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George Bompas KC

George Bompas KC

Company law (all aspects, advisory and litigation, including minority shareholder proceedings, insolvency and asset recovery), banking/insurance, financial services law & professional negligence. Amongst recent cases: representing the successful appellant in the ground-breaking Marex Financial Ltd v Sevilleja appeal to the Supreme Court ([2020] UKSC 31), Official Receiver v Batmanghelidjh & Ors: Re Keeping Kids Company, Bott & Co Solicitors v Ryanair [2019]1 WLR 3375 (solicitors’ lien, Supreme Court appeal pending), and Global Gaming Ventures [2018] EWCA Civ 68 (company law and receivership).
Nicholas Cox

Nicholas Cox

Nicholas Cox is an exceptionally versatile senior junior with a silk-level commercial chancery practice. He has been a member of the Attorney General’s Panel of Civil Counsel since 1999 and ‘A’ Panel Counsel since 2005. He is regularly instructed by the government frequently on large commercial disputes of national significance or sensitivity, often with media interest. He has acted on behalf of every major department of state including HM Treasury, MOD, Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Department for Transport, the Department of Health, DBIS, DWP, DECC, DEFRA, Foreign and Commonwealth Office and DfE, and by a wide range of other public bodies, including for example HMRC, OFGEM, HM Land Registry, NHS England, The Charity Commission, the Insolvency Service, Civil Aviation Authority, Office of the Rail Regulator, the Disclosure and Barring Service, Companies House, National Employment Savings Trust Corp, HM Prisons & Probation Service. Particularly recognised for his expertise in public sector commercial and contractual disputes, including PFI/PPP contracts, MOD Contracting and rail franchises, Nicholas has extensive experience of civil litigation in all divisions of the higher courts involving commercial and contractual disputes, insolvency and company law, constructive trusts and civil fraud and civil recovery actions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“POCA”). He holds the highest level of security clearance and is experienced in matters involving the handling of classified information.
Gregory Denton-cox

Gregory Denton-cox

Gregory has a broad commercial and chancery litigation practice. He has particular expertise in company law matters (including shareholder and investor disputes, and proceedings brought by liquidators), civil fraud, tracing and asset recovery, international trusts and offshore disputes, banking and finance, and insolvency and restructuring. Many of his cases have an international dimension, involving multi-jurisdictional teams. Notable recent cases include acting for Glencore plc in a shareholder claim, acting for VTBE in the three month Commercial Court trial in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse & others, FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Barclays Bank plc (Court of Appeal, a leading case on rectification), BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services v LBG Capital (Supreme Court), Napier Park v Harbourmaster (Court of Appeal), US Bank Trustees Ltd v Titan Europe (disputes concerning the construction of structured finance documents), Benedetti v Sawiris (Supreme Court) (leading case on restitution/quantum meruit), and McKillen v Misland (shareholder dispute concerning ownership of London hotels).
Orlando Fraser

Orlando Fraser

Orlando’s career began at 4 Stone Buildings in the 1990s, learning his trade under noted Chancery advocates Peter Curry and Philip Heslop, with early exposure to the Maxwell, BCCI and Marc Rich litigation, and on the DTI’s Directors’ Disqualification Counsel list. Since then, Orlando has gone on himself to feature in heavy financial litigation in the UK and throughout Commonwealth jurisdictions, being noted in particular for his own punchy advocacy and cross-examination. Orlando’s practice is at the commercial end of the Chancery Bar, with an emphasis on civil fraud, company, insolvency, commercial and trusts, and he has featured in numerous reported cases. Orlando took silk in 2014, and is licenced to appear in the BVI, St Christopher and Nevis, and DIFC.
Tom Gentleman

Tom Gentleman

Tom is a senior junior with a broad commercial, commercial chancery and company law practice. He regularly appears in high profile, high value cases in both the Commercial Court and Chancery Division. He has particular experience in civil fraud claims, shareholder disputes and insolvency. Recent cases include Mozambique v Credit Suisse (the Tuna Bonds litigation); Autonomy v Lynch (fraud claims arising from Hewlett Packard’s acquisition of Autonomy); and Tchenguiz v Grant Thornton (fraud claims arising from the collapse of Kaupthing). Full details available on the chambers website at 4stonebuildings.com/barrister/tom-gentleman.
Adam Holliman

Adam Holliman

Adam has a broad commercial chancery practice. He often works as junior to leading counsel in heavy, high value or international matters but also as part of larger counsel teams and on his own. Adam’s practice varies from advice on self-contained points to long running litigation. He has also been instructed by the Government on matters involving allegations of rendition and the improper treatment of detainees. Cases of interest: \tJSC BTA Bank Ablyazov [2015] 1 WLR 4754 (Supreme Court). \tChemtrade Ltd v Fuchs Oil Middle East Ltd; Fuchs Petrolub AG [BVIHC(COM) 158 of 2010] and on appeal [BVIHCVAP2013/0004] – Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court: High Court (Commercial Division) and Court of Appeal. \tGallaher International Ltd v Tlais Enterprises Ltd [2008] EWHC 804 (Comm) – Commercial Court. \tCherney v Deripaska [2007] EWHC 965 (Comm) – Commercial Court. \tRe Transocean Equipment Manufacturing and Trading Ltd, Carman v The Cronos Group SA and Others [2006] EWHC 1324 (Ch) – Chancery Division.
James Knott

James Knott

James is an experienced senior junior with a broad commercial, company, and commercial chancery practice, spanning chambers’ core practice areas. He has experience of court work at all first instance and appellate levels, as well as arbitration, and is equally happy working on his own or in a team (whether leading or being led). James has particular experience of shareholder disputes of all descriptions, civil fraud actions (including interim remedies and contempt of court) and banking and finance disputes, but his work is by no means confined to those areas. Other recent work has, for example, seen James advise and represent clients in a number of pieces of trust litigation (acting both for trustees and beneficiaries), a damages enquiry in relation to a substantial intellectual property dispute in the pharmaceutical industry, and a dispute over long historic promotion and distribution arrangements in the music industry. Recent reported cases include: - Mason v Barclays Bank Plc [2025] EWCA 265 (contempt of court; sentencing); - Dylan v. Barclays Bank Plc [2025] EWCA Civ 20 (contempt of court; sentencing); - Barclays Bank Plc v. Dylan [2024] EWHC 1994 (contempt of court; committal); - Eli Lilly & co v. Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited [2024] EWHC 2474 (Ch) (confidentiality clubs; variation of confidentiality orders) - Barclays Bank Plc v. Citibank NA [2024] EWHC 53 (Ch) (non-party disclosure; confidentiality); - Barclays Bank Plc v. Dylan [2023] EWHC 3523 (Ch) (adjournments; listing appeals); - Byers v. Saudi National Bank [2023] UKSC 51; [2024] 2 WLR 237 (knowing receipt; constructive trusts); - Re LYHFL Ltd [2023] EWHC 2585 (Ch); [2024] 2 B.C.L.C. 531 (administration; directors’ powers; locus standi); - Eli Lilly & Co v. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd [2023] EWHC 68 (Ch) (preliminary issues; disclosure guidance); - Stanford International Bank Ltd v. HSBC Bank Plc [2022] UKSC 34; [2023] AC 761 (loss; Quincecare duty); - Global Energy Horizons Corp v. Gray [2021] EWCA Civ 123 and [2020] EWCA Civ 1668 (breach of duty; account of profits; fresh evidence; valuation; costs).
Anna Markham

Anna Markham

Anna Markham is a specialist in company, commercial, financial services and insolvency law, with a busy caseload of litigation and advisory work. She has conducted a wide range of cases including commercial, banking and investor litigation, shareholder disputes and claims by and against officeholders. She also has particular expertise – as a former member of the Attorney General’s civil panel of Counsel (2002-2009) – in conducting litigation for and against Government departments (including directors’ disqualification proceedings). A sophisticated and hard-hitting advocate, Anna is known for her outstanding grasp of the technical detail, underpinned by her previous training as a chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen.
Charles Marquand

