Anthony Trace QC

Anthony Trace QC graduated from Cambridge with First Class Honours in Law. During pupillage he won the Crowther Advocacy Shield and was Joint Winner of the Observer Mace United Kingdom Debating Competition. Lincoln’s Inn awarded him, after competitive interviews, the Tancred Studentship and the Droop Scholarship. 

In 2013 he won commercial litigation ‘Silk of the Year’ in the inaugural Legal 500 UK Awards and in 2016 he won “Banking Barrister of the Year–UK” in the Finance Monthly Awards 2016 and “Commercial Litigation Barrister of the Year in England” in the Global Law Experts Awards 2016.

The credit crunch has seen Mr Trace QC act in a range of banking disputes and advise in relation to many types of security documentation, investment vehicles, insolvency procedures (particularly EU and offshore procedures) and hedge funds.

Mr Trace QC has built up a very substantial practice specialising in all types of litigation with a chancery flavour. He has been involved in many leading cases - including Lehman Brothers, Ablyazov, Berezovsky, Yukos, Bank of Ireland v McFeely, Gomba, Maxwell, BCCI, Grand Metropolitan v William Hill, Slough Estates v Welwyn Hatfield DC, Jordan Grand Prix v Baltic, Landare Investment v Welsh Development Agency, Shalson v Russo, 118 118/David Bedford, Pop Idol and the Newgate Stud/Anthony Penfold, Farepak, Donegal/Republic of Zambia, Johnson Matthey v Arthur Young, Equitable Life, the Beijing Olympics ticket fraud and London Allied Holdings v Lee disputes - and has also been involved in a significant number of matters in other jurisdictions including the Isle of Man, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, Gibraltar, Dominica, the British Virgin Islands where he is called (permanently rather than ad hoc) to the Bar, and Hong Kong.

Mr Trace QC has particular experience of mediation, has sat as an arbitrator and has contributed to Butterworths Practical Insolvency. He was the deputy managing editor of The Receivers Administrators and Liquidators Quarterly from 1993-2002 and the vice chairman of the Chancery Bar Association from 2001-2004.

Mr Trace QC is recommended in The Legal 500 for commercial litigation, civil fraud, company, insolvency, professional negligence and property litigation, in Chambers Global for commercial litigation, and in Chambers UK Directory for civil fraud, commercial dispute resolution, commercial chancery, company, restructuring/insolvency, professional negligence, offshore and real estate litigation, and in Who’s Who Legal: asset recovery.

Recent Notable Cases

• Mark Holyoake & Hotblack Holdings Ltd v Nicholas Candy (2016)

• In the Matter of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (In Administration) (2015)

• Joint Stock Co “Aeroflot - Russian Airlines” v Berezovsky & Anor (2014)

• Dar Al Arkan Real Estate Development Co & Ors v Majid Al-Sayed Bader Hashim Al Refai & Ors (2013)

• Closegate Hotel Development (Durham) Ltd & Ors v Joseph McLean (2013)

• Bruce Mackay & Ors v Ashwood Enterprises Ltd & Ors (2013)

• Blueco Ltd v Bwat Retail Nominee & Ors (2013)

• Lloyds TSB Bank Plc v Crowborough Properties Ltd & Ors (2013)

• Gorbunova v Berezovsky (2013)