JUNIOR PROFILE

Patrick Harty

UK Bar 2026

One Essex Court

Ranked in 3 practice areas

Company

London (Bar)

11 years ranked

Restructuring/Insolvency

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

Provided by One Essex Court

Practice Areas

Patrick specialises in commercial litigation, company law and insolvency. Patrick has been involved in many of the most high profile and high value claims in recent years including the ~$4bn Bourlakova litigation, the $2n LIA v Societe Generale litigation, the recent Supreme Court decision in URS v BDW and the £1.17bn Pugachev litigation. Patrick also regularly acts on substantial shareholder disputes and restructurings with recent cases including Hipgnosis Music v Mercuriadis (a ~$200m breach of fiduciary duty claim against Beyonce’s former manager, among others), the Liberty Steel winding up petitions, Petropavlovsk plc (a board dispute relating to the $1.4bn UK listed Russian gold mining company), Garnet v VRFB (a vanadium battery joint venture dispute), Al Kuwari v Cantervale Ltd (concerning the effect of an exclusive jurisdiction clause on a $10 million statutory demand), BEA v BB2 (concerning issues of arbitrability and the consequences of the restoration of a company on the termination of a contract), the Tonstate Group litigation (£500m million a shareholder dispute) and the Arcadia (Topshop/Topman) and Regis (Supercuts) CVAs. Patrick’s cases often involve complex jurisdictional issues and applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory relief including freezing orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other interim injunctions. Patrick regularly appears (both led and unled) in the Chancery Division, Commercial Court and Court of Appeal. Patrick has considerable advocacy experience, including appearing unled on significant fraud trials and ex parte applications.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR; ChBA.

Publications

Patrick contributes to FromCounsel.

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Company - London (Bar)

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Patrick Harty of One Essex Court handles commercial chancery work internationally, especially company, corporate insolvency and civil fraud matters. He is experienced in unfair prejudice petitions and shareholder disputes, and has clear expertise in applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory relief. He is a regular in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal, and often acts as a sole advocate.

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Restructuring/Insolvency - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Patrick Harty gains recognition for his diverse restructuring and insolvency practice, in which he frequently acts in claims involving misfeasance and claims against directors. Harty is also experienced in dealing with claims that have a cross-jurisdictional aspect.

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Strengths

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Patrick is really down to earth and someone who works very hard. He also isn't afraid to be robust in the views he takes.
CompanyUK Bar
Patrick Harty is very strong on anything to do with company law. He's superb on his feet and very effective.
CompanyUK Bar
He is fantastically clever and brilliant on his feet. Judges, clients and solicitors like him.
CompanyUK Bar
Patrick is fiercely bright, and is a barrister who works at speed and digests vast amounts of incredibly complex information. He is also highly responsive and a real problem-solver.
CompanyUK Bar
Patrick is superb on his feet.
Restructuring/InsolvencyUK Bar
Patrick is really down to earth and works very hard. He also isn't afraid to be robust on the views he takes.
Commercial Dispute ResolutionUK Bar