His advocacy is clear and impressive. He is economical and concise with his submissions. His legal and strategic knowledge is first-rate, as is his work ethic.
Experience
Christopher Howitt is a barrister called to the bars of England and Wales, BVI and Gibraltar (pro hac).
Christopher has a broad international commercial practice encompassing complex commercial disputes; civil fraud; international arbitration; shareholder disputes; and cross-border insolvency.
Christopher typically works on multi-jurisdictional disputes and has worked as co-counsel with lawyers in many other common law jurisdictions (various US Courts including the SDNY; Jersey; Bahamas; Turks and Caicos) and civil law jurisdictions (France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Greece, Switzerland, the Republic of Korea, and the Netherlands).
Until 2020, Christopher worked at Kobre & Kim where he gained broad experience of developing and executing global strategies for both enforcing Court judgments and arbitration awards, and also resisting improper attempts to enforce improperly obtained Court judgments and awards.
Christopher is ranked in Legal 500 as a Leading Junior for Commercial Litigation and Offshore Work.
Expertise
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Fraud & Asset Recovery -
Trust Disputes -
Commercial & Civil Disputes -
Insolvency