JUNIOR PROFILE

Samuel Ritchie

UK Bar 2026

Fountain Court Chambers

Ranked in 1 practice area

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

2 years ranked

About

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UK Bar

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).

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 4

Individual Editorial

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.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

He has superb drafting skills, excellent judgement and clients love him.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He is reliable and a good strategic thinker.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He combines legal brilliance with great judgment and an ability to produce compelling written and oral submissions.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
He is completely unflappable with clients, and the court loves his advocacy style; it is persuasive but humorous.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar