Kort Egan

Kort specialises in domestic and international commercial disputes with particular expertise in construction, energy and related insurance matters. Kort also has experience in general commercial disputes, aviation and shipbuilding.

As well as being ranked in the Legal 500 2025 for Professional Negligence, Kort is one of only three barristers to be ranked for Construction as “Up and Coming” in Chambers and Partners 2025, and as a “Rising Star” in the Legal 500 2025. Kort is described as a “very strong advocate” and his drafting/written work as “excellent” and “superb”.

Kort has extensive experience with the major standard form contracts including the JCT and NEC and brings particular expertise to disputes concerning FIDIC contracts. Kort contributed several chapters to the book Understanding the FIDIC Red and Yellow Books, which contains a clause-by-clause commentary of the updated 2017 FIDIC contracts.

Through his practice at Gatehouse Chambers and his time spent assisting Simon Hughes KC prior to joining Chambers, Kort has worked on disputes in England and Wales, continental Europe, the Caribbean, Africa, the UAE, Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia.

Prior to pupillage, Kort acquired commercial experience with the Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, Google and Cambridge Intelligence, a data-visualisation start-up. He also ranked first in his year in his business management MPhil at the Judge Business School in Cambridge. Kort is able to draw upon his business acumen and experience to provide practical and commercial advice to client