Edward Cohen Profile

Edward Cohen is our Head of Chambers. He is a commercial and chancery barrister with a broad litigation and advisory practice, including:

  • Commercial contracts of all kinds
  • Partnerships and LLPs
  • Company law issues including shareholder disputes
  • Media, entertainment and sport including recording, publishing, agency and management contracts
  • Professional negligence, particularly solicitors, accountants, valuers and architects
  • Civil fraud, including injunction proceedings
  • Banking, guarantees and other securities
  • Arbitration law and practice
  • Commercial property
  • Corporate and personal insolvency
  • Breach of employment duties
  • IT disputes

An experienced practitioner and forceful advocate, he has appeared in reported decisions ranging from the House of Lords through the Court of Appeal and courts of first instance involving diverse legal issues. His wide-ranging practice enables him to advise and act in individual cases involving simultaneously different areas of law.

Edward has been recommended as a leading Commercial Chancery practitioner in Chambers & Partners for several years. Comments about Edward in Chambers & Partners include:

Head of Chambers Edward Cohen is seen as a "delight to work with."

Head of Chambers Edward Cohen is “a wise old heal who is never likely to be put off his stride.” (Chamber & Partners 2010)

Edward Cohen is known both for his wealth of experience in chancery-related matters and for his industrious and focused approach.

“His paperwork is a pleasure,” said clients of Edward Cohen who is valued notably for his “measured and conscientious approach”.

One client commented: “He has one of the most incisive legal brains at the Bar.”