JUNIOR PROFILE

Gregory Denton-Cox

UK Bar 2026

4 Stone Buildings

Ranked in 4 practice areas

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

20 years ranked

Company

London (Bar)

20 years ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

9 years ranked

Offshore

All Circuits

2 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

Gregory has a broad commercial and chancery litigation practice. He has particular expertise in company law matters (including shareholder and investor disputes, and proceedings brought by liquidators), civil fraud, tracing and asset recovery, international trusts and offshore disputes, banking and finance, and insolvency and restructuring. Many of his cases have an international dimension, involving multi-jurisdictional teams.

Notable recent cases include acting for Glencore plc in a shareholder claim, acting for VTBE in the three month Commercial Court trial in Republic of Mozambique v Credit Suisse & others, FSHC Group Holdings Ltd v Barclays Bank plc (Court of Appeal, a leading case on rectification), BNY Mellon Corporate Trustee Services v LBG Capital (Supreme Court), Napier Park v Harbourmaster (Court of Appeal), US Bank Trustees Ltd v Titan Europe (disputes concerning the construction of structured finance documents), Benedetti v Sawiris (Supreme Court) (leading case on restitution/quantum meruit), and McKillen v Misland (shareholder dispute concerning ownership of London hotels).

Career

Called to the Bar 2000. Junior Counsel to the Crown (C Panel) 2006-11.

Professional Memberships

Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Company - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Gregory Denton-Cox is a highly respected barrister with a broad commercial chancery practice. He is particularly active in shareholder, director and investor disputes, and also has recognised skills in civil fraud, banking disputes and wider commercial litigation.

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Offshore - All Circuits

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Gregory Denton-Cox is an established junior with expertise in commercial and chancery litigation. His practice sees him cover matters in the Channel Islands, as well as in the DIFC and Mauritius. He has particular experience in company and insolvency disputes, and regularly acts for directors and liquidators in such proceedings.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Greg provides clear and commercial advice and is an effective communicator. He is all over the detail of cases.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Gregory is incredibly diligent, always available and pragmatic in his dealings both with clients and the instructing solicitor. More generally, he understand the commercial context of the case.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Gregory is a senior junior able to handle advocacy in a way that a silk would. He brings a huge amount of firepower to any team.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Good at engaging with solicitors and clients, his output is excellent and he works at a crazy speed. He is also one of the nicest barristers to work with, always smiling and kind.
Chancery: CommercialUK Bar
Gregory sees every single angle and runs difficult arguments.
CompanyUK Bar
He is an excellent, technical lawyer with good trial skills.
CompanyUK Bar