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Twenty Essex

Banking & Finance

UK Bar Guide 2026 : London (Bar)

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Twenty Essex

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Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Twenty Essex is a well-regarded set in the banking and finance space. Members at the set have experience in handling fraud and asset recovery work in particular. Recent work highlights include acting for the Bank of Baroda against NMC as well as being heavily involved in the Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse, Prinvest & ors case. Commentators praise the set's "commercial advice on complex matters" and its "remarkable ability of simplifying extremely complex issues into a comprehensive and convincing line of argument."

Arron Zitver, Christopher Theobald and Anthony Carroll are the practice directors.

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Strengths

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  • The clerks are always on hand and willing to accommodate requests.

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  • The clerks are extremely responsive and the client will rarely need to wait more than 24 hours to have a position from the clerk.

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  • They have a good, young clerking team and were one of the earlier sets to modernise the clerking team which has been very beneficial.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Duncan Matthews
    Duncan Matthews

    Duncan Matthews

    Duncan Matthews KC is a skilled advocate with great expertise in handling a range of commercial banking disputes. He is regularly engaged by clients to assist with both domestic and multi-jurisdictional litigation relating to civil fraud.

    • He has a great technical mind, is a class act, offers robust and polished advocacy and can come up with new and novel points.

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  • Philip Edey
    Philip Edey

    Philip Edey

    Philip Edey KC is a capable silk with experience in a broad range of financial matters, who acts both for and against banks. He frequently manages cases involving ISDA agreements, loan disputes, guarantees and derivative mis-sellings.

    • He is not just impressive on his feet and very persuasive to judges, he is also fantastic on the law and excellent with clients.

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  • Andrew Fulton
    Andrew Fulton

    Andrew Fulton

    Andrew Fulton KC is an adept silk with strong expertise in banking, fraud and capital market disputes. He handles major asset recovery proceedings and claims arising from insolvency.

    • He is extraordinarily confident, very clever and good and I would thoroughly recommend him.

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    • He is experienced, competent and clever.

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    • Andrew has a powerful courtroom presence.

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  • Charles Kimmins
    Charles Kimmins

    Charles Kimmins

    Charles Kimmins KC acts for a wide array of financial corporations and investors in matters frequently involving fraud and derivative disputes. He has experience in cases concerning the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement and those relating to market manipulation allegations. Kimmins regularly lectures on the impact of landmark banking cases.

    • He is very talented, quick to respond, attentive to detail, incisive and insightful.

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    • He has an unmatched ability to zero in on the issues in disputes and provide a robust legal opinion that is easy to understand and digest, as well as being heavy on authority and arguments.

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    • Charles is a very strong all-rounder who is particularly noteworthy for his commerciality.

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  • Paul Lowenstein
    Paul Lowenstein

    Paul Lowenstein

    Paul Lowenstein KC is a highly capable silk whose practice is informed by his deep experience of a broad array of international financial disputes. His key areas of expertise include civil fraud and asset tracing.

    • Paul is a superb litigator - he is aggressive, easy to work with and a good technical lawyer,

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