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LONDON
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Mr Charles Samek KC KC
Position
Charles Samek KC is a commercial lawyer with a substantial court and advisory practice. In practice for 33 years, 14 years as a Silk, he has been involved in many leading cases and high-profile commercial disputes. Specialising in commercial litigation, civil fraud, banking & finance and shareholder disputes, he is highly experienced both as a first-instance and appellate advocate. He has been admitted to the Bars of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) and ad hoc in the Cayman Islands. He also acts as counsel in international arbitrations, and has sat as an arbitrator in the LCIA. He was educated at St Paul’s School and Oriel College, Oxford University. He speak excellent Italian, very good French and intermediate Russian.
Career
Called 1989; QC 2009. Also called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) and he has unlimited rights of audience for the Astana International Financial Centre Court. He has also been admitted to the Cayman Bar to argue specific matters.
Languages
Italian (excellent); French (good); Russian (basic conversational and written).
Memberships
COMBAR, Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association, LCIA European Users Council, International Bar Association, Chancery Bar Association, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association, British Russian Law Association, British Italian Law Association.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Charles Samek KC – Littleton Chambers ‘He is a go-to barrister in instances of tricky clients and tricky cases. He has a wonderful attitude to complex issues and thinks creatively when needed. He has a very good rapport with all parties including the clients. He is very approachable and a pleasure to work with.’
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Charles Samek KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Charles is a force of nature. A tenacious and skilled advocate that no right-minded witness would want to face in cross-examination.’
‘Well-regarded for its depth of expertise in commercial law’, Littleton Chambers handles commercial contract, shareholder, and business sale disputes, as well as civil fraud, intellectual property, and company law matters. Charles Samek KC is acting for all the claimants in the high-profile Athena Capital Fund and others v Secretariat of the Holy See concerning the Vatican’s purchase of a landmark building in London, where the Vatican accused the financier Raffaele Mincione of inflating the price of the property. Alexander Halban is acting for the claimant in Gorbachev v Gurlev, a Russian businessman, in a Commercial Court claim to recover shareholding interest worth $1.8 billion in PhosAgro, alleging fraud by the defendant and current owner of the company.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Charles Samek KC –Littleton Chambers ‘Charles is a real fighter, who you want on your side for tough cases.’
The English Bar Offshore > Commercial disputes
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Charles Samek KC – Littleton Chambers ‘Charles is the man you want with you in a fight- wholly committed, tactically astute, and extremely focused on getting the right result, even in very challenging circumstances. His advocacy is always clear, measured, and very precisely targeted.’