Twenty Essex

Twenty Essex is a leading commercial set of chambers recognised for combining outstanding legal expertise with extensive experience in modern commercial disputes. Its barristers advise and represent clients including multinational corporations, institutions, governments, and advisers worldwide, appearing as advocates in courts and arbitral proceedings across the UK, foreign jurisdictions, and international forums. A significant proportion of the practice is international, supported by established links with overseas markets and an Asian hub in Singapore serving clients throughout Asia Pacific and beyond.

The set has a strong reputation in commercial dispute resolution, handling a wide range of matters, particularly those with an international element. Areas of expertise include financial services, international trade, shipping, commodities, energy and natural resources, insurance and reinsurance, civil fraud, aviation, information technology, data protection, intellectual property, telecommunications, media, shareholder and joint venture disputes, partnership and agency issues, and sports-related matters.

Specialist work also includes Brexit, EU, and competition law, with members regularly advising on EU law and appearing before key institutions such as the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the European Commission, and the European Court of Justice. Many members have experience working with European courts, regulatory bodies, and government authorities, and frequently represent corporations, states, and individuals in competition and EU-related disputes.

Twenty Essex is also highly regarded in international arbitration, with 15 leading international arbitrators and 79 barrister members acting in proceedings before the world’s major arbitral institutions. The set handles high-value disputes involving banking, shipping, trade, energy, and investment matters. In addition, its barristers are well known in insolvency and company law, providing expertise in restructurings, insolvency proceedings, and company law matters, regularly advising insolvency practitioners, companies, directors, creditors, and shareholders in complex domestic and international cases.

The set is pre-eminent in public international law, with members having served as principal legal advisers to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, judges ad hoc of the International Court of Justice, and members of NAFTA, ICSID, WTO, and UNCITRAL tribunals. Members provide legal and strategic advice to states and other parties and appear before English and international courts, including the International Court of Justice, the WTO dispute settlement panels, the European Court of Human Rights, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea. Twenty Essex is also home to highly respected arbitrators and mediators, including former judges in the UK and overseas.

Languages
Cantonese
Chinese (Mandarin)
Czech
French
German
Greek
Italian
Japanese
Hebrew
Hindi
Spanish

Memberships
AIPN
CEDR
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC)
General Council of the Bar of England and Wales
Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC)
ICCA
INSOL – International Association of Restructuring
IBA (International Bar Association)
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
KLRCA
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
London Maritime Arbitrators Association (supporting member)
SIAC
COMBAR
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
Young International Arbitration Group