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About
Provided by Tamara Oppenheimer KC
Practice Areas
Barrister practising in civil and commercial law, including art & cultural property, aviation, banking & finance, civil fraud, commercial dispute resolution, financial crime, international arbitration and professional negligence. Particular expertise in the law of privilege, including in the context of regulatory and criminal investigations.
Career
Silk 2020. Called 2002, Inner Temple; former solicitor (litigation department Allen & Overy); judicial assistant to Lord Woolf (2000); legal assistant at the Treasury Solicitor (1997-8).
Professional Memberships
COMBAR, Art Lawyers Association.
Personal
Merton College, Oxford (BA Hons Philosophy, Politics and Economics First Class); City University (Diploma in Law, Distinction); Christ Church, Oxford (BCL Distinction).
Good working knowledge of Italian and Russian.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Tamara Oppenheimer KC of Fountain Court Chambers is a well-regarded commercial silk with considerable experience in art-related disputes.
Tamara Oppenheimer KC is a highly adept silk acting in a wide variety of prominent banking cases for major clients. She handles matters involving fraud allegations and mis-selling disputes, and is also experienced in professional negligence matters. She has further experience of representing the government.
Tamara Oppenheimer KC is a well-regarded barrister with a growing reputation in commercial fraud matters. She has experience handling cases involving allegations of misrepresentation and conspiracy, and is frequently instructed in matters with a corporate crime element.
Tamara Oppenheimer KC regularly takes on high-value professional negligence cases arising in the financial sector, including recent work advising banks on claims of financial mis-selling.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She gets really gets stuck in and is incredibly pragmatic and sensible."
"Tamara has a fantastic legal mind and is all over the detail."
"Tamara is very tenacious in her submissions. She has a clear vision of how documents should be structured and how the case should be conveyed in a positive light."
"Tamara is exceptionally clever. She reaches a view and gives it clearly, providing no-hesitation, fully formed, practical advice on commercial cases."
"Tamara is really brilliant. She is so clever, and so quick and devastating in her advocacy."
"Tamara is superb: really hard-working, ferociously bright and a formidable opponent."
"Tamara is very user-friendly, very hands-on and knowledgeable about the market. She is very easy to work with, approachable, available and a very good service provider."
"Tamara is very bright and very considered. Her written advice was very clear and helpful."
"She's great. She's very easy to bounce ideas off and has lots of experience so can give practical advice."
"Tamara is a formidable opponent. She is highly intelligent and sharp but also pragmatic. She's got the ear of the judges and is also a nice person."
"Tamara is a very good, insightful, responsive barrister who knows the law very well and gives clear advice."
"Tamara is incredibly persuasive, very detail-oriented, and very good at persuading judges."
"She gets really gets stuck in and is incredibly pragmatic and sensible."
"Tamara has a fantastic legal mind and is all over the detail."
"Tamara is very tenacious in her submissions. She has a clear vision of how documents should be structured and how the case should be conveyed in a positive light."
"Tamara is exceptionally clever. She reaches a view and gives it clearly, providing no-hesitation, fully formed, practical advice on commercial cases."
"Tamara is really brilliant. She is so clever, and so quick and devastating in her advocacy."
"Tamara is superb: really hard-working, ferociously bright and a formidable opponent."
"Tamara is very user-friendly, very hands-on and knowledgeable about the market. She is very easy to work with, approachable, available and a very good service provider."
"Tamara is very bright and very considered. Her written advice was very clear and helpful."
"She's great. She's very easy to bounce ideas off and has lots of experience so can give practical advice."
"Tamara is a formidable opponent. She is highly intelligent and sharp but also pragmatic. She's got the ear of the judges and is also a nice person."
"Tamara is a very good, insightful, responsive barrister who knows the law very well and gives clear advice."
"Tamara is incredibly persuasive, very detail-oriented, and very good at persuading judges."
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