Expertise

• International commercial arbitration

• Foreign languages: French, German and Italian

Background

• Joined the firm as Of Counsel in 2023
• Made Partner in 2024
• Previously worked at 3 Hare Court (Chambers of Howard Stevens KC from 2005-2023
• His expertise also includes extensive advocacy training:
• Founder of the UK non-profit, International Advocacy Academy (IAA), which has trained European arbitration advocates in cross-examination through local bar associations and arbitral institutions since 2012
• Co-chair of Middle Temple’s advanced advocacy-training course for junior barristers from 2020
• Member of the Middle Temple Education & Training Committee (2015-2019)
• He has also carried out roles within the International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), ABA, Middle Temple International Committee, COMBAR and Legalmondo
• Author of multiple articles in international publications

Qualifications

• Called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Middle Temple
• Inst. of Arbitrators: Fellow (2010)
• Diploma in International Arbitration, CIArb, Keble, Oxford (2010)
• Inns of Court School of Law (1995-1996)
• LLB from City University (1995)
• MA from Edinburgh University Classics (1992)