Sophia Hurst

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