Ranked in 4 Practice Areas
4

Band 4

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

13 Years Ranked

6

Band 6

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

13 Years Ranked

New Silks

Consumer Finance

All Circuits

2 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Simon Atrill KC

UK Bar

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

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UK Bar

Banking & Finance - London (Bar)
4
Band 4

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.


Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)
4
Band 4

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.


Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
6
Band 6

Consumer Finance - All Circuits
New Silks

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.

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