JUNIOR PROFILE

Sophia Hurst

UK Bar 2026

Essex Court Chambers

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Offshore

All Circuits

1 year ranked

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

1 year ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Sophia’s practice spans a range of commercial and commercial chancery disputes, both in litigation and arbitration. She has particular expertise in civil fraud and asset recovery, and banking and financial services litigation, for which she is recommended as a Leading Junior in the directories. Sophia’s practice also encompasses contractual claims, director and shareholder disputes, insolvency, and contentious trusts disputes. Sophia acts for a broad range of clients, including for major banks, funds, HNWIs, and companies in the energy, construction, telecoms and emerging technology sectors.

Career

Sophia was called to the Bar in England & Wales in 2014, in BVI in October 2018 and registered as an advocate in the DIFC in September 2019.

She is a Main Committee member of the Chancery Bar Association, and a member of ComBar, R3 (the Association of Business Recovery Professionals) and ConTrA (the Contentious Trusts Association). Sophia also sits on the Bar Council Regulatory Panel.

Publications

Decrypting Conflict of Laws (Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (2023) 3 JIBFL 158)

Book review: Charles Kerrigan, The Financing of Intangible Assets: TMT Finance and Emerging Technologies (2020) 8 JIBFL 572

Big Data, Coronavirus and Cryptocurrencies: The Changing Face of Fraud Legal Week May 2020

Chambers Review

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UK Bar

Offshore - All Circuits

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Sophia Hurst has a wealth of knowledge acting in large scale offshore litigation mandates in a wide range of jurisdictions including the BVI, Cayman Islands and Isle of Man. She is adept at handling matters involving such issues as fraud, insolvency and share issues.

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Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Sophia Hurst has a growing commercial practice, in which she specialises in civil fraud and asset recovery claims. She uses her chancery background to aid in fraud matters that include elements of banking and insolvency. She also has experience as sole counsel.

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Strengths

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Sophia Hurst is very impressive.
OffshoreUK Bar
She is an absolute force of nature on the stand.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar
She has a good instinct and is both able and willing to make the calls that need to be made.
Fraud: CivilUK Bar