Roger Masefield

Roger Masefield is a senior junior with extensive experience of all aspects of commercial law. He has recently acted as a lead junior in the Berezovsky v Abramovich, and related Berezovsky v Patarkatsishvili litigation. He has appeared, both led and unled, in the Commercial Court, Chancery Division, Court of Appeal, and the Privy Council; and in the High Court and Court of Appeal in the British Virgin Islands. His practice areas include international arbitration, banking, civil fraud, commercial litigation, energy, insurance and reinsurance, and professional negligence. Former clients include oil and gas majors; accountancy firms; banks and financial institutions; various high net worth individuals; syndicates and insurance companies; HM Treasury and the Bar Council.

Roger Masefield sits on the Bar Council's Law Reform Committee (with a particular focus on conflict of laws), and on its Anti-Money Laundering Advisory Committee. He is an Assistant Editor (under Mark Hapgood QC) to Paget's Law of Banking (13th Edition, 2007); Co-Editor (along with Mark Howard QC) of Butterworth's Banking Law Guide (2006); a contributor to Oxford University Press' Banks and Financial Crime (2008), and a contributor to Oxford University Press' Competition Litigation (2010).

Over the last 10 years Roger Masefield has been consistently recognised as one of the leading juniors at the London Bar by both The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners directories, principally in commercial litigation, energy, civil fraud and insurance and reinsurance. He is recommended in 6 practice areas in the Legal 500 2011, and in 4 practice areas in Chambers & Partners 2012.

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Roger Masefield’s Directory Quotes

  • "The "clear-headed and clever" Roger Masefield produces "terrific pleadings" and earns respect for his reinsurance work and offshore energy expertise." (Chambers UK 2012)
  • "Roger Masefield has cemented his already strong reputation as one of the set's leading juniors with a number of impressive cases over the last year." (Chambers UK 2012)
  • "very bright and a pleasure to deal with" (Legal 500 2011)
  • "Roger Masefield provides ‘excellent legal analysis but with the right commercial focus'." (Legal 500 2011)
  • "credited with having an extremely acute mind" (Chambers & Partners 2010)
  • "a leading junior for insurance and reinsurance matters" (Chambers & Partners 2010)
  • "highly intelligent and a very able advocate" (Legal 500 2010)
  • "excellent" (Legal 500 2009)
  • "first class", "incisive and clear" (Legal 500 2009)

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