Ben Zelenka Martin
UK Bar Guide 2025
Up and Coming : Fraud: Civil
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About
Provided by Ben Zelenka Martin
Practice Areas
Ben has a broad practice covering all areas of commercial dispute resolution. He has worked on a variety of competition and commercial disputes, involving mergers and acquisitions, civil fraud, banking and finance, shareholder disputes, and jurisdiction challenges. He is also frequently instructed in arbitrations under LCIA, ICC, and LMAA rules.
He is currently instructed by the Danish Tax and Customs Administration in a claim relating to an alleged conspiracy involving fraudulent withholding tax reclaim applications in the sum of DKK 12 billion (approximately £1.5 billion). The case featured in The Lawyer’s “Top 20 Cases” for 2021 and has been described by Foxton J as “one of the largest and most complex pieces of litigation to be heard in the Commercial Court.
Career
Called 2016, Gray’s Inn
Professional Memberships
COMBAR
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Ben Zelenka Martin has a burgeoning civil fraud practice encompassing some of the largest cases in the market. He is experienced in applying for interlocutory relief as well as taking cases through to judgment. Alongside led work in international cases, he has a record acting alone for claimants in a range of disputes with fraud elements.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ben is hugely switched on. He was always available and gives very clear and concise advice from legal and practical perspectives."
"His written advisory work is well structured and difficult to argue with. He is great on a counsel team."
"Ben is hugely switched on. He was always available and gives very clear and concise advice from legal and practical perspectives."
"His written advisory work is well structured and difficult to argue with. He is great on a counsel team."
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