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Provided by Laurence Rabinowitz KC
Practice Areas
KC specialising in commercial litigation, arbitration, banking and finance, sports law company law, energy, civil fraud, competition and professional liability.
Recent cases include acting for: Everton PLC in relation to issues arising out of their breach of the Premier League PSR rules; Cobalt v HMRC in the Supreme Court; BDW Trading v URS Corp appeal in the Supreme Court; Credit Suisse in a claim for investors in loan assets purchased on the secondary markets in relation to the scandal-hit US$2bn “tuna bond” loans made to the Republic of Mozambique; Visa Europe Services in long-running multilateral interchange fee litigation (High Court and Competition Appeal Tribunal); the Second and Third Defendants in the complex PJSC NBT v Mints litigation; the Danish Tax and Customs Administration in the SKAT fraud litigation; multi-national security services company G4S in defending shareholder claims for £100m+; International Petroleum Investment Company in its dispute with Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB; Hewlett Packard in £3.4bn damages claim regarding the acquisition of Autonomy; Tesco PLC in defence of shareholders claims brought under s90a FSMA 2000; a major international petroleum group in a c.US$5.5bn arbitration claim.
Notable cases: BTI v Sequana; Dargamo v Avonwick & Ors; IGE v HMRC; Hulley; Travelport v WEX; Arcadia Petroleum Ltd v Bosworth; Société Générale v Goldas; Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation Fund & Ors. v Novo Banco; Banco Santander Totta v Carris; RBS Rights Issue litigation; Littlewoods Limited & Ors v HMRC; Sabbagh v Khoury; Berezovsky v Abramovich; ‘Bank charges’ litigation; Colour Quest v Total Downstream ‘Buncefield’; Sempra Metals Ltd v Inland Revenue Commissioners.
Career
Called 1987, Middle Temple; tenant, 1 Essex Court, 1987; junior counsel to Crown, Chancery (1995-2002); silk, 2002; Deputy High Court Judge (Commercial Court and Chancery Division); Bencher Middle Temple, 2008; Bar Council (2015-2017); Chair of COMBAR (2015-2017).
Professional Memberships
COMBAR
Education
BA LLB (University of Witwatersrand), 1st Cum Laude, top graduating law student, Juta Prize, Advocates Prize for best graduating student.
1978 - 1983
Rhodes Scholar, South-At-Large.
1983
BA (Jurisprudence) Oxon, 1st.
BCL, 1st
Eldon Scholar
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Laurence Rabinowitz KC is an extremely reputable silk with renowned experience in the banking sector, who has an outstanding reputation for handling the most complex and intricate disputes with aplomb. He is skilled in handling cases involving misrepresentation of LIBOR, damages claims and asset disputes, among others, and acts for a glittering array of clients, including banks, funds and asset managers.
Laurence Rabinowitz KC is widely considered by clients and peers to be a formidable silk. Heis celebrated for his broad international arbitration practice and has longstanding expertise in issues relating to the energy and financial sectors, among others.His commercial abilities are devoted to both arbitration and litigation. He is adept at handling arbitrations under the auspices of the ICC, SIAC, UNCITRAL and HKIAC.
Laurence Rabinowitz KC is a dominant presence in the commercial energy arena, with a reputation as a go-to resource for an array of litigation and arbitration matters worldwide. Solicitors turn to him for his ability to take on the cases with the highest stakes, and he deals with contractual disputes surrounding some of the biggest energy deals in the market. His areas of practice range from traditional oil and gas to alternative energy. He is equally comfortable handling both domestic and international disputes.
Laurence Rabinowitz KC is a leading litigator and arbitration advocate with a commercial practice encompassing civil fraud, energy, competition, professional liability, and banking and finance. Solicitors seek him out to handle high-profile fraud cases.
Laurence Rabinowitz KC is a highly sought-after commercial silk with impressive experience in large-scale litigation. His group litigation practice sees him handling claims arising from a wide array of areas including banking and finance, energy, fraud, competition and professional liability.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Laurence has superb knowledge of law and he is very persuasive."
"Laurence has really deep LNG and oil and gas expertise. He is responsive even when unbelievably busy and incredibly insightful."
"Laurence Rabinowitz is exceptionally hard-working and he sees through things straight away."
"He's an incredibly persuasive advocate and a thoroughly charming individual. On big, messy, high-value cases, he's a go-to, 'big name' KC."
"Laurence is one of the best. He is very personable and has a brilliant mind."
"Laurence Rabinowitz KC is one of the best silks at the commercial Bar. He is fiercely intelligent and persuasive, and he is wonderful with clients and solicitors."
"Laurence is smart and strategic - he's a genius and a brilliant advocate."
"Laurence is in the upper echelons of the commercial Bar. For a 'bet the farm'-type case, he's a top choice."
"Laurie is a titan of the law."
"Laurie is the doyen of the Commercial Bar. He is an absolute delight to work with and he wears his extraordinary talent lightly."
"He is one of the absolute heavyweights of the Commercial Bar."
"Laurie is an absolutely wonderful cross-examiner. He's very logical, thoughtful and direct in his approach."
"Laurence is a titan in what he does, but he's still responsive, even when unbelievably busy. He remains incredibly humble, always available and incredibly insightful."
"A star of many generations."
"Laurence is amazing. He has the biggest court gravitas I have ever known, but with that, he is also very kind and great to work with. He really listens to what the team says."
"Clients think Laurie is magic. He makes the extraordinarily complex simple."
"Laurie demonstrates a heavy degree of influence in the court."
"Laurie is an incredibly persuasive advocate and a thoroughly charming individual. On big, messy, high-value cases, he's a go-to KC."
"An excellent advocate and a very strong strategist, Laurie is a genius."
"Laurence is hugely experienced and insightful, and works brilliantly with clients."
"Laurence has superb knowledge of law and he is very persuasive."
"Laurence has really deep LNG and oil and gas expertise. He is responsive even when unbelievably busy and incredibly insightful."
"Laurence Rabinowitz is exceptionally hard-working and he sees through things straight away."
"He's an incredibly persuasive advocate and a thoroughly charming individual. On big, messy, high-value cases, he's a go-to, 'big name' KC."
"Laurence is one of the best. He is very personable and has a brilliant mind."
"Laurence Rabinowitz KC is one of the best silks at the commercial Bar. He is fiercely intelligent and persuasive, and he is wonderful with clients and solicitors."
"Laurence is smart and strategic - he's a genius and a brilliant advocate."
"Laurence is in the upper echelons of the commercial Bar. For a 'bet the farm'-type case, he's a top choice."
"Laurie is a titan of the law."
"Laurie is the doyen of the Commercial Bar. He is an absolute delight to work with and he wears his extraordinary talent lightly."
"He is one of the absolute heavyweights of the Commercial Bar."
"Laurie is an absolutely wonderful cross-examiner. He's very logical, thoughtful and direct in his approach."
"Laurence is a titan in what he does, but he's still responsive, even when unbelievably busy. He remains incredibly humble, always available and incredibly insightful."
"A star of many generations."
"Laurence is amazing. He has the biggest court gravitas I have ever known, but with that, he is also very kind and great to work with. He really listens to what the team says."
"Clients think Laurie is magic. He makes the extraordinarily complex simple."
"Laurie demonstrates a heavy degree of influence in the court."
"Laurie is an incredibly persuasive advocate and a thoroughly charming individual. On big, messy, high-value cases, he's a go-to KC."
"An excellent advocate and a very strong strategist, Laurie is a genius."
"Laurence is hugely experienced and insightful, and works brilliantly with clients."
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