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Chambers of Sir Geoffrey Cox KC
Thomas More Chambers
7 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3BP
England

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Leading Silks

Mathew Sherratt KC – Thomas More Chambers ‘Matthew is a brilliant tactician who is meticulous in preparation, has a real eye for detail, and is very persuasive in court.'

Ranked: Tier 2

Tara McCarthy – Thomas More Chambers ‘Tara is hardworking and advises swiftly. She is sensitive to the needs of victims and demonstrates an empathetic and genuinely caring approach. She is tenacious and does not give up, even when faced with complex issues. She has a no nonsense approach to her advocacy and presents arguments in a clear and direct way.'

Ranked: Tier 3

Simon Gladwell – Thomas More Chambers

Ranked: Tier 4

London Bar > Family: divorce and financial remedy

Leading Juniors

Sarah Lucy Cooper - Thomas More Chambers 'Sarah is fearless both in court and outside. She provides clear advice to clients and can explain very complex legal issues in a simple and digestible manner. Her advocacy and negotiation skills are stellar, and she can adapt her style to the varying approaches of opponents and tribunals. Her cross-examination is much like an iron fist in a velvet glove. '

Ranked: Tier 4

London Bar > Personal injury, industrial disease and insurance fraud

Personal injury - Leading Juniors

Laura Collignon –Thomas More Chambers 'Laura is a formidable advocate, passionate in representing her clients, incredibly knowledgeable with an ability to think on her feet.'

Ranked: Tier 4

London Bar > Family: children and domestic abuse

Leading Juniors

Sarah Lucy Cooper – Thomas More Chambers ‘Sarah is a committed barrister who shows dedication to improving international relations, laws and procedures in family law.’

Ranked: Tier 6

Dispute resolution > International arbitration

Withers LLP‘s ‘fantastic team of very capable international lawyers‘ consistently handles international arbitrations involving Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as Russia and CIS countries. Hussein Haeri KC is ‘very knowledgeable about international arbitration‘, while Eleni Polycarpou acts in international arbitration proceedings under a range of arbitration rules. Tatiana Menshenina is experienced in disputes involving Russia, Ukraine and the CIS; Peter Wood

is dispute resolution head; Roberto Moruzzi acts in commercial arbitrations; and Geoffrey Cox KC is the firm’s consultant global counsel. Other key names are special counsel Robert Kovacs, and senior associates Camilla Gambarini and Ruzin Dagli.

Practice head(s):

Hussein Haeri KC; Eleni Polycarpou

Other key lawyers:

Eleni Polycarpou; Tatiana Menshenina; Peter Wood; Roberto Moruzzi; Geoffrey Cox KC; Robert Kovacs; Camilla Gambarini; Ruzin Dagli; Lesley Timms; Aniruddha Rajput

Testimonials

‘Fantastic team of very capable international lawyers.’

‘Withers represents a lean team that offers great value to clients.’

‘Hussein Haeri is excellent – very knowledgeable about international arbitration and highly experienced.’

‘The team has very hardworking senior associates and very strategic partners.’

‘Tatiana Menshenina is a very strategic partner – she always thinks several steps ahead and keeps the broad picture of an arbitration in mind.’

‘Combines hard work, common sense and a keen eye for detail.’

‘Strong across both commercial and investment disputes.’

‘Particular strength in CIS-related arbitration and very good communication skills.’

Key clients

Frazer Solar

Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co

Qatar National Bank

Gesenu

Government of Ukraine

Scholz Holding

Work highlights

Acting for Qatar National Bank in a $800m commercial arbitration, arising out of breaches of a loan agreement.
Acting for Gesenu, an Italian waste management company, in an ICSID arbitration against the Arab Republic of Egypt.
Successfully obtained an award in favour of Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Co, in an ad hoc investment treaty arbitration against the Federal Republic of Nigeria (arising out of breaches of the China-Nigeria BIT).

Thomas More Chambers is a progressive Common Law Chambers with 52 members including 3 silks.

The members practise in a wide range of areas and are dedicated to providing the highest levels of client service to both professionals and lay clients alike.

Thomas More Chambers has ‘astonishingly bright’ and ‘formidable specialist advocates’ practising across a dozen core areas, including arbitration, crime, employment, insolvency and property. Head of chambers Sir Geoffrey Cox KC was Attorney General 2018-2020.

Chief clerk Stuart Sellen ‘runs a tight ship and is entirely client-focused’. He oversees an ‘excellent clerking team, offering a top notch service’ that is described by solicitors as ‘reliable, pleasant, polite, and accommodating’. ‘Knowledgable and proactive’ senior civil clerk Craig Brown ‘provides a first-rate clerking service; he is a consummate professional and will pull out every stop to accommodate clients and solicitors’. Senior criminal clerk Clifford Strong ‘is a gem and he gets things done.’ First Junior clerks Tony Meates, Jack Phillips and Junior clerk Darcey Thompson complete the team.

