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Ms Kira King

Position

Kira has a commercial chancery practice with an emphasis on civil fraud, insolvency, company and commercial litigation.  In addition, Kira has over ten years’ experience of both onshore and offshore contentious trusts matters which she combines with her commercial chancery expertise.

Kira is an experienced advocate who frequently appears in the High Court and has experience of both trial and appellate advocacy.​ Kira has appeared in all levels of court including the Supreme Court (with a leader).

Kira is particularly experienced in applications for pre-emptive and interim relief and both as a sole advocate and led has successfully obtained and responded to high value freezing orders both within the jurisdiction and offshore.

Kira also has substantial offshore experience having been called to Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) and the Gibraltar Bar (on an ad-hoc basis) and has been instructed on cases in the Cayman Islands, Dubai, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey and the BVI.

Memberships

Admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2009

Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) 2011

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

ACTAPS

Insolvency Lawyer’s Association

R3: Association of Business Recovery Professionals

ConTrA (Contentious Trusts Associates)

Education

BA (Hons) Law (Jurisprudence), Oxford University, St Hugh’s College, First Class, (Double first)

BCL (Law), Oxford University, St Hugh’s College, Distinction

Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice, Distinction