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About
Provided by Natasha Bennett
Practice Areas
Natasha Bennett specialises in general commercial litigation, including banking and financial services, civil fraud, professional negligence, insurance and conflict of laws. In particular, she has been instructed in a number of high-profile banking cases including the £4 billion RBS Rights Issue Litigation.
Other recent cases include: The Libyan Investment Authority v Credit Suisse et al; Stichting Vestia v SocGen; Farol Holdings et al v Clydesdale Bank and National Australia Bank; Pipia v BGEO Group Limited; Wall v RBS; Al-Besher v Credit Suisse UK; and Credit Suisse v Stichting Vestia.
Natasha has been named by Legal Week as one of ten 'stars of the bar'.
Career
Called 2009; Lincoln’s Inn.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR, London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association.
Personal
Trinity College, Cambridge University (MA Law (starred double First Class)); Merton College, Oxford University (BCL Distinction, Vinerian Scholarship).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Natasha Bennett is a strong-performing junior who is adept in acting for major national and multinational banks. Her wide-ranging practice covers professional negligence and financial services disputes as well as general commercial litigation and arbitration. She regularly acts in complex cases and is accomplished at acting both as part of a team and as sole counsel. She is also experienced in handling matters relating to alleged manipulation of benchmark interest rates.
Natasha Bennett has strong experience in both financial services and legal matters within professional negligence. Her work has included a large film finance claim against a tax silk and a case concerning the management of a Welsh government regeneration fund.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Natasha is very responsive and good to work with. Her written work is excellent."
"Thoughtful, diligent and someone who is a rising talent."
"She is brilliant. She drafts clearly and compellingly and comes over very well in oral advocacy. She is so intelligent and focused."
"Natasha's written work is excellent and her advocacy is clear and concise."
"Natasha is incredibly hard-working, very diligent and detail-oriented, and her written submissions are excellent."
"Natasha is a pleasure to work with and is fantastic – very sharp and detail-oriented."
"Natasha is an outstanding junior who has a fantastic reputation in the market. She combines great intellect with a terrific work ethic."
"Natasha is a brilliant barrister who is always able to deliver clear, insightful and commercial advice, no matter how difficult the issue. She is wonderful to work with."
"Natasha is very responsive and good to work with. Her written work is excellent."
"Thoughtful, diligent and someone who is a rising talent."
"She is brilliant. She drafts clearly and compellingly and comes over very well in oral advocacy. She is so intelligent and focused."
"Natasha's written work is excellent and her advocacy is clear and concise."
"Natasha is incredibly hard-working, very diligent and detail-oriented, and her written submissions are excellent."
"Natasha is a pleasure to work with and is fantastic – very sharp and detail-oriented."
"Natasha is an outstanding junior who has a fantastic reputation in the market. She combines great intellect with a terrific work ethic."
"Natasha is a brilliant barrister who is always able to deliver clear, insightful and commercial advice, no matter how difficult the issue. She is wonderful to work with."
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