Samuel Ritchie
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Fraud: Civil
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Band 4
About
Provided by Samuel Ritchie
Practice Areas
Art & Cultural Property; Aviation; Banking and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Fraud – Civil; International Arbitration.
Specialises in commercial litigation, with particular expertise in civil fraud, banking and finance, international and domestic arbitration, jurisdiction and conflict of laws, and aviation.
Recent practice includes a number of significant commercial cases, including: acting for the distributor of Aston Martin Vehicles in the Middle East and North Africa in a suite of actions engaging contractual and shareholder actions against Aston Marton Limited across different tribunals and jurisdictions; acting for the Republic of Argentina in multi billion dollar litigation regarding the proper interpretation of GDP-linked bonds, with serious allegations of bad faith against senior government officials; acting in respect of aircraft caught under the scope of UK, EU and US sanctions; and acting for Air Europa in a valuable aircraft financing dispute.
Career
Called 2012; Inner Temple.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR.
Personal
Keble College, Oxford (BA, BCL).
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Samuel Ritchie has over a decade of experience in civil fraud cases, acting in large international cases. He is comfortable acting for claimants and defendants in a range of contexts, including misappropriation of trust funds and investment frauds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Samuel is very straightforward and has very silky advocacy. He is completely clear on his feet and on paper, and just utterly persuasive."
"Sam is a very tactical thinker and a great member of the team to have when brainstorming creative solutions. He provides clear advice and has good instincts."
"It is a pleasure to work with him. He comes up with interesting strategic options to get the client the best outcome and is a good collaborator."
"Samuel is very straightforward and has very silky advocacy. He is completely clear on his feet and on paper, and just utterly persuasive."
"Sam is a very tactical thinker and a great member of the team to have when brainstorming creative solutions. He provides clear advice and has good instincts."
"It is a pleasure to work with him. He comes up with interesting strategic options to get the client the best outcome and is a good collaborator."
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