association; Terre Neuve v Yewdale; Wilton Trustees (IoM) Ltd v AFS Trustee Ltd (in the BVI Commercial Court); Wellcourt Investments Group SA v Sussman; ENRC v Dechert; CNM Estates (Tolworth Tower) Ltd v VeCREF I SARL; J Jeffery (Builder) Limited v Santander; Municipality of Mariana v BHP Billiton plc (the Fundão Dam Litigation); and Katara v Guez.
Career
Called in 2016 (Lincoln’s Inn) and to the BVI Bar in 2021.
Panel member on sporting disciplinary bodies: Football Association National Serious Case Panel (2023-2025); Western District Cricket Union of Scotland Disciplinary and Appeals Panel (2022).
Judicial Assistant at the Commercial Court (High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division), January – July 2018.
Contributor to The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations (GIR, 4th-7th edns, 2020-23): chapter on “Privilege: The UK Perspective”, with Tamara Oppenheimer KC and Rebecca Loveridge.
Memberships
COMBAR (Member of Junior COMBAR Executive Committee and Remote Hearings Working Group), Law in Sport, British Association for Sport and Law; LCLCBA, Young Fraud Lawyers Association.
Education
BA in History, Oxford University (Balliol College): First Class (2012)
Senior Status BA in Jurisprudence, Oxford University (Jesus College): First Class (2015)
BPTC, City Law School: Outstanding (2016)
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5Samuel Rabinowitz – Fountain Court Chambers
‘One of the cleverest and most able juniors around – searing intellect, delightfully modest about his incredible abilities, and puts 150% into every case. Faultless drafting and inspires confidence in all his clients.‘
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Rising stars)Ranked: Tier 1Samuel Rabinowitz – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Sam is a highly intelligent barrister, who pays exceptional attention to detail across all facets of a claim, meaning he can think creatively about arguments and identify new angles within a case.‘
‘Obviously one of the top sets in the market in this area‘, Fountain Court Chambers‘ members are routinely instructed in high-stakes civil fraud cases, both in the UK and overseas. Recent workloads encompass banking and finance sector disputes, as well as cases with international elements. Africa-related civil fraud work is a notable growth area for the set, which is also particularly active in Asia, Middle East and Russia & CIS matters. In arguably one of the largest fraud claims of 2022, Rosalind Phelps KC acted for the defendant in the high-profile Republic of Nigeria v JP Morgan, which involved a $870m claim that concerned an allegedly corrupt oil deal and issues of the Quincecare duty. March 2023-appointed silk Simon Atrill KC, led by Timothy Howe KC, represented Credit Suisse in a substantial claim involving bribery and undue influence allegations, in relation to Libya’s placement of substantial investments with Western banks. Aaron Taylor, Nicolas Damnjanovic and Samuel Rabinowitz are notable juniors in chambers.