7 King’s Bench Walk has members who handle disputes across the full operational chain from downstream to upstream, including exploration, the licensing of oil and gas fields, and the negotiation of supply contracts. Jonathan Gaisman KC represented the claimant in VTB Bank v JSC Antipinsky Refinery and Sberbank of Russia, which concerns attempts to recover €250m for alleged breach of contract, deceit and conspiracy. New silk Jason Robinson KC is recently handled a successful application for summary judgment to recover a $26m unpaid debt from Cummins Power Generation Ltd. Among the juniors focusing on energy matters, Michael Ryan truly stands out. His work for Apache North Sea Limited in a case against several oil and gas majors.
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Profile
Position
Jason is a go-to silk in high-stakes commercial litigation and arbitration, consistently described by the directories as “an absolute star”, “a natural advocate” and “respected commercial litigator”. Before taking silk, after only 13 years, he was hailed as “one of the best juniors at the London Bar”.
He has an extensive commercial practice, which includes aviation, banking & finance, civil fraud, commodities, construction, energy, insurance, reinsurance, professional negligence, sanctions, shareholder & company disputes, shipping & admiralty, and superyacht & supercar disputes.
Recent work includes acting for the aviation hull all risks insurers in a 48-day Commercial Court trial, in their successful defence of multi-billion dollar claims regarding the loss of aircraft following the invasion of Ukraine: [2025] EWHC 1430 (Comm).
Career
Called 2012 (Middle Temple).
Silk 2025
Queen Mother Scholar of the Middle Temple.
Education
B.A. Law (Double First Class), University of Cambridge.
BCL (Distinction), University of Oxford.
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- 'Excellent. The clerks are always ready to help in any way they can. Gary Rose, in particular, is exceptional.'
- 'Greg Leyden is a real joy to work with.'
- 'The clerks' room is efficient and very user-friendly.'
- 'Very strong set with quality across the KCs and juniors.'
- 'Strong set with quality all around.'