Ben Gardner

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Energy & Natural Resources

London (Bar)

3 Years Ranked

Band 1

Shipping & Commodities

London (Bar)

9 Years Ranked

Band 3

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2024

About

Provided by Ben Gardner

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Ben is a commercial barrister, with a particular focus on international arbitration, commodities, shipping, energy and insurance work. Much of his work is in international arbitration, including under the rules of the ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC, HKIAC and DIAC and in jurisdictions including Dubai, Geneva, The Hague, Hong Kong, Paris and Singapore. He also appears regularly in the English Courts, including in three Supreme Court cases (JTI Polska v Jakubowski [2023] 3 WLR 50, The New Flamenco [2017] 1 WLR 2581 and Versloot Dredging v HDI Gerling [2017] AC 1).

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Career

MA (Cantab), LLM (Cantab), LLM (Harvard)

Called 2010; Middle Temple

Professional Memberships

COMBAR; LMAA (supporting member); ICC YAF; TECBAR; Chancery Bar Association

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK-Bar

Energy & Natural Resources - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Ben Gardner is a go-to junior for notable firms in the energy space on a range of complex disputes including in the oil and gas, power and mining sectors. He is frequently sought after for ICC, Singapore and LCIA arbitrations.

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Shipping & Commodities - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Ben Gardner is a well-regarded junior with a broad practice covering commodities and shipping matters as well as insurance and conflict of laws. He regularly receives direct in-house instructions from industry clients to appear in courtroom trials and confidential arbitrations.

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International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Ben Gardner is adept at representing clients in arbitrations under HKIAC and ICC rules. His practice sees him routinely serving in The Hague and Paris. He has a strong track record of handling disputes concerning banking, energy and shipping.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Ben is a safe pair of hands with good commercial nous.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is very user-friendly and he is very thorough in his research.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is extremely responsive and extremely hard-working.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is user-friendly, proactive in coming up with solutions, extremely responsive and hard-working.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is extremely clever, knowledgeable and capable of analysing the most complex cases. He is superb in written advice.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is extremely responsive and very reliable. He is always able to make himself available and can bring himself back up to speed very quickly, even for quick queries.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben really gets involved in the detail and he's very calm and unflappable.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is an excellent junior and future leading KC.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is an impressive barrister. He is very sound in his analysis and compelling in his submissions.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is an amazing legal mind, with the work product to match.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is a safe pair of hands with good commercial nous.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is very user-friendly and he is very thorough in his research.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is extremely responsive and extremely hard-working.

Energy & Natural Resources respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is user-friendly, proactive in coming up with solutions, extremely responsive and hard-working.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is extremely clever, knowledgeable and capable of analysing the most complex cases. He is superb in written advice.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is extremely responsive and very reliable. He is always able to make himself available and can bring himself back up to speed very quickly, even for quick queries.

Shipping & Commodities respondent
UK-Bar

Ben really gets involved in the detail and he's very calm and unflappable.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben is an excellent junior and future leading KC.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is an impressive barrister. He is very sound in his analysis and compelling in his submissions.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

Ben Gardner is an amazing legal mind, with the work product to match.

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance respondent
UK-Bar

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Ben Gardner

UK Bar Guide 2025

Energy & Natural Resources + 2 more rankings

About

Practice Areas

Career

Professional Memberships

Chambers Review

UK-Bar

Energy & Natural Resources - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Shipping & Commodities - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Strengths

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