Tim Akkouh KC

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Tim Akkouh KC is a commercial litigator with a strong reputation for civil fraud and asset recovery. This year’s Chambers & Partners describes him as having “a brilliant strategic mind which homes in on the key levers in a case like a hawk”, and as being “a seriously impressive barrister” whose “energy is boundless and who is a pleasure to work with.”

Tim has acted in some of the largest actions to come before the courts, including JSC BTA Bank v Ablyazov, Pinchuk v Bogolyubov, Mezhprom v Pugachev, Republic of Djibouti v Boreh, Chernukhin v Deripaska and ENRC v Dechert/SFO.

Tim is particularly experienced in applications for pre-emptive and interlocutory relief, including freezing, search, receivership, committal and Norwich Pharmacal orders. He also maintains a commercial chancery practice, with an emphasis on contract, insolvency, company and trusts disputes.

Tim regularly appears in the Chancery Division and Commercial Court. He has appeared in the Court of Appeal on 16 occasions and twice in the Supreme Court.

Before taking silk, Tim was ranked as the only ‘star’ junior in Chambers & Partners’ civil fraud category. He was also ranked as a Tier 1 junior in the directories’ Commercial Dispute Resolution and Commercial Chancery categories. In October 2015, Tim was named Chancery Junior of the Year by Chambers & Partners. He was also a nominee for Legal 500’s 2018 Commercial Junior of the Year award.

In 2022/23, Tim achieved silk rankings in the fields of Civil Fraud, Commercial Chancery, Commercial Dispute Resolution and Cryptoassets.