Simon Birt KC

Practice Areas

Simon Birt KC’s practice covers all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, including banking and financial services, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, insurance/reinsurance, professional negligence and shipping. He is rated for his advocacy and his ability to master the detail of the most complicated cases. He is listed in the legal guides as a leading silk in the fields of commercial dispute resolution, banking and financial services, energy and shipping. He has appeared in commercial cases in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the Commercial Court and the Chancery Division, in the BVI, and in arbitration.

Simon’s recent cases have included the Ingenious group litigation (in the Court of Appeal and the Chancery Division), Recovery Partners v Rukhadze (Commercial Court and Court of Appeal), the Renova v Emmerson litigation in the commercial division of the BVI High Court and the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean, and BTI v PwC (audit negligence, Chancery Division). Other high profile cases have included The Ocean Victory in the Supreme Court, the multi-billion dollar DeutscheBank v Sebastian Holdings dispute, the Fiona Trust v Privalov fraud case, the Masri litigation and the Buncefield trial.