Fionn Pilbrow

Fionn Pilbrow has a wide-ranging practice, covering the full width of Chambers' commercial work. The breadth of his practice is reflected in his directory rankings - across Chambers & Partners 2012 and Legal 500 2011 he is ranked as a leading junior in 6 areas: Commercial Dispute Resolution; Banking & Finance; Energy & Natural Resources; Fraud: Civil; Insurance & Reinsurance; Professional Negligence. He has appeared in the Commercial Court, the Chancery Division, the Technology and Construction Court, the Administrative Court and various county courts and tribunals, as well as being led in High Court, the Court of Appeal, the Privy Council and the European Court of Human Rights. He has also been involved in numerous arbitrations, including arbitration under ICC, UNCITRAL, LCIA, ARIAS and LMAA rules.   

In recent years, he has appeared in a number of the biggest cases before the courts: he acted (with Mark Howard QC) for the successful claimants in BSkyB v EDS (9 month trial of a deceit claim, which resulted in substantial recovery by BSkyB); he appeared (with Andrew Popplewell QC) for the claimants in the Fiona Trust litigation ($800m bribery and conspiracy to defraud claim - main judgment handed down in December 2010, appeal pending before the Court of Appeal); and he is currently instructed on behalf of the claimant (with Mark Howard QC and David Foxton QC) in Cherney v Deripaska (the trial of this c. $4.5 billion claim is set down for April 2012). In addition, he is frequently instructed on his own in both High Court and arbitral proceedings.