Jeremy Goldring KC > South Square > London, England > Barrister Profile

South Square
3-4 SOUTH SQUARE, GRAY'S INN
LONDON
WC1R 5HP
England

Position

Jeremy undertakes a wide range of commercial litigation and advisory work. He has extensive experience in a broad variety of banking and finance areas (including derivatives and securitisations), restructuring and insolvency and company law. He has appeared in many of the leading cases in those fields including Lomas v Firth RixsonStandard Chartered Bank v Ceylon Petroleum Corporation and Re Stanford International Bank.

Jeremy regularly appears in the UK courts at all levels, appearing (for example) in the Supreme Court in Eurosail, the Court of Appeal in Graiseley Properties v Barclays Bank, the Financial List of the Chancery Division in Hayfin v. Windermere VII and the Commercial Court in Tchenguiz v. Grant Thornton. He has particular experience in capital market disputes.

Jeremy also has considerable experience of litigating and advising in offshore jurisdictions, particularly in Grand Cayman and the British Virgin Islands. For example, he recently appeared in the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal in Conway v. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, a case arising out of the collapse of a fund. He has extensive experience of petitions under s 238 of the Companies Law, including leading for the dissenters at two trials in the Grand Court in 2018.

Career

Appointed Queen’s Counsel 2013. Called to the Bars of the British Virgin Islands 2003, and the Cayman Islands 1998. Publications of note include ‘Cross-Border Insolvency Fourth Edition’ (Sheldon, Bloomsbury, 2015), ‘Gore-Browne on Companies’, ‘Professional Negligence and Liability’ (Simpson), ‘Rowlatt on Principal and Surety’ (Moss and Marks, Sweet and Maxwell, 2011).

Education

Oxford University (BA, First Class); Yale University (MA).

Lawyer Rankings

London Bar > Commercial litigation

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 6

Jeremy Goldring KCSouth Square ‘Jeremy is extremely bright and incisive, with a first-rate mind and the ability to find the hidden point that makes all the difference to the case. His advocacy is superb.’

London Bar > Insolvency

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Jeremy Goldring KCSouth SquareJeremy is excellent – extremely thoughtful and insightful with a great grasp of case law with a flair for finding the innovative point of view, which adds great value. He is also very calm and collected, both in court and in conference. He has a wealth of experience.’

London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3

Jeremy Goldring KCSouth Square  ‘Jeremy is very knowledgeable about banking matters across a wide variety of subjects. He understands the documents and the wider drivers of the case. His advocacy is very measured but persuasive.’

The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore

(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4

Jeremy Goldring KCSouth Square