Expertise links:

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Arbitration

Commercial

Courts Martial

Crime

Direct Public Access

Employment

Family

Family ADR

Financial & Regulatory Crime

GDPR & Information Security

Inquests & Inquiries

Insolvency

Media Entertainment & Sports Law

Mediation

Personal Injury

Professional Negligence

Property

Public & Human Rights

Department	Name	Email	Telephone
Chief Clerk	Stuart Sellen	ssellen@thomasmore.co.uk	020 7404 7000
Senior Civil Clerk	Craig Brown	cbrown@thomasmore.co.uk	020 7404 7000
Senior Criminal Clerk	Clifford Strong	cstrong@thomasmore.co.uk	020 7404 7000

Name	Position	Profile
Joy Adeniran	Joy joined Chambers after the successful completion of her pupillage. Joy’s practice…	View Profile
Kerry Anne Currie	Family: Kerry is an experienced family barrister whose practice covers a broad…	View Profile
Desiree Artesi	Desiree is regularly instructed and has successfully appeared in the Privy Council…	View Profile
Rima Baruah	Practice: • Family – Public Law and Abduction proceedings Experience: Rima is…	View Profile
Nadim Bashir	Nadim practices in both civil and crime with particular experience of Court…	View Profile
Charles Benson KC	Charles honed his skills at the cutting edge of very serious crime…	View Profile
Tracey Bird	Tracy is an experienced junior, with a broad practice in property, landlord…	View Profile
Laura Collignon	Personal Injury / Clinical Negligence: Claimant work, including: • catastrophic brain injury…	View Profile
Sarah Lucy Cooper	Domestic Practice: Sarah practises exclusively in family law dealing with both children…	View Profile
Sir Geoffrey Cox KC	Practice: Sir Geoffrey has appeared in many high-profile cases receiving national and…	View Profile
Richard Cross	Wide experience of advocacy at all levels of Court and advises on…	View Profile
Robert Deacon	Robert is a practitioner of long-standing whose expertise covers the breadth of…	View Profile
Ravi Dogra	Ravi has specialised in advocacy for over 25 years, since qualifying as…	View Profile
Juliet Donovan	Defending – Road Traffic and Regulatory Matters in the Magistrates Court Domestic…	View Profile
Bernard Eaton	Principally in practice in the Crown Court an Appellate Courts in Criminal…	View Profile
Fiona Edington	Crime and Courts Martial: Regular appearance in courts martial and the Crown…	View Profile
Manus Egan	Experience: Civil law with a particular emphasis on employment law and related…	View Profile
William Frain-Bell	Practice: International Law and Arbitration, Commercial Law, General Civil Law, Mediation. In…	View Profile
Samuel Frost	Family Finance: Samuel specialises in financial cases following the breakdown of a…	View Profile
Zoe Gibbon	Initially qualifying as a solicitor in 2006, Zoë worked at Nabarro LLP…	View Profile
Simon Gladwell	Simon is a seasoned barrister with over 25 years’ experience. He receives…	View Profile
David Gotlieb	David Gottlieb is a leading junior practitioner and trial lawyer with an…	View Profile
Johan Grefstad	Johan became a tenant on completion of pupillage at chambers. Prior to…	View Profile
Christopher Harding	Practice: Crime – Murder, serious sexual offences, major drug importations, financial and regulatory…	View Profile
Gary Hayes	Gary’s practice is focused on chancery, commercial litigation, insolvency and personal injury.…	View Profile
Simon Livingstone	Comfortably into my fourth decade of practice, I provide robust, authoritative and…	View Profile
Hector MacLean-Watt	Hector is instructed in a broad range of criminal cases and courts,…	View Profile
Nicholas Maggs	Nich became a tenant in April 2008 after successful completion of his…	View Profile
Cameron Maxwell Lewis	Cameron’s practice encompasses advising, drafting, negotiation and litigation advocacy in courts, tribunals…	View Profile
Tara McCarthy	She has been instructed as a junior in a number of high-profile…	View Profile
Charlotte Mitchell-Dunn	Crime Charlotte defends and prosecutes in criminal cases in the Crown, magistrates’…	View Profile
Genevieve Moss	Genevieve has a busy criminal practice, with a focus on serious and…	View Profile
Philip Noble	Property: Extensive experience in property and landlord and tenant work including a…	View Profile
Puneet Rai	Areas of Practice: • Family • General Crime • Courts Martial •…	View Profile
Jonathan Ray	Court work in tribunals ranging from the Crown Court to appellate courts.…	View Profile
Simon Reevell	Simon undertakes the detailed analysis of the financial history of businesses where…	View Profile
Edward Risso-Gill	Property: Edward Risso-Gill has expertise in a broad range of property-related work,…	View Profile
Freya Rowe	Experience: Coming from a background in hard hitting criminal litigation, including complex…	View Profile
Faisal Saifee	Faisal has considerable breadth of experience across several areas of practice, bringing…	View Profile
Mr Mathew Sherratt KC	FINANCIAL AND REGULATORY With a predominantly civil practice in his early years…	View Profile
Elaine Skittrell	Elaine specialises in civil litigation and has been recommended in the Legal…	View Profile
Michael Smith	Michael became a tenant at Thomas More following successful completion of pupillage.…	View Profile
Rachel Temple	Rachel Temple has wide experience of family law matters including public and…	View Profile
Nicola Thompson	Nicola is developing a mixed common law practice and welcomes instructions in…	View Profile
Amiot Vollenweider	Private Client/Family: Mr Vollenweider is leading junior counsel and deals with cases…	View Profile
Ben Walker Nolan	Practice: Property Law, Regulatory and Disciplinary Law, Public Law, Financial and Regulatory…	View Profile
Patrick Wise-Walsh	Since successfully completing his 12-month pupillage in chambers, Patrick has been developing…	View Profile
Clive Wolman	My practice is quite eclectic and diverse, consisting primarily of commercial litigation,…	View Profile
Stephanie Wookey	Commercial: Stephanie is regularly instructed in trials and applications in the County…	View Profile