Offshore
UK Bar Guide 2025 : All Circuits
Band 2
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Maitland Chambers is well respected for its broad offshore practice and has significant capability in the Caribbean, the Channel Islands and East Asia. Members have particular expertise in trust matters, contentious liquidations and general commercial litigation. Clients include trustees, financial institutions and other corporate entities. An instructing solicitor says: "Maitland has become my go-to set; it has strength in depth," and adds the set has "lots of people for me to use across fraud, commercial litigation, chancery, insolvency and trust disputes".
Strengths
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"Clerks Danny Wilkinson and Rob Penson can solve any problem. They are willing to help and are on your side."
"Clerks Danny Wilkinson and Rob Penson can solve any problem. They are willing to help and are on your side."
Notable Practitioners
David Mumford KC is often instructed in matters relating to civil fraud and breach of trust cases, among other complex disputes regarding offshore assets. He has experience working in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Singapore and the Channel Islands.
"David is genuinely excellent. He's user-friendly and has a first-rate reputation."
"He is absolutely brilliant. An intellectual heavyweight fast becoming a superstar."
Christopher Parker KC regularly handles insolvency and company litigation, including shareholder disputes and breach of fiduciary duty claims. His other strengths include trust litigation and asset recovery. He has been called to the BVI Bar and also has experience of court proceedings in Hong Kong, Bermuda, Dubai, the Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands.
"Christopher is a very established, very intelligent silk. A real class act."
"Christopher Parker is a very persuasive, forceful advocate."
Richard Morgan KC is instructed to handle commercial law matters. He has been called to the Bar in the Eastern Caribbean andad hocin the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Gibraltar and the Isle of Man. Morgan frequently appears in disputes relating to fraud and has an in-depth knowledge of freezing orders.
"Richard is a heavy hitter for the biggest disputes. He'll cut through everything and give the answer very quickly. He's able to manage extreme complexity."
"He's one of the big names in fraud and big-ticket commercial litigation. Richard is a specialist in injunction relief as well - very good strategically in relation to injunctions."