Charles Marquand

Financial services Charles Marquand is a well-known specialist in financial services law and regulation, with long-standing and broad-ranging experience in the field. He is a former legal adviser at HM Treasury, where he dealt with a great variety of financial services matters. Whilst at HM Treasury he also drafted legislation and regulations. Amongst others, he was instrumental in drafting the regulations for the operation of Crest (now part of Euroclear), the dematerialised securities transfer and settlement system. He additionally assisted in the negotiation and implementation of EU directives. As a barrister he advises on an extensive range of financial services matters. He has a particular expertise in collective investment schemes, funds, crypto-currencies, payment services and “perimeter” issues. His clients are varied. They are based in the UK and overseas and include both regulated and unregulated firms in the private sector, public sector organisations, charities, family offices and individuals. He has also advised governments and regulatory authorities in eastern and central Europe and Asia on financial services legal and regulatory systems, and investment laws. He has also drafted laws and regulations for overseas governments. He also acts in financial services contentious matters. He further advises on company law matters, and regularly drafts corporate, transactional and commercial documents and agreements. Arbitration Charles Marquand has been sitting as an arbitrator for over 20 years, principally in international commercial disputes. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a Chartered Arbitrator. He is on the data-bases and has been admitted as a panel member of several leading arbitral organisations, including the ICC (UK), ICC (France), LCIA, DIAC, SIAC, HKIAC, BVI International Arbitration Centre, P.R.I.M.E Finance (Permanent Court of Arbitration, Hague) and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce (SCC). He has particular experience of sitting in disputes concerning metal and is on the arbitral panels of the London Metal Exchange (LME) and the Minor Metals Trade Association (MMTA). ipulation case); FSA v Anderson, Peacock & Pruthi (deposit-taking/colective investment scheme - £115m involved); R (Ya land & Wilding) Sec. State for Exiting EU (whether Parliamentary consent necessary for UK to leave EEA).
Nicola Timmins

Nicola Timmins

Nicola has a broad commercial and commercial chancery practice with particular experience in high value complex disputes, typically involving international components. She has a particular focus on banking, financial services, civil fraud, the natural resources sector, insolvency law, company law, shareholder disputes, and directors disqualification. Nicola has acted in three of “The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases” of the year during her career, most recently in 2023 acting for the former CEO of Carillion in the high-profile Carillion director disqualification proceedings which arose from allegations concerning the accounting treatment of infrastructure projects and followed the largest liquidation in UK history. Alongside a busy practice in London, Nicola regularly accepts instructions in offshore matters, particularly from Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the BVI (where she is called to the Bar). As a former solicitor and judicial assistant in the Court of Appeal, Nicola is well placed to understand the needs of both her professional clients and the judiciary, and to tailor her advice and advocacy accordingly.
Joseph Wigley

Joseph Wigley

A broad practice covering the full range of commercial litigation and arbitration, with a focus on insolvency, civil fraud, company law, banking and financial services. Equally comfortable working as sole counsel or as part of a wider counsel team, Joseph is instructed in commercial disputes in the English courts and in arbitration and also offshore. Recent cases include: •Giwa v JNFX [2025] EWCA Civ 961 & [2024] EWHC 735 (Ch) (foreign exchange; deceit) •Adie v Ingenuity [2024] EWHC 2902 (Ch) (share purchase; deferred consideration) •Power Projects v Star Assurance [2024] EWHC 2798 (Comm) (on-demand bonds) •Albert Court v Fetaimia [2024] EWHC 1307 (Ch) (abuse of process; bankruptcy) •Petropavlovsk Plc, Re [2023] EWHC 264 (Ch), [2022] EWHC 2097 (Ch) & [2022] EWHC 2074 (Ch) (sanctions; schemes of arrangement; administration) •Asher v Jaywing [2022] EWHC 893 (Ch) (earn-outs; NOV clauses) •Maud, Re [2020] EWHC 1469 (Ch), [2020] EWHC 974 (Ch), [2019] EWHC 398 (Ch), [2018] EWHC 1414 (Ch), [2016] EWHC 2175 (Ch) & (bankruptcy petitions; collateral purpose) •Deansgate v Workman [2019] EWHC 2 (Ch) (transactions at an undervalue; abuse of process) • Re Haus of Vanity [2017] EWHC 2615 (Ch) (just & equitable winding-up) •RPC v Khan [2016] BPIR 722 (bankruptcy; jurisdiction) •Butler v Butler [2016] EWHC 1793 (Ch) (personal property; co-ownership) •Global v Gray [2015] EWHC 2232 (Ch), [2015] EWHC 3275 (Ch) & [2012] EWHC 3703 (Ch) (fiduciary duty; account of profits)