4 Pump Court’s Commodities expertise arises from our specialisms in shipping, banking and finance disputes.
The majority of our work in this area sees our barristers advising on international sale contract disputes, usually through litigation or arbitration. Our cross-sector expertise encompasses related financial transactions, such as hedging, FFAs and other ISDA-based agreements.
Our experience in the Commodities sector includes:
- Oil and petroleum
- Gas
- Sugar
- Cotton
- Coal
- Metal (shredded scrap steel, exotic metals such as Molybdenum and others)
- Rice
- Grain
Our Commodities work comprises litigation and interim relief, including freezing injunctions before the Commercial Court of England and Wales and the Court of Appeal, and references before specialist trade associations such as GAFTA, FOSFA and the International Cotton Association. Members of our Commodities team also appear as advocates in international arbitration before arbitral bodies including CIETAC, ICC, LCIA and LMAA.
Commodities barristers
Queen's Counsel
Nick Vineall QC
Nigel Tozzi QC
Stephen Cogley QC
Sean O’Sullivan QC
James Leabeater QC
Juniors
James Watthey
Neil Henderson
Alexander Wright
Andrew Stevens
Iain Munro
Rani Noakes
Gideon Shirazi
Ed Jones
Robert Scrivener
Daniel Khoo
Quentin Tannock
Neil Dowers
Rebecca Keating
Jonathan Schaffer-Goddard
Anna Hoffmann
Kajetan Wandowicz
Full-time Arbitrators
Christopher Moger QC FCIArb
For help and advice please contact our Senior Clerk:
Carl Wall
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