SILK PROFILE

Nathan Pillow KC

UK Bar 2026

Essex Court Chambers

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

22 years ranked

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

15 years ranked

Shipping & Commodities

London (Bar)

11 years ranked

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Nathan Pillow KC is a personable advocate who is seen acting in heavyweight fraud trials and tribunals. He acts for both claimants and defendants and is adept at handling cross-border cases that potentially raise conflicts of laws. Many of his instructions derive from the financial services sector.

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Shipping & Commodities - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Nathan Pillow KC has a strong reputation for complex commercial shipping and commodity disputes. He has acted for major clients, and has led on technically demanding matters spanning a wide range of issues such as commodity trading and financing and ship ownership disputes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He is brilliant and very calm and measured.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
His strategic intelligence, twinned with a meticulous attention to finer details, make him essential.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He is a commercial silk who is well rounded and polished.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
Nathan Pillow KC is a very able silk who has a great, relaxed style and is all over everything.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
Nathan has very easy advocacy style in the courtroom, and he can calibrate to any judge.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
Nathan Pillow is a commercial, user-friendly, smooth advocate. He is also extremely diligent.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar