“She has a razor-sharp legal mind and superb judgement”
Chambers and Partners, 2017
“She's fabulous, astute, sharp as anything and a brilliant cross-border strategist”
Chambers and Partners, 2017
“A class act, who is fantastic at bringing focus to a case”
Legal 500, 2016
Barbara Dohmann KC is one of the UK’s leading commercial silks whose practice has a particular focus on international arbitration. She has extensive judicial experience, both as an arbitrator and judge, including in the International Commercial Court of Qatar, and she regularly acts as an expert in English Commercial Law.
Miss Dohmann's arbitration experience spans international joint ventures, metal trading, oil and gas trading (e.g. disputes between a state oil company and a private trading company), North Sea oil drilling contracts, the true construction of bare boat charters, alleged breaches of charter parties, property, intellectual property, construction, trusts, commodity trading, family foundations, shareholder disputes, the sale of companies/mergers/acquisitions, international sporting events, media services and entertainment and many insurance and reinsurance disputes. She is a member of the LCIA and is and has repeatedly been an LCIA Arbitrator, an ICC Arbitrator, an ICSID Arbitrator, an HKIAC Arbitrator and an LME Arbitrator. Since 1 January 2018 she is Chairman of the International Arbitration Centre in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Miss Dohmann has experience in a wide variety of areas of civil law. She appears in the Appellate Courts, High Court 1st instance (in both the Chancery Division and the Commercial Court, Queen's Bench Division), arbitrations (as both Arbitrator and Counsel) as well as at regulatory and disciplinary tribunals, and she is a CEDR accredited Mediator. Miss Dohmann has extensive experience in appearing before foreign courts in very large commercial disputes, including Bermuda, Gibraltar, Singapore, Brunei, Grand Cayman, the Bahamas and The British Virgin Islands; she is a member of the BVI Bar. She has given expert evidence on English law to courts in the USA, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria and Dubai. She was a Recorder from 1987 to 2001, a Deputy High Court Judge from 1994 to 2002, and a judge of the International Court in Qatar from 2007 to 2017. She was Chairman of the Commercial Bar Association from 1999 to 2001, Leader of the European Circuit from 2014 to 2016, she has been a member of the Lord Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Private International Law, of the Learned Society for International Procedure Law, and of the Deutscher Anwaltverein GB.
Miss Dohmann has been recognised by both of the main independent legal directories as a leading silk and award recipient.
Her appointments and awards include:
Miss Dohmann has a wide ranging commercial practice including banking, financial services, intellectual property, insurance and reinsurance, civil fraud and arbitrations.
Selected reported cases include:
“Incisive and gets through to the heart of the matter.”
Chambers and Partners, 2019
“A legend.”
Legal 500, 2018
“Very diligent and insightful.”
Chambers and Partners, 2018
“She has a razor-sharp legal mind and superb judgement”
Chambers and Partners, 2017
“A legend who is nothing short of brilliant.”
Legal 500, 2017
“She has a fabulous intellect and wonderful levels of experience, and she always gets straight to the heart of the matter.”
Chambers and Partners, 2016
“She is very charming and a good advocate who makes points calmly and clearly.”
Chambers and Partners, 2016
“A class act, who is fantastic at bringing focus to a case”
Legal 500, 2016
Miss Dohmann regularly advises and acts in international banking disputes. She has acted for and advised clients with regard to investments, derivatives, alleged misselling, privatisations and in disputes arising from takeovers and acquisitions.
Selected reported cases include:
Miss Dohmann has specialised in financial services for most of her career, having acted for and against Self-Regulating Organisations, in relation to investigations, disciplinary proceedings, judicial review, appeals and advice. She has been involved in many of the major regulatory cases instructed by the Regulators, including the SIB, SFA, IMRO, PIA and thereafter the FSA. She has acted in Bank of England, Stock Exchange, Lloyd’s and Governmental investigations, making written submissions and representing clients before inspectors and tribunals.
She has advised on and in acted in cases relating to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme, off shore regulators, PPI misselling and interest swaps, the powers of the financial ombudsman, market abuse and hedge funds.
Selected cases include:
“She's perfect for very complex cases which require a heavyweight”
Chambers and Partners, 2017
“Garners respect from the market for the depth of her experience across banking and financial services, particularly as it relates to the mis-selling of financial products.”
Chambers and Partners, 2016
“She is a heavyweight barrister; she's hugely experienced and a real battler. Someone you want on your side.”
Chambers and Partners, 2016
“Remains one of the shrewdest counsel.”
Legal 500, 2016
“Tenacious and a very good cross-examiner.”
Legal 500, 2015
Miss Dohmann has acted in many large international arbitrations as Counsel or Arbitrator. Given client confidentiality, little can be said beyond the fact that the subject matters have included and include international joint ventures, metal trading, oil and gas trading (e.g. disputes between a state oil company and a private trading company), North Sea oil drilling contracts, the true construction of bare boat charters, alleged breaches of charter parties, property, intellectual property, construction, trusts, commodity trading, family foundations, shareholder disputes, the sale of companies/mergers/acquisitions, international sporting events, media services and entertainment and many insurance and reinsurance disputes. She is a member of the LCIA and is and has repeatedly been an LCIA Arbitrator, an ICC Arbitrator, an ICSID Arbitrator, an HKIAC Arbitrator and an LME Arbitrator, and is Chairman of the IAC in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
Miss Dohmann has acted for and against insurance and reinsurance companies and Lloyds Syndicates, and for Lloyds names, and in disputes relating to the availability of cover in financial services matters.
Selected reported cases include:
“A first-class strategist.”
Legal 500, 2017
“A master tactician”
Legal 500, 2016
“She has enormous reserves of knowledge and excellent judgement.”
Legal 500, 2015
Miss Dohmann has dealt with many major fraud cases and has given advice to multinational companies on the Bribery Act and on Freedom of information requests.
Selected reported cases include:
“She is very good on paper and commands huge sway with the judiciary.”
Chambers and Partners, 2019
“She is exceedingly bright and a complete fighter for the client's cause.”
Chambers and Partners, 2019
“Tactically astute and knowledgeable. She brings a wealth of experience into play.”
Chambers and Partners, 2019
“Very diligent and insightful.”
Chambers and Partners, 2018
“She's fabulous, astute, sharp as anything and a brilliant cross-border strategist”
Chambers and Partners, 2017
“Very knowledgeable and absolutely ferocious in court.”
Chambers and Partners, 2016
“Very Impressive”
Legal 500, 2016
Miss Dohmann is very experienced in covering a wide range of Media & Entertainment matters and has acted in leading cases relating to disputes in the music industry.
Selected reported cases include:
Miss Dohmann has acted and advised in many cases where litigation was proceeding in a number of jurisdictions, she has appeared as an expert witness and has given opinions on English law to Courts in several European countries, the USA and the Gulf.
She has recently given expert opinions in Madoff related class actions in the USA.
Miss Dohmann has extensive experience in appearing before foreign courts in very large commercial disputes, including Bermuda, Gibraltar, Singapore, Brunei, Grand Cayman, The British Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas.
Selected reported cases include:
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