Simon Rainey, KC
Barrister
Simon Rainey has established a broad commercial advisory and advocacy practice spanning substantial commercial contractual disputes, international trade and commodities, shipping and maritime law in all its aspects, energy and natural resources and insurance and reinsurance. He appears mainly in the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal and has extensive experience of arbitration, regularly appearing before all of the main domestic and international arbitral bodies and trade associations.

He is frequently appointed as arbitrator (LCIA, ICC, LMAA and ad hoc, sitting both sole and as co-arbitrator) and has given expert evidence of English law to courts in several countries. He also sits as a judge in England (see above).


He has been cited for many years as a Leading Silk in the areas of Shipping, Commodities, Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Energy and Natural Resources, and Insurance and Reinsurance by Chambers & Partners and/or Legal 500

See also http://www.quadrantchambers.com/barristers/profile/simon-rainey-qc 

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CONTACT
Phone: +44 (0)207 583 4444

E-mail: simon.rainey@quadrantchambers.com

Country of Residence: United Kingdom

Nationality: British
MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • COMMODITIES COAL
  • COMMODITIES GRAIN
  • OIL & GAS
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
    Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)

    London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association (Supporting Member)

    London Common Law and Commercial Bar Association (LCLCBA)
    ADMISSIONS
  • ENGLAND AND WALES
  • EDUCATION
    BA (Cantab.) (1st Class Hons., Law) 1980, MA 1984; Licence en Droit Européen (Bruxelles) (Plus grande distinction) 1982.

    Exhibitioner (Corpus Christi College, Cantab). Squire scholarships (Cantab); Lazard scholarship (Corpus Christi College); Wiener-Anspach scholarship (Cantab – Bruxelles); Denning Scholar; Scarman Scholar, Ver Heyden, Buchanan and Lord Morton of Henryton Prizes (Lincoln's Inn).