James Sheehan KC

Ranked in 4 Practice Areas

New Silks

Banking & Finance

London (Bar)

3 Years Ranked

New Silks

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

11 Years Ranked

New Silks

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

7 Years Ranked

New Silks

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

10 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

About

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UK Bar

Practice Areas

James is a leading junior practising across a broad range of commercial disputes, both in litigation and arbitration (LCIA, ICC, UNCITRAL and others). He is regularly instructed on large-scale and high profile disputes of an international nature. His workload spans civil fraud and asset tracing (with extensive experience of freezing orders and other interim relief), banking and other financial litigation (including funds disputes), general contractual and other commercial disputes, and company law disputes of one sort of another (including shareholder disputes and claims against directors), as well as domestic and cross-border insolvency.

James is an experienced advocate, with significant trial and appellate experience as sole counsel, recognised for the quality of his advocacy and the maturity of his approach.

In 2021 James was shortlisted for Chambers & Partners Commercial Litigation Junior of the year, and in 2018 he was featured by Who’s Who Legal among a small number of ‘rising star’ juniors under 15 years’ call.

He is a contributing author to Civil Fraud: Law, Practice & Procedure, 1st Ed. (Sweet & Maxwell, 2018) and also writes for the Butterworths Journal of International Banking & Financial Law.

Chambers Review

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UK-Bar

Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

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Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

New Silks

Individual Editorial

James Sheehan KC has participated in a number of landmark fraud cases and is particularly knowledgeable about freezing orders. He acts for both claimants and defendants. He offers expertise in matters involving allegations of dishonesty, conspiracy and misappropriation.

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

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Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

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Individual Editorial

James Sheehan KC regularly acts in high-stakes financial litigation matters involving well-known banking and investment fund players.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is incredibly bright, very creative and great at difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

He is just super-bright and seems to know everything about everything. He always takes a commercial and sensible approach.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

James Sheehan has a nice manner with solicitors and clients. He is very smart and experienced.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

He has one of the biggest and best legal brains at the Bar, but is also incredibly user-friendly and good with clients. His drafting, particularly on complex points of law, is second to none.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

James is very user-friendly, very commercial and has a lovely light touch in his advocacy.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK-Bar

James is incredibly bright, very creative and flexible for difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments. He is good in front of clients, very charming and reassuring.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK-Bar

James's written work is really, really strong. He drafts in an incredibly crisp and clear manner, pulling together strands from legally and factually complex material into a single whole.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is very user-friendly, very commercial and very charming. He has a lovely light touch to his advocacy.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is just brilliant. He's a superbly compelling advocate, who gains the trust of the bench quickly.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is excellent. He's a very good drafter, extremely user-friendly, and very easy to work with.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

James is absolutely exceptional. He is super bright and just seems to know everything about everything.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

He's very user-friendly and very commercial, with a very charming and lovely light-touch advocacy style.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

He is incredibly bright, very creative and great at difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

He is just super-bright and seems to know everything about everything. He always takes a commercial and sensible approach.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

James Sheehan has a nice manner with solicitors and clients. He is very smart and experienced.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

He has one of the biggest and best legal brains at the Bar, but is also incredibly user-friendly and good with clients. His drafting, particularly on complex points of law, is second to none.

Commercial Dispute Resolution respondent
UK-Bar

James is very user-friendly, very commercial and has a lovely light touch in his advocacy.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK-Bar

James is incredibly bright, very creative and flexible for difficult cases where you need to craft impressive and persuasive arguments. He is good in front of clients, very charming and reassuring.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK-Bar

James's written work is really, really strong. He drafts in an incredibly crisp and clear manner, pulling together strands from legally and factually complex material into a single whole.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is very user-friendly, very commercial and very charming. He has a lovely light touch to his advocacy.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is just brilliant. He's a superbly compelling advocate, who gains the trust of the bench quickly.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK-Bar

James is excellent. He's a very good drafter, extremely user-friendly, and very easy to work with.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

James is absolutely exceptional. He is super bright and just seems to know everything about everything.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

He's very user-friendly and very commercial, with a very charming and lovely light-touch advocacy style.

Banking & Finance respondent
UK-Bar

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Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

Banking & Finance - London (Bar)

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