Practice Profile
Patrick accepts instructions in all of 7KBW’s areas of practice acting as sole or junior counsel.
Before joining 7 King’s Bench Walk, Patrick qualified as a solicitor-advocate and worked in commercial litigation and arbitration at a Magic Circle law firm in London and Washington DC gaining experience of large-scale commercial disputes, SFO investigations and investor-State dispute settlement.
Patrick was also a Judicial Assistant to Mr Justice Calver in the Commercial and Administrative Courts (2021-2022) and to Lord Leggatt in the Supreme Court and the Judicial Committee to the Privy Council (2022-2023).
Whilst at the Supreme Court Patrick gained insight into appellate proceedings and worked on a number of leading commercial cases such as Philipp v Barclays Bank [2023] UKSC 25, Byers v Saudi National Bank [2023] UKSC 51, Barton v Morris [2023] UKSC 3 and Lifestyle Equities v Ahmed [2024] UKSC 17.
Patrick holds an undergraduate degree in Modern Language (Double First) and a postgraduate degree in Comparative Literature (Distinction, third in cohort), both from the University of Cambridge. He also holds an LLB from BPP University (First, third in cohort).
Patrick can work with documents in French and Spanish.
“Contributory fault under international law: A gateway for human rights in ISDS?” in the ICSID Review (Oxford University Press) (2022) (co-author).
“Human Rights in Latin America: An Emerging Dialectic”, a chapter in Latin American Perspectives in International Investment Law (Manchester University Press) (2022) (co-author).
“The Limits of Privilege: Joint Interest and Indirect Shareholders” in the Business Law Review (Wolters Kluwer) (2022).
Lecture at the University of Rosario (Bogotá) on human rights in investment treaty arbitration (2020).
BPP Law School: LLB, First (third in cohort) (2019).
BPP Law School: GDL, Distinction (2016).
University of Cambridge: MPhil in Comparative Literature, Distinction (third in cohort) (2014-2015).
University of Cambridge: BA (Hons) in Modern Language, Double First (2010-2014).
Scholarships and Awards
Vice Chancellor’s Award, University of Cambridge.
Arts and Humanities Research Council Scholarship.
Senior Scholarship (Trinity College, University of Cambridge).
Styring Award (Trinity College, Cambridge).
James Webb Essay Prize (Trinity College, Cambridge).
Studentship to the École Normale Supérieure, Lyon.
Languages
French (proficient)
Spanish (proficient)