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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Henry Byam-Cook KC

Henry Byam-Cook KC

Silk: 2020 Call: 2000

Henry practises in a range of commercial disputes, principally shipping, energy, IT/telecoms, banking, fraud and insurance. He frequently represents clients as sole counsel, but also has considerable experience working as part of a larger team.

Clients and the directories highlight his advocacy (“his oral advocacy is superb”), depth of analysis (“has a very sharp mind”) and user-friendly approach (“absolute pleasure to work with”).

He is regularly instructed on cases in the English High Court (Commercial Court, TCC and Chancery Division) and has also appeared in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has extensive experience of jurisdictional disputes and interim applications (including obtaining and resisting urgent injunctive relief, anti-suits and freezing orders), together with acting in trials, often with a complex, technical dimension.

Henry also has a strong commercial arbitration practice. He represents clients in all forms of international arbitration – ad hoc, institutional and trade arbitrations. In addition, he has considerable experience of applications to court in support of arbitral proceedings, appeals against arbitration awards, jurisdictional challenges and enforcement. He accepts appointments to sit as an arbitrator.

 

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Henry is very clever and a really nice guy who is an unflappable and persuasive advocate with a real eye for detail.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

He is a really true expert specialised in shipping law.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He is not only able to process a lot of information quickly and to comprehensively advise on the legal issues but is also a commercially astute lawyer.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

Henry is a great lawyer who is always a pleasure to work with.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He is incredibly helpful, experienced and comfortable in complex legal environments.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

His advice is very good, very articulate and his cross-examination is a masterclass.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

He's very calm and measured. Tribunals like him.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

He is a pleasure to work with, is detail-oriented and has an appealing bedside manner. In difficult circumstances he provides neat solutions

Chambers UK Bar 2023

He excels in particular in distilling complex technical points into readily understandable soundbites.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

He is a team player who can add a different perspective while always respecting your opinion

Chambers UK Bar 2023

A very able silk with meticulous attention to detail, unrivalled knowledge of the law and a commercial attitude to advice.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

The quality that really sets Henry apart from other QCs is that he is truly a team player, in addition to all the attributes that go without saying. I trust Henry to both challenge me and to be receptive to challenge in return.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

The advice was on point and realistic, but also thorough and focused on maximizing the chances of success for our client. In summary, all that you expect from a top notch barrister.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

An impressive performer in the arbitration field.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

He is incredible: he works phenomenally hard, he's very rigorous and he has excellent judgement.

Chambers UK Bar 2021

A very good new silk who is very well regarded and is an impressive performer in this field.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

He has a very sharp mind and a refreshingly modern approach. He is cool, calm, collected and an absolute pleasure to work with. Henry's written advice and pleadings are always spot on.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

Not only is he phenomenally intelligent and hardworking, he is also a delight to work with.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

He is very down to earth and good at getting down to the complex issues. He also shows real enthusiasm and is a subject matter expert.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

Bright, thorough, and has a keen eye for the essential legal and commercial points in a matter.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

He is universally considered to be first rate. His written advocacy is second to none and his oral advocacy is superb.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

He knows how to win cases. His written drafts are extraordinarily persuasive.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

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