Year of Call: 2022
Matthew has a broad commercial and Chancery practice covering all of Chambers’ core practice areas. He regularly appears as counsel, both in unled and led work.
Matthew joined Chambers in October 2023 on the completion of his pupillage. During pupillage, he was exposed to a broad range of matters including civil fraud, company, commercial, property, insolvency, and trusts disputes. His supervisors were Gareth Tilley, Sophie Holcombe, Thomas Elias, and Michael Walsh. After joining Chambers, Matthew spent six months on a secondment with Stevens & Bolton LLP, where he assisted the Private Wealth Disputes and Commercial Litigation teams with a range of matters across the spectrum of commercial and Chancery work.
Before coming to the Bar, Matthew completed a DPhil in early modern French history at University College, Oxford.
Bar Vocational Studies, City University (Distinction)
GDL, City University (Distinction)
DPhil in History, University College, Oxford
MPhil in Political Thought and Intellectual History, Pembroke College, Cambridge (Distinction)
BA in History, Pembroke College, Cambridge (Double First)
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Atkin Senior Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)
William Shaw BVS Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)
David Karmel Scholarship (Gray’s Inn)
City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence (City, University of London)
Winner, City Law School Senior Moot 2022
2nd place, Gray’s Inn Moot Competition 2022
Honourable Mention, Martin Domke Award for Best Oralist, Vis Moot 2021