“…the most amazing advocate” "a man with a fantastic mind …”
Edward advises on commercial disputes of all kinds, in particular those with a public or private international law element, and has appeared as sole counsel in the Court of Appeal, High Court and in arbitration. Across Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 Edward is identified as a leading junior in five practice areas: Commercial Dispute Resolution; International Commercial Arbitration; Public International Law; Civil Fraud and Energy. In recent editions of the legal directories he is described as:
Edward has been consistently recognised as one of the leading juniors at the Commercial Bar:
Edward is ranked by both Chambers & Partners and the Legal 500 as a leading junior for Commercial Dispute Resolution where he is described as “A superb draftsman and strategic thinker with a great commercial mind, and clearly very bright.” (Legal 500 - 2021), “…the most amazing advocate" and "A man with a fantastic mind who is extremely hard-working." (Chambers & Partners - 2021).
Edward has a wide-ranging commercial practice, with a particular focus on disputes with an international element, including those with a public international law element, disputes involving allegations of civil fraud, and disputes in the energy, insurance and shipping sectors. In the most recent editions of the legal directories he. Examples of his current and recent work include:
Edward has a broad range of arbitration experience and has acted in ICSID, PCA, LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, LMAA, GAFTA, FOSFA, Bermuda Form and Ad Hoc arbitrations. Edward is ranked in Tier 1 for International Arbitration by both Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners, and was named International Arbitration Junior of the Year in the Chambers & Partners Bar Awards 2020. The current editions of the legal directories describe Edward as a “A first-rate lawyer, who combines a great strategic mindset with hard work and thorough research. He is also great to work with too.” (Legal 500) and “…superb. He is highly intelligent and a strong team player." (Chambers & Partners - 2021).
Examples of Edward’s current and recent work include:
Edward also has considerable experience of applications and appeals/challenges in court under the Arbitration Act 1996, and of claims for anti-suit injunctions in support of English arbitral proceedings. Examples include:
Edward’s public international law practice is focused primarily on Investment Treaty disputes, but also encompasses public international law issues before the English courts, including state and diplomatic immunity. Edward has considerable experience advising upon, and appearing as an advocate in, international investment arbitrations, including under the auspices of ICSID, the Permanent Court of Arbitration and ad hoc. He is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading junior for Public International Law, where he is described as “His intellect is razor sharp; cuts to the heart of the dispute; very client-friendly and proactive.”
Examples of Edward’s public international law work include:
Edward is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading junior for Civil Fraud, where he is described as “He has a really first class brain and gets to the crux of an issue very quickly. He gives you solutions. He is very articulate and presents well before judges.”. Examples of Edward’s civil fraud work include:
Edward is ranked by Legal 500 as a leading junior for Energy, where he is described as “… a first-rate lawyer, who combines a great strategic mindset with hard work and thorough research. ’.”. Examples of his work in the energy sector include:
‘Proof in Investment Arbitration’, Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Procedural Law, (July 2020) with Michael Swainston QC, Klaus Reichert SC, Zahra Al-Rikabi and David Heaton.
'Civil Litigation for Human Rights Violations', ILA Committee on Civil Litigation and the Interests of the Public Interim Report, August 2010.
Co-drafted chapters for R. Plender & M.Wilderspin, The European Private International Law of Obligations, (3rd ed., 2009) on the choice of law rules governing assignment (Rome I), product liability, unjust enrichment and negotiorum gestio (Rome II), public policy and mandatory rules and the scope of the Rome I and Rome II Regulations.
"He is the most amazing advocate." "A man with a fantastic mind who is extremely hard-working." (Chambers & Partners 2022)
"He is very good in cross-examination." "Edward is superb. He is highly intelligent and a strong team player." (Chambers & Partners 2022)
"His intellect is razor sharp; cuts to the heart of the dispute; very client-friendly and proactive." (Legal 500 2022)
"He has a really first class brain and gets to the crux of an issue very quickly. He gives you solutions. He is very articulate and presents well before judges." (Legal 500 2022)
"A superb draftsman and strategic thinker with a great commercial mind, and clearly very bright." (Legal 500 2022)
"A first-rate lawyer, who combines a great strategic mindset with hard work and thorough research. He is great to work with too." (Legal 500 2022)
"Ed is remarkable. He has attention to detail and is a magician with quantum and industry experts." "Fantastically hard-working, analytical and extremely popular." "He has got gravitas and finesse to his cross-examination skills." (Chambers & Partners 2021)
"Excellent, intelligent and a lawyer who really gets to the bottom of a case." "He is a very good advocate who is unflappable and really practical. In addition he works his socks off." (Chambers & Partners 2021)
"A brilliant lawyer, who provides first class support to his leader." (Legal 500 2021)
"A real team player and a first-rate barrister with a unique ability to distil a mountain of factual information down to the key issues." (Legal 500 2021)
"He has a true knack for complex fraud cases. Still a genius and absolutely go-to at that level, he’s an absolute trojan." (Legal 500 2021)
"His ability to cross-examine experts on the most technical of points and expose inconsistencies or holes in their opinions is second to none." (Legal 500 2021)
"He's an absolute rocket scientist, and on any case involving arbitration, private international law or battleground litigation, you get a silk's advice from someone who is only ten years' call." (Chambers & Partners UK & Global 2020)
"He is incredibly responsive, very smart and has brilliant ideas. He's incredibly nice to work with and clients really like and respect him." "Extremely able and an exceptional advocate." (Chambers & Partners UK & Global 2020)
"His drafting is superb, and he appreciates and assimilates the information provided quickly and accurately." (Legal 500 2020)
"One of the best junior barristers at the Bar – a brilliant legal mind and a wisdom far beyond his years." (Legal 500 2020)
"Great instinct." "He is very hardworking and the quality of his written work is very, very high." (Chambers & Partners 2019)
"Extremely thorough in his approach, and his input and guidance on strategy is excellent." (Legal 500 2018-19)
"Brilliant. Very clever indeed and not afraid of getting into the mind of the case and digging out all the difficulties and addressing them head on." (Chambers & Partners 2018)
"Very user-friendly and bright." (Legal 500 2017)
"An excellent junior; very bright, quick and responsive." (Chambers & Partners 2017)
"Excellent – really bright and his written product is astonishing." (Legal 500 2016)