Albert Sampson
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 3 : POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture
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About
Provided by Albert Sampson
Practice Areas
Albert’s practice as an advocate and advisor spans commercial litigation and arbitration, company law, insolvency, banking & financial services, financial regulation, civil fraud and asset recovery, and civil recovery under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
Albert regularly appears before courts and tribunals with leaders or as sole counsel and has substantial experience of working with large teams of lawyers and experts.
Many of Albert’s cases involve an international element, and his experience includes advising in relation to matters involving foreign jurisdictions including the Dubai International Financial Centre, the BVI, New York, Switzerland, Singapore and Hong Kong.
In addition to his busy private practice, Albert has been appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel and he regularly undertakes civil work on behalf of the UK government.
Career
Merton College, Oxford (BA Hons, M.St.)
University of Law (GDL) and City University London (BPTC)
Lincoln’s Inn: Wolfson Scholarship, Buchanan Prize, Lord Denning Scholarship and Hardwicke Award
Called to the Bar, 2014
Attorney General’s C Panel of Counsel, 2020
Part 2 Practitioner of the DIFC Courts, 2022
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association (Former Member of the Main Committee and Chair of the Junior Chancery Bar sub-committee 2018-2024)
Combar
Insolvency Lawyers Association
Financial Services Lawyers Association
Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association
LCIA Young International Arbitration Group
Publications
Contributor to Loose & Griffiths on Liquidators (9th ed.) (2019)
Butterworth’s Financial Regulation Service: Former editor of the chapter on the Prospectus Rules.