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Provided by James Sheehan KC
Practice Areas
James is a leading junior practising across a broad range of commercial disputes, both in litigation and arbitration (LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and others). He is regularly instructed on large-scale and high profile disputes of an international nature. His workload spans civil fraud and asset tracing (with extensive experience of freezing orders and other interim relief), banking and other financial litigation (including funds disputes), general contractual and other commercial disputes, and company law disputes of one sort of another (including shareholder disputes and claims against directors), as well as domestic and cross-border insolvency.
James is an experienced advocate, with significant trial and appellate experience as sole counsel, recognised for the quality of his advocacy and the maturity of his approach.
In 2021 James was shortlisted for Chambers & Partners Commercial Litigation Junior of the year, and in 2018 he was featured by Who’s Who Legal among a small number of ‘rising star’ juniors under 15 years’ call.
He is a contributing author to Civil Fraud: Law, Practice & Procedure, 1st Ed. (Sweet & Maxwell, 2018) and also writes for the Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law.
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James Sheehan KC regularly acts in high-stakes financial litigation matters involving well-known banking and investment fund players.
James Sheehan KC has participated in a number of landmark fraud cases and is particularly knowledgeable about freezing orders. He acts for both claimants and defendants. He offers expertise in matters involving allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy and misappropriation.
Strengths
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"James Sheehan has a nice manner with solicitors and clients. He is very smart and experienced."
"He is incredibly bright, very creative and great at difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments."
"He has one of the biggest and best legal brains at the Bar, but is also incredibly user-friendly and good with clients. His drafting, particularly on complex points of law, is second to none."
"He is just super-bright and seems to know everything about everything. He always takes a commercial and sensible approach."
"James's written work is really, really strong. He drafts in an incredibly crisp and clear manner, pulling together strands from legally and factually complex material into a single whole."
"James is just brilliant. He's a superbly compelling advocate, who gains the trust of the bench quickly."
"James is very user-friendly, very commercial and very charming. He has a lovely light touch to his advocacy."
"James is incredibly bright, very creative and flexible for difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments. He is good in front of clients, very charming and reassuring."
"James is very user-friendly, very commercial and has a lovely light touch in his advocacy."
"James is absolutely exceptional. He is super bright and just seems to know everything about everything."
"James is excellent. He's a very good drafter, extremely user-friendly, and very easy to work with."
"He's very user-friendly and very commercial, with a very charming and lovely light-touch advocacy style."
"James Sheehan has a nice manner with solicitors and clients. He is very smart and experienced."
"He is incredibly bright, very creative and great at difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments."
"He has one of the biggest and best legal brains at the Bar, but is also incredibly user-friendly and good with clients. His drafting, particularly on complex points of law, is second to none."
"He is just super-bright and seems to know everything about everything. He always takes a commercial and sensible approach."
"James's written work is really, really strong. He drafts in an incredibly crisp and clear manner, pulling together strands from legally and factually complex material into a single whole."
"James is just brilliant. He's a superbly compelling advocate, who gains the trust of the bench quickly."
"James is very user-friendly, very commercial and very charming. He has a lovely light touch to his advocacy."
"James is incredibly bright, very creative and flexible for difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments. He is good in front of clients, very charming and reassuring."
"James is very user-friendly, very commercial and has a lovely light touch in his advocacy."
"James is absolutely exceptional. He is super bright and just seems to know everything about everything."
"James is excellent. He's a very good drafter, extremely user-friendly, and very easy to work with."
"He's very user-friendly and very commercial, with a very charming and lovely light-touch advocacy style."
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