Matthew enjoys a broad commercial practice. Clients instruct him to advise or act in national and international litigation and arbitrations across Chambers’ practice areas. Matthew was recently named as a Rising Star in Shipping by The Legal 500 2021. He also has a particular interest in cybersecurity matters and drew on his recent experience in such cases when writing ‘A Practical Guide to Cyber Fraud Litigation’. Other recent cases have focused on company and insolvency, civil fraud, and banking disputes.

Matthew is familiar with using interim relief to protect his clients’ positions and has frequently been instructed to obtain or resist emergency relief, often on short notice. This emergency relief has included freezing orders, disclosure orders, interim declarations and other bespoke injunctions.

As well as acting as sole counsel, Matthew has extensive experience of being instructed as part of a team in a number of large and complex commercial disputes. He understands and enjoys the different demands of these cases and the need to work efficiently and effectively with legal and other professionals.

Matthew also accepts instructions to act on a direct access basis or to provide advice in non-contentious situations. He has previously provided opinions for use in foreign jurisdictions or by way of early neutral evaluation.

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