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Benjamin Parker
Position
Barrister specialising in all aspects of commercial law, particularly insurance and reinsurance, shipping and international trade, the carriage of goods, and private international law.
Career
Called 2000
Queen Mother Scholar of the Middle Temple
2001-2007: Fellow and Director of Studies in Law at St John’s College, Cambridge; Lecturer in Law and Assistant Director of the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law at the University of Cambridge
Education
MA, BCL St Hugh’s College, Oxford
Leisure
Music, mountain walking
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Insurance and reinsurance
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Benjamin Parker – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Ben is very user friendly and clients enjoy working with him. He provides practical advice on complex reinsurance matters and has a good grasp of the issues. His advocacy was very effective – he’s clearly an expert in this field and one of the top choices for future matters.’
London Bar > Shipping
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Benjamin Parker – 7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Very user friendly and collaborative. Clear and well-presented arguments as an advocate.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Benjamin Parker –7 King’s Bench Walk ‘Excellent analytical and drafting skills.’
7 King’s Bench Walk boasts an ‘outstanding calibre of talent across all levels’, adept at handling international arbitrations across various sectors and concerning multiple different jurisdictions and centres such as the LCIA, HKIAC, SIAC and ICC. The set is praised as ‘undoubtedly the strongest set for insurance and reinsurance’, in which David Edwards KC and Benjamin Parker frequently handle high-profile work. Further areas of expertise for the set include healthcare and pharmaceutical related arbitrations, with Gavin Kealey KC and Dominic Kendrick KC being go-to names in Covid-19 business interruption arbitrations, while also expanding in the niche area of Bermuda Form disputes, an area in which Michael Holmes KC, Sushma Ananda and Marcus Mander have recently been active.