Ben is a veteran disputes resolution lawyer with 35 years’ experience. Ben was formerly special counsel in the London office of a US law firm, specialising in international commercial arbitration and litigation, and partner in a leading London based disputes resolution firm, where he was head of commercial litigation. He has vast experience of handling arbitrations conducted under the LMAA, ICC and LCIA rules involving a wide range of matters, including disputes arising out of on and off shore energy, engineering, refining contracts, construction disputes, waterborne transport, aviation, and insurance.
Ben is a seasoned litigator having acted in the Commercial Court in relation to shareholders disputes, in complex fraud cases involving allegations of conspiracy, and has successfully defended statutory demands. He acted in one of the leading reported cases in relation to piercing of the corporate veil. He acted in one of the largest asset recovery matters on behalf of a Swiss bank successfully recovering very substantial sums, coordinating worldwide actions in multiple jurisdictions. He has extensive experience in obtaining and defending freezing injunctions. His experience in interlocutory matters extends to anti-suit injunctions restraining proceedings brought in breach of an agreed jurisdiction clause. Ben has been involved in numerous challenges to arbitration awards and handled commercial cases in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice, being one of the first English lawyers to have done so.
He is a Chartered arbitrator, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the panel of Arbitrators maintained by the China Maritime Arbitration Commission, Emirates Maritime Arbitration Centre and Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitration. He is a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; a Supporting Member of London Maritime Arbitrators Association and a Member of Indian Maritime Association.
