Practice Areas
Henry Hoskins’ practice covers a wide spectrum of commercial dispute resolution, including litigation and international arbitration. Henry has acted in complex, high-value litigation in the High Court and the Court of Appeal with senior members of chambers, as well as regularly appearing as sole counsel in the High Court. Henry also has experience of international arbitration, and of arbitration issues in the Commercial Court.
Current and recent cases include resisting (with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and others) a section 68 challenge to a multi-billion dollar international arbitration award arising out of the widely publicised Malaysian 1MDB fraud, acting for Tesco (with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and others) defending claims under Schedule 10A FSMA (Manning & Napier Fund Inc. and others v Tesco Plc, 2020); defending fraud claims (with Lord Wolfson KC and others) for US$2 billion involving Ukrainian metallurgical businesses (Avonwick Holdings Ltd v Azitio Holdings Ltd and others [2020] EWHC 1844 (Comm)); acting (with Laurence Rabinowitz KC and others) in an ongoing arbitration seated in Singapore under the SIAC rules involving claims for US$5.5 billion relating to an SPA in the oil and gas sector.
Career
Called in 2013. University of Oxford, BCL (Distinction); University of Oxford, BA Law (First class, second in year); Paris II University: Panthéon-Assas, Certificat Supérieur de Droit Français.