JUNIOR PROFILE
Henry Hoskins

Henry Hoskins

UK Bar 2026

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About

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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.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR

Publications

"Contractual Obligations to Negotiate in Good Faith: Faithfulness to the Agreed Common Purpose" (2014) 130(1) Law Quarterly Review 131; regular contributor to the Butterworths Journal of International Banking and Finance Law.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

Henry Hoskins has a growing civil fraud practice focusing on large international frauds at civil trial and arbitration. He has experience in cases involving corruption allegations as well as misrepresentation and deceit.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Henry is extremely responsive, diligent and able to deal with the trickiest of subject matters and legal issues.

    Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
  • Henry is a fantastic and very hard-working junior.

    Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar
  • He drafts beautifully and makes very eloquent arguments.

    Fraud: CivilUK Bar
  • Henry is a fantastic junior counsel. He gets up to speed on the detail very quickly and is a pleasure to work with.

    Fraud: CivilUK Bar

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