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About
Provided by Ben Gardner
Practice Areas
Ben is a commercial barrister, with a particular focus on international arbitration, commodities, shipping, energy and insurance work. Much of his work is in international arbitration, including under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, HKIAC and DIAC and in jurisdictions including Dubai, Geneva, The Hague, Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore. He also appears regularly in the English Courts, including in three Supreme Court cases (JTI Polska v Jakubowski [2023] 3 WLR 50, The New Flamenco [2017] 1 WLR 2581 and Versloot Dredging v HDI Gerling [2017] AC 1).
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Career
MA (Cantab), LLM (Cantab), LLM (Harvard)
Called 2010; Middle Temple
Professional Memberships
COMBAR; LMAA (supporting member); ICC YAF; TECBAR; Chancery Bar Association
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ben Gardner is a go-to junior for notable firms in the energy space on a range of complex disputes including in the oil and gas, power and mining sectors. He is frequently sought after for ICC, Singapore and LCIA arbitrations.
Ben Gardner is a well-regarded junior with a broad practice covering commodities and shipping matters as well as insurance and conflict of laws. He regularly receives direct in-house instructions from industry clients to appear in courtroom trials and confidential arbitrations.
Ben Gardner is adept at representing clients in arbitrations under HKIAC and ICC rules. His practice sees him routinely serving in The Hague and Paris. He has a strong track record of handling disputes concerning banking, energy and shipping.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ben Gardner is extremely responsive and extremely hard-working."
"Ben Gardner is very user-friendly and he is very thorough in his research."
"Ben is a safe pair of hands with good commercial nous."
"Ben Gardner is an impressive barrister. He is very sound in his analysis and compelling in his submissions."
"Ben is an excellent junior and future leading KC."
"Ben Gardner is an amazing legal mind, with the work product to match."
"Ben really gets involved in the detail and he's very calm and unflappable."
"Ben is extremely clever, knowledgeable and capable of analysing the most complex cases. He is superb in written advice."
"Ben is user-friendly, proactive in coming up with solutions, extremely responsive and hard-working."
"Ben is extremely responsive and very reliable. He is always able to make himself available and can bring himself back up to speed very quickly, even for quick queries."
"Ben Gardner is extremely responsive and extremely hard-working."
"Ben Gardner is very user-friendly and he is very thorough in his research."
"Ben is a safe pair of hands with good commercial nous."
"Ben Gardner is an impressive barrister. He is very sound in his analysis and compelling in his submissions."
"Ben is an excellent junior and future leading KC."
"Ben Gardner is an amazing legal mind, with the work product to match."
"Ben really gets involved in the detail and he's very calm and unflappable."
"Ben is extremely clever, knowledgeable and capable of analysing the most complex cases. He is superb in written advice."
"Ben is user-friendly, proactive in coming up with solutions, extremely responsive and hard-working."
"Ben is extremely responsive and very reliable. He is always able to make himself available and can bring himself back up to speed very quickly, even for quick queries."
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