Robert Harris

Practice Areas

Rob has a broad commercial practice, with a particular focus on banking and finance, civil fraud, energy and natural resources, and general commercial disputes. He is regularly instructed in large-scale and complex litigation and arbitration, with most of his work involving international elements. He has been instructed in multiple cases in The Lawyer’s ‘Top 20’, including a 30-week trial.

His current and recent instructions include: PIFSS v Al Rajaan (defending a Swiss private bank in a US$900m Commercial Court claim based on alleged payment of secret commissions); APS & Alpine v Sumitomo Pharma (proceedings in the Supreme Court of Bermuda seeking an appraisal of the ‘fair value’ of shares in a NYSE-listed pharmaceutical company); RAKIA v Azima and Al Sadeq & Quzmar v Dechert (defending a law firm against various allegations of wrongdoing including computer hacking, the procurement of a Court judgment by fraud, and human rights abuses); and AMMENA v AML (acting for Aston Martin Lagonda in proceedings against its Middle Eastern distributor, involving debt claims and allegations of bad faith).

For more details, including of other recent cases, please see Rob’s profile here: https://www.oeclaw.co.uk/barristers/profile/robert-harris

Career

Called 2020 (Inner Temple).

Professional Memberships

COMBAR; YFLA.

Publications

‘MWB: Modifications, Wrangles, and Bypassing’ [2018] LMCLQ 441, which has been cited by the Singapore Court of Appeal.

Personal

City Law School (BPTC – Outstanding – ranked 1st in year); Keble College, Oxford (BA (Hons) with Senior Status in Jurisprudence – First Class); New College, Oxford (BA (Hons) in PPE – First Class).