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Hodge Malek KC
Position
Barrister with an impressive academic and practical background with a successful and heavyweight commercial practice which includes commercial dispute resolution; banking and financial services; fraud and corruption; professional disciplinary, energy, insurance/reinsurance and procurement. He is particularly known for cases with an international element. Hodge travels widely on cases, including Europe, Caribbean, the Far East and the Middle East.
He is the general editor of the leading book on the law of evidence, Phipson on Evidence (19th ed. 2018) and the joint author of Disclosure (5th ed. 2017, with Paul Matthews), both of which are often cited in judgments in common law jurisdictions. He is also a contributor to Mithani, Directors Disqualification (Human Rights chapters with James Potts) and various volumes of Atkins Court Forms (Human Rights, Disclosure and Information Requests, Financial Services, and Administrative Court). He was a member of the Commercial Court working party chaired by Lord Justice Cresswell on Electronic Disclosure.
Hodge is Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. He sits as a Recorder in both civil and criminal cases. He regularly sits as chairman of disciplinary panels of the Bar. He is a member of the Inn’s Conduct Committee and a Bencher of Gray’s Inn.
Memberships
Bar Sports Group, ALBA, COMBAR, PEBA, Franco-British Lawyer Society.
Education
Undergraduate and postgraduate law degrees from Oxford University.
Bedford School Keble College, Oxford – BA (Jurisprudence) 1981; BCL 1982 Sorbonne, University of Paris 1978.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Crypto and blockchain assets
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Hodge Malek KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘He is a master tactician and sees new angles to cases that no-one else does. As an advocate, he is assured and breaks everything down to make it simple and compelling for the judge.’
3 Verulam Buildings has a number of members with experience of civil fraud and regulatory work in the crypto space. Hodge Malek KC has expertise in domestic and international compliance reviews for cryptocurrency businesses, while Adam Temple is knowledgeable on the new cryptoasset registration regime, by which the Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for registering cryptoasset exchange providers and custodian wallet providers under the Money Laundering Regulations 2017. David Quest KC is a lead author on the landmark UK Jurisdiction Taskforce Legal Statement on Cryptoassets and Smart Contracts, setting out the current state of the law on the proprietary status of cryptoassets and the enforceability of smart contracts. James Potts is noted for the instructions he has received by leading cryptoasset exchanges in the UK and the United Arab Emirates, as well as individuals and companies involved in crypto disputes.
London Bar > Financial services regulation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Hodge is the go-to financial services barrister. He is an intellectual powerhouse who is clearly at the top of his game, commanding the respect of his clients, opponents and the courts.’
London Bar > Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Hodge is a superb advocate and one of the best the Bar has to offer. His submissions are clear and precise. He is absolutely devastating at cross-examination and has the ear of the court. He is a difference maker on any case.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Hodge’s strengths are his honesty and dedicated to his profession.’
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Great advocate, excellent strategist, and very good with clients.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Extraordinarily knowledgeable and highly experienced, fine-tuned by his sitting as deputy judge. Always calm and an advocate whom the court can trust.’
3 Verulam Buildings has ‘a strong civil fraud practice, particularly for cases involving banking fraud‘. The set was recently particularly active in litigation surrounding several very high-value frauds involving the Covid-related furlough scheme and business loans. In other areas, David Head KC is defending Dimitrios Tsouvelekakis against a substantial claim, which alleges that he acted fraudulently in relation to advice on discretionary investment trusts. In a multi-jurisdictional dispute over Russia’s largest fishing business, Hodge Malek KC defended Vitaly Orlov, CEO and co-founder of the Norebo Group, against complex fraud and conspiracy claims brought by Alexander Tugushev. Elsewhere in chambers, Ewan McQuater KC is leading a substantial counsel team that includes David Quest KC and rising star William Day, in defending the interests of Dubai Islamic Bank and Noor Bank, further to the 2020 collapse of the NMC Healthcare group, which is said to have been the subject of a massive fraud by its management. Juniors building notable fraud practices include Sophia Dzwig, Ryan Ferro and Ravi Jackson.
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Hodge Malek KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Hodge is always well-prepared and ready and willing to get into the details in preparing for a case or in advising the client. He is very pragmatic and honest in his assessment, which is truly appreciated by the lay client. He is simply excellent and top-notch. Excellent as well in dealing with cultural differences given legal practice in Asia which is a rare skill.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Hodge Malek KC –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Utterly unflappable with an incredible capacity to take in complicated facts quickly and work out the route to achieve the best result for client. A perfect mix of academic ability with vast experience and first-rate common sense.’
Known in the offshore world as a ‘strong commercial set with a number of excellent counsel’, 3 Verulam Buildings experienced another strong year with members receiving instructions across a breadth of complex cases, ranging from banking and finance disputes to high-profile judicial reviews. Hodge Malek KC , Hefin Rees KC and Philip Hinks are representing MBFX and a MultiBank Group’s founder in a large international fraud case where it is alleged that the trading platform fraudulently misappropriated €35m of noteholder funds. Ewan McQuater KC is involved in litigation in the BVI worth $1.5bn, where he is acting for provisional liquidators appointed by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands seeking to preserve and prevent dissipation of the assets of the business group headed by Global Cord Blood Corporation.
Asia Pacific - The English Bar > Commercial
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Hodge Malek KC – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Hodge has tremendous attention to detail and is very approachable and practical in his advice, particularly concerning disputes in difficult jurisdictions.’