7 King's Bench Walk

Year of Call: 2017

Henry is a highly versatile commercial barrister with particular expertise in insurance, professional negligence, international arbitration, shipping, and civil fraud. With experience at several leading City law firms, Henry is regularly instructed in international and domestic commercial matters, serving as sole and junior counsel in high-value disputes both in arbitration and the Commercial Court.

Notable recent instructions include:

• Insurance: Junior counsel on multiple high-value Bermuda Form insurance arbitrations relating to pharmaceuticals and environmental disasters.
• Professional Negligence: Sole and junior counsel in various major audit negligence disputes; junior counsel in two claims by a financial institution against its former solicitors.
• International Arbitration: Sole counsel in a Commercial Court claim for recognition of a foreign arbitration award; junior counsel on a €50 million international arbitration.
• Shipping: Junior counsel on a high-value shipping claim concerning alleged sanctions breaches; advising on jurisdictional issues relating to a superyacht dispute.
• Civil Fraud: Junior counsel in a lengthy civil fraud trial concerning the trading of forward freight agreements.”