
One Essex Court
Sophie Weber

chambers review
chambers review
Barrister Information
Barrister profile for UK Bar 2022
This individual is also ranked in:
Global 2022Chambers Review
Chambers Research is conducted by 200 Research Analysts, across 200 jurisdictions and provides nearly 6,000 rankings tables. Annually we collect hundreds of thousands of responses from clients, the majority via in-depth interview. Learn more about our methodology.
UK Bar
Commercial Dispute Resolution - London (Bar)
Band 4
Strengths: "Responsive, extremely diligent, and someone with an extraordinary work ethic who is unbelievably thorough."
Recent work: Acted for the claimant Danish Customs and Tax Administration in high-profile £1.5 billion claims against around 100 defendants arising out of an alleged international conspiracy to deceive the authority.
Barrister information
This content is provided by Sophie Weber
Practice Areas
Sophie’s broad commercial practice encompasses litigation, arbitration and advice. She has particular expertise in banking and fraud cases arising from her involvement in Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners LLP, Marex Financial v Sevilleja (Supreme Court), Edgeworth Capital (Luxembourg) Sàrl v Aabar Investments PJS, S&P Global v Deutsche Apotheker and Dar Al Arkan v Al Refai. Sophie also has substantial experience in conflicts of law and jurisdiction matters (both from her academic studies (her MPhil thesis focused on jurisdiction) and from cases she has been involved in) and in interim injunctions including ex parte freezing injunctions. Sophie is fluent in French, German (native) and Luxembourgish (native), which has led to her being regularly instructed in cases which utilise her language skills. Sophie can provide advice in any of the languages that she speaks. Sophie has provided expert opinions on English law for use in foreign proceedings in Germany, Uruguay and Belgium. In 2017, Sophie was appointed to the Attorney General’s C Panel.
Career
Called 2011, Kings College London/Université Paris 1, LLB (First class, top of the year), Oxford BCL (Distinction) and MPhil (Distinction).
Professional Memberships
COMBAR
This individual is also ranked in:
Global 2022Sophie Weber
One Essex Court



One Essex Court
Temple
London
Greater London
UK
EC4Y 9AR

UK Bar 2022
UK Bar 2021
UK Bar 2020
UK Bar 2019
UK Bar 2018

This page contains Chambers Research content only
Discover other barristers at One Essex Court
View set profile






