Aaron Taylor

Aaron has a broad commercial practice, including in aviation, art & cultural property, banking and finance, civil fraud, commercial crime, crypto, energy, and international commercial disputes.

Aaron has acted as junior counsel in several large-scale civil fraud cases, including Federal Republic of Nigeria v JPMorgan Chase Bank NA [2022] EWHC 1447 (Comm), Tai Mo Shan Limited v Persons Unknown [2024] EWHC 1514 (Comm); [2024] EWHC 2532 (Comm), and Voltaire Capital Holdings Limited v Watson & Ors (trial listed for October 2026). He is appointed to the Serious Fraud Office’s C Panel for international proceeds of crime cases.

Aaron has a particular interest in art & cultural property law matters, with specific expertise in cases involving allegations of fraud or fakes. He is regularly instructed by art market participants on a wide range of art law issues. Aaron lectures on art law at the London School of Economics, was a Visiting Fellow at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for the Easter Term 2025 (working on various projects relating to fakes/forgeries), and regularly publishes and speaks about art & cultural property law.

Call 2017 (England & Wales); 2019 (BVI).

Diploma in Art Professional Law and Ethics, Institute of Art and Law (Distinction)

Keble College, Oxford, BCL (Distinction)

St Edmund’s College, Cambridge, BA Law (accelerated) (Double First Class)

University of Bristol, BA History (First Class, top of cohort in each year; starred first final year)

Lincoln’s Inn: Lord Mansfield Scholarship, Sunley Scholarship, and Hardwicke Entrance Scholarship