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Twenty Essex
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Twenty Essex

Global 2026

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Leading firm in Global 2026

Overview

Provided by Twenty Essex

A leading commercial set of chambers, the barristers of Twenty Essex offer outstanding legal minds, with a modern and commercial disputes experience. Practices involve the preparation and conduct of litigation before a wide range of courts and tribunals, in the UK and foreign jurisdictions, as well as on the international stage. The set is also home to a number of highly respected international arbitrators and mediators, a number of whom were previously judges either in the UK or overseas.

Industry sectors (14)

  • Commercial litigation & arbitration
  • Shipping, international trade & commodities
  • Public international law
  • Banking & financial services
  • Civil fraud & asset recovery
  • Company law
  • Energy & infrastructure
  • Environment & climate change
  • Insolvency & restructuring
  • Insurance & reinsurance
  • Intellectual property
  • Investment treaty arbitration
  • Jurisdiction, conflicts & enforcement
  • Technology, cyber & crypto

Key people

Provided by Twenty Essex

  • Philip Edey KC

    Co-Head of Chambers

  • Charles Kimmins KC

    Co-Head of Chambers

  • Jemma Tagg

    Chief Executive Officer

  • Anthony Carroll

    Practice Director

  • Christopher Theobald

    Practice Director

  • Arron Zitver

    Practice Director

  • Catherine Reeves

    Arbitrators' Head of Practice

  • Katie-Beth Jones

    Head of Business Development, Asia-Pacific

Work & experience

Provided by Twenty Essex

Clients include major global companies, institutions, governments and their advisors from around the world and its barristers advise and appear as advocates in court or arbitration in relation to a broad range of company and commercial, EU, competition, and public international law disputes. The vast majority of the work is international in nature and the set has well-established links to many overseas markets, including through its Asian hub in Singapore.

Ranked Offices at Twenty Essex

Provided by Twenty Essex

UK - Head office

Greater London

20 Essex Street, London, Greater London, UK, WC2R 3AL, London

Singapore

Singapore Island

Maxwell Chambers #02-09 32 Maxwell Road, Singapore, Singapore Island, Singapore, 069115, Singapore

Ranked Departments at Twenty Essex (8)

Asia-Pacific Region

Global Market Leaders

UK

Ranked Individuals at Twenty Essex (114)

Asia-Pacific Region

Europe-wide

Global Market Leaders

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