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About
Provided by Simon Atrill KC
Practice Areas
Civil and commercial litigation including banking, financial services, insurance/reinsurance, civil fraud, pharmaceuticals and professional negligence.
Chambers and Partners Banking and Finance Junior of the Year 2019; shortlisted three further times.
Recent cases: Russian aircraft insurance claims (for war risk insurers); Law Debenture v Ukraine (first instance to Supreme Court); Times Travel (SC, economic duress); Al Saud v Gibbs (fraudulent advisor); NOx emissions group litigation; Madison Pacific v PrivatBank (Notes, illegality); Kodric v Bitstamp (options, cryptocurrency exchange); Group Seven v Nasir (trial, CA: fraud); Blue v Mike Ashley (oral agreement); NBT v Yurov (fraud); Marme v RBS (misrepresentation); BTA Bank v Ablyazov; OFT v Abbey National (retail bank charges) [2010] 1 A.C. 696); Group Seven v Sultana [2014] 1 W.L.R. 735 (freezing injunctions), [2014] EWHC 2046 (Ch) (trial), [2015] EWCA Civ 631; BAT v Windward [2014] 2 All ER (Comm) 757; swaps and PPI litigation; IBC v MAR [2010] 1 All ER (Comm) 112; ICB v Akingbola; various cases in Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Trinidad and Tobago.
Career
Called 2005. Silk 2023.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR.
Publications
Legal Privilege and Mandatory Disclosure under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 [2005] LMCLQ; "Choice of Law in Contract" (2004) ICLQ; several in Cambridge Law Journal.
Personal
St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Double First); St John's College, Oxford (BCL, Distinction); University of Pennsylvania (LLM, summa cum laude).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Simon Atrill KC is highly experienced in acting for a broad variety of investment and retail banks in matters involving derivative disputes and swaps mis-selling. He has experience of acting in leading banking disputes, many of which are international in nature, including those concerning alleged EURIBOR manipulation.
Simon Atrill KC has deployed his talents in several major multimillion-pound fraud trials. Much of his work is international in nature and he has notable expertise in Russian cases. He is sought out by both claimants and defendants.
Simon Atrill KC is a well-regarded barrister who is a regular in the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He is an expert in mis-selling and investor/consumer litigation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Simon is a fantastic, compelling advocate who delivers submissions with authority and comes across as a voice of reason in the courtroom."
"He is so on top of the detail and rigorous – you really learn a lot from being led by him."
"He drafts beautifully and has strong strategic sense when running cases."
"Simon Atrill is an all-rounder, who covers issues in a really holistic fashion."
"Simon is brilliant. He is very clever and is a man of great judgement."
"Simon is technically excellent and highly user-friendly."
"He is a very measured advocate, excellent on his feet and also easy to deal with."
"Simon has first-class analytical skills and is extremely knowledgeable."
"He is incredibly hard-working and very clever."
"My favourite barrister, he never lets me down. He doesn't miss anything! You can never go wrong with Simon because his legal and analytical ability is absolutely phenomenal."
"Simon is very intelligent and provides written work of exceptional quality. His explanations and thinking are always clear."
"Simon is a fantastic barrister. He is very clever and great to work with."
"Simon is a fantastic, compelling advocate who delivers submissions with authority and comes across as a voice of reason in the courtroom."
"He is so on top of the detail and rigorous – you really learn a lot from being led by him."
"He drafts beautifully and has strong strategic sense when running cases."
"Simon Atrill is an all-rounder, who covers issues in a really holistic fashion."
"Simon is brilliant. He is very clever and is a man of great judgement."
"Simon is technically excellent and highly user-friendly."
"He is a very measured advocate, excellent on his feet and also easy to deal with."
"Simon has first-class analytical skills and is extremely knowledgeable."
"He is incredibly hard-working and very clever."
"My favourite barrister, he never lets me down. He doesn't miss anything! You can never go wrong with Simon because his legal and analytical ability is absolutely phenomenal."
"Simon is very intelligent and provides written work of exceptional quality. His explanations and thinking are always clear."
"Simon is a fantastic barrister. He is very clever and great to work with."
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