Francis Hornyold-Strickland

Barrister, International Arbitration and Commercial Litigation.

Francis has a broad commercial and international arbitration practice, with a particular emphasis on international arbitration, shipping, and commodities disputes. He is regularly sought after for advice on particularly complex cases and has a thriving advocacy practice both in the English High Court and overseas. He is also increasingly asked to act as an expert witness.

Francis acts in a wide range of commercial disputes, both as sole and led counsel, in High Court litigation, ad hoc and institutional arbitrations. He is familiar with all major international arbitration rules including the: LCIA, DIAC, DIFC-LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL, SIAC, HKIAC, the Swiss Arbitration Rules, and LMAA rules. Francis is also a registered practitioner in the DIFC Courts in Dubai and the ADGM Courts in Abu Dhabi, where he appears regularly including, most recently, in a US$160,000,000 anti-suit injunction in the ADGM Court of First Instance.

Prior to joining Monckton Chambers, Francis practised for three years as an associate in the world-leading international arbitration practice at WilmerHale, where he worked on a range of high value, complex commercial arbitrations alongside some of the world’s top international arbitration practitioners, including Franz Schwarz and Gary Born.

Called 2012.

Memberships

• Commercial Bar Association (“COMBAR”)

• Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (“CFLA”).

• Young International Arbitration Group (“YIAG”)

Francis is co-author, with Professor Charles Debattista, of the practitioner text Debattista on Bills of Lading in Commodities Trade and the lead author of the website Strickland’s Shipping Guide.