Oscar Schonfeld
UK Bar Guide 2024
Band 5 : Commercial Dispute Resolution
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Band 5
About
Provided by Oscar Schonfeld
Practice Areas
Oscar specialises in commercial litigation, including competition, banking and financial services, commercial fraud, energy and natural resources, sports, jurisdiction and conflict of laws. He is particularly adept when numeracy and an ability to grapple with complex and technical facts are required. Oscar regularly works on complex and high-value cases in the English Courts, including appeals to the Court of Appeal and the Privy Council, and in international arbitration. Oscar has also assisted with proceedings in Jersey, the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands and Singapore. Recent instructions include: the Trucks and Interchange competition proceedings, RBSI v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18 (Privy Council considered novel form of Quincecare claim), PIFFS v Al-Rajaan (The Lawyer Top 20 case 2020; £600m+ bribery, dishonest assistance and knowing receipt claims), Berkeley Square Holdings v Lancer Property Asset Management [2021] EWHC 849 (Ch) (fraud and bribery claims relating to the UAE President’s c.£6 billion London property portfolio), UNICTRAL proceedings (US$200m+ dispute between national oil companies).
Career
Call 2014.
Balliol College, Oxford: BA History and Economics (Double First, 2nd in year), MPhil International Relations (Merit, thesis Distinction); Oxford Brookes: GDL (Distinction); City University: BPTC (Distinction, 5th in year); Inner Temple: Princess Royal and Major Scholarships.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR, ChBA