• Great attention to detail and the ability to get across a lot of information in a short space of time. He is also strong on an appreciation for wider strategy and great at client handling.

    Legal 500 (2024)

  • Christopher is a measured and well-paced advocate who wears his intellect lightly.

    Legal 500 (2025)

  • His advocacy is clear and impressive. He is economical and concise with his submissions. His legal and strategic knowledge is first-rate, as is his work ethic.

    Legal 500 (2025)
  • L500 2025 Leading Junior
  • L500 2025 Caribbean Junior

Business details

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Overview

Christopher has a busy international commercial practice encompassing complex commercial disputes, civil fraud, international arbitration, shareholder disputes, and cross-border insolvency. The depth and breadth of his practice flows from the years he spent in commercial practice before moving to Three Stone during the pandemic in 2020. Christopher practiced for many years at the London office of the US firm, Kobre & Kim, where he worked on many well-known and high-profile international cases and, before that, for Gary Born’s specialist international commercial arbitration team at Wilmer Hale.

As a result of this experience, Christopher has a busy and largely self-generated practice, with his case-work involving international, multi-jurisdictional cases of all kinds. He is currently instructed by leading firms and offshore boutiques including Ashurst, Carey Olsen, Troutman Pepper Locke LLP, Baker and Partners, and Kasowitz Benson Torres. He is also directly instructed on commercial arbitration work, including three live HKIAC arbitrations by Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange. He is recommended as a Leading Junior both for Commercial Litigation and Offshore work.

He is also called in the BVI and Gibraltar (pro hac), in addition to England and Wales. In addition to acting as both junior and sole counsel in proceedings before the English Courts, Chris has worked extensively on off-shore representations with jurisdictions including the BVI, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos, and Gibraltar.

Christopher is happy both as sole counsel and when embedded in a large legal team and/or as co-counsel with lawyers from the other firms on multi-jurisdictional matters. He has worked closely with co-counsel in civil law jurisdictions including France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea, Jamaica, and the Netherlands.

Cases of Interest

Christopher’s current active representations include:

  • Acting for the liquidators of Alsen Chance Holdings Limited, a BVI subsidiary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund, in relation to their attempts to recover more than US$7.65 billion misappropriated by Jho Low and others. He appeared before the High Court of England and Wales and have assisted local counsel in proceedings in Cayman and elsewhere.  Instructed by Baker and Partners (Cayman and England and Wales).
  • Acting for a Turkish HNWI in civil fraud proceedings arising from a fraudulent stock-loan scheme. He is instructed by Kasowitz Benson Torres (New York) to assist with case strategy and to act as a support junior in the various jurisdictions in play.  The main claim is in the Bahamas, where he acts as co-counsel with the local advocates (McKinney Bancroft & Hughes), and there are related proceedings or contemplated proceedings in New York (SDNY), St Kitts and Nevis, and arbitration proceedings.
  • Acting for three Defendant directors in an unfair prejudice petition before the Royal Court of Jersey. Instructed by Carey Olsen (Jersey) to manage the valuation aspects of the dispute, in which the company is a leading British developer of computer software for business use.  A four-week trial is listed from September 2025.
  • Directly instructed by Binance, the cryptocurrency exchange, as counsel in three HKIAC arbitrations.
  • Acting for the former part owner of an English football club in ongoing civil fraud proceedings aimed at recovering the misappropriated proceeds of sale of the club. He obtained a Norwich Pharmacal order in October and am currently advising on next steps.  Instructed by Troutman Pepper Locke LLP (London).
  • Acting for the Punter Southall Group in relation to an ongoing unfair prejudice petition before the Royal Court of Jersey, concerning their vehicle known as Guardian 1821, which is a re-launch of the historic insurance brand. There was five-week trial in late 2022; a further week of trial specifically on valuation issues in December 2023; judgment on valuation remains pending.  It is likely that there will be a further oral hearing, and an appeal to the Jersey Court of Appeal.  Instructed by Ashurst (London) and Baker and Partners (Jersey).

Other key recent representations (no longer active) have included:

  • Elliott Associates L.P. in its investor state dispute against the Republic of Korea (PCA Case No. 2018-51; https://www.italaw.com/cases/6856).
  • Corinna zu Sayn Wittgenstein in various disputes including in her harassment claim against the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos I.
  • A Spanish real estate holding company in a case in the High Court in London against multiple international corporations involving interest-rate swaps used to finance a property purchase. (See, eg Marme Inversiones 2007 SL v Royal Bank of Scotland Plc [2015] EWHC 173 (Comm)).
  • ConocoPhillips in relation to the enforcement of ICSID and ICC awards worth US $1 billion+ against the Republic of Venezuela.
  • An investment firm in a voluntary insolvency proceedings in Spain defending against claims in the High Court in London to accelerate loan repayments due to the insolvency. Christopher acted as junior for Andrew Stafford QC at first instance in the High Court (Edgeworth Capital (Luxembourg) Sarl v Ramblas Investments BV [2015] EWHC 150 (Comm)) and for George Bompas QC on appeal before the Court of Appeal (Edgeworth Capital (Luxembourg) S.Á.R.L, Aabar Block S.Á.R.L v Ramblas Investments B.V. [2016] EWCA Civ 412).
  • Chevron in enforcing an investment treaty award for US $100 million+ against the Republic of Ecuador.
  • Co-counsel representation in Baha Mar (Bahamas-based insolvency, the largest to date in the Caribbean Region). Advice in respect of proposed legal actions against a construction and real estate conglomerate in the English courts.

Directory recommendations

Christopher is recommended in Legal 500 for Commercial Disputes and Commerical Litigation:

“Christopher is a measured and well-paced advocate who wears his intellect lightly.” (Legal 500, 2025)

“His advocacy is clear and impressive. He is economical and concise with his submissions. His legal and strategic knowledge is first-rate, as is his work ethic.” (Legal 500, 2025)

“Great attention to detail and the ability to get across a lot of information in a short space of time. He is also strong on an appreciation for wider strategy and great at client handling.” (Legal 500, 2024)

Memberships

  • Bar of England and Wales
  • Supreme Court of Gibraltar (pro hac)
  • High Court of Justice of the British Virgin Islands
  • Lincoln’s Inn
  • International Bar Association

Education

  • Bar Professional Training Course, City University
  • Graduate Diploma in Law, City University
  • BA in Literae Humaniores Course 1B (Classics), Wadham College, Oxford University
  • Lord Denning Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
  • Lord Hardwicke Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn
  • Lord Haldane Scholarship, Lincoln’s Inn