Matthew Hardwick KC

Matthew Hardwick KC is a highly regarded commercial silk specialising in complex commercial disputes in the arenas of banking and finance, civil fraud, insolvency, company and professional negligence law. He is widely praised for his courtroomskills and “stardust” advocacy. Matthew regularly acts for clients offshore and has recently appeared in cases in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and Dubai.

Matthew provides expert evidence on English law to foreign courts and tribunals (including New York, Hong Kong and Singapore).

Commenced practice at the Bar in 1996. Appointed QC in 2014. Accredited CEDR Mediator. Certified Queen’s Counsel on the Roll of Legal Practitioners under the BVI Legal Profession Act 2015 (2016). Accredited advocacy trainer in training Gray's Inn students and pupils on the Gray's Inn Advocacy Programme.

Fluent French; German (working knowledge).

Gray's Inn. COMBAR. Chancery Bar.

Trinity College, Cambridge University (1991 MA); Elizabeth Bentwych Law Prize 1991; Hooper Declamation Prize 1991; Holland Fund Travelling Scholarship in Law 1991; Philip Wiener-Maurice Anspach Foundation Scholarship for post graduate study (European Law) at L'Université Libre de Bruxelles 1991; Institut d'etudes europeennes, ULB (Grand Distinction).