Bibek Mukherjee

Bibek has a broad practice extending across the full range of commercial litigation & arbitration, banking & finance, civil fraud, commercial employment disputes and shipping. He has a particular interest in cases involving financial, quantitative or statistical elements.

He has acted and appeared, both led and unled, in a wide spectrum of disputes in the Commercial Court, the King’s Bench and Chancery Divisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Employment Tribunal. In arbitration, he has appeared or advised in proceedings under HKIAC, ICC, LCIA, LMAA, SIAC and UNCITRAL rules, seated both in London and abroad. Bibek also has substantial experience of arbitration-related court applications and applications for interim relief, including freezing orders, interim injunctions and anti-suit injunctions.

He graduated with a first class degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge, followed by a first class degree in law from the University of Oxford. He was then awarded the Charles and Julia Henry Fellowship to study as a Special Student at Harvard University. Prior to joining Essex Court Chambers, Bibek was a Visiting Lecturer in Tort law at King’s College London and gained experience working on trading desk at UBS Investment Bank.

2016: Tenant at Essex Court Chambers

2015-16: Pupillage, Essex Court Chambers

2015: Called to the bar (Gray’s Inn)

2013-14: Visiting Lecturer in Tort, King’s College London