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About
Provided by Christopher Harrison
Practice Areas
Commercial and chancery litigation; civil fraud; tracing and asset recovery; banking and finance; shareholder disputes; company law; insolvency and restructuring; director disqualification. Commercial and Chancery disputes lie at the heart of Christopher’s practice and he has wide-ranging experience in both the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division. He deals with all aspects of claims, recognising the importance in particular of interim steps such as injunctive relief in leading to a successful outcome. He has considerable trial experience. He has assisted many clients in successfully resolving their disputes by negotiated ADR procedures. His work often has an international dimension and he has worked with lawyers in many jurisdictions.
Career
Called to the Bar in 1988; Atkin Scholar of Gray’s Inn; Appointed as a Government Inspector to chair an insider-trading inquiry in 1996; Junior Counsel to the Crown, B Panel (1996-2003); Called to the Bars of the Cayman Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands for specific cases.
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; COMBAR
Publications
OUP’s ‘Annotated Companies Legislation’, chapters on Shareholder Remedies (Derivative Claims and Unfairly Prejudicial Conduct) and Meetings
Personal
Trinity Hall, Cambridge: MA (Hons), First Class
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Christopher Harrison is an experienced senior junior who advises on company, civil fraud, finance and insolvency matters. He is well regarded for his handling of big-ticket claims, particularly shareholder disputes, and regularly tackles large cross-border matters, particularly those involving the Caribbean and CIS regions.
Christopher Harrison has developed a highly regarded insolvency practice which is complemented by his wider strength in chancery commercial matters. He features regularly in high-profile cross-border cases and complex shareholder disputes. He is known for his expertise in obtaining freezing injunctions and also practises as a barrister in the Cayman Islands and Turks & Caicos Islands.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a super-impressive technical lawyer."
"He is very bright and has a great feeling for what is going to change a judge’s mind."
"Christopher is excellent at finding a way through very difficult matters, and he is very calm under pressure."
"He gives excellent advice and is a pleasure to deal with."
"Christopher is very good, highly detailed and very measured."
"Christopher is very bright and extremely articulate, and really thinks around a subject."
"He is a longstanding and very able practitioner."
"A go-to for shareholder disputes. Unflappable and commercial, he's good at giving a good steer to those that instruct him, right from the outset of the case."
"Just fantastic. His advocacy is crisp, he is authoritative in any setting and his advice is always considered."
"He is a super-impressive technical lawyer."
"He is very bright and has a great feeling for what is going to change a judge’s mind."
"Christopher is excellent at finding a way through very difficult matters, and he is very calm under pressure."
"He gives excellent advice and is a pleasure to deal with."
"Christopher is very good, highly detailed and very measured."
"Christopher is very bright and extremely articulate, and really thinks around a subject."
"He is a longstanding and very able practitioner."
"A go-to for shareholder disputes. Unflappable and commercial, he's good at giving a good steer to those that instruct him, right from the outset of the case."
"Just fantastic. His advocacy is crisp, he is authoritative in any setting and his advice is always considered."
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