DAVID MATTHIAS QC JOINS FTB

We are delighted to announce that David Matthias QC, formerly of Cornerstone Barristers (2-3 Gray's Inn Square), is joining FTB with immediate effect.

David was called in 1980, took Silk in October 2006, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

He acts for a wide range of private and local authority clients, specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, licensing, public law and judicial review, and local government law. He has a wealth of experience and a strong reputation for advising and conducting both litigation and arbitration in major cases in those areas - recently, for example, on behalf of clients including Capita, Datasharp UK, West Ham United, Westminster City Council, the London Borough of Camden and Casinos Austria International GMBH. David's overseas work has included a recent appearance for a consortium of property developers before the Court of Appeal in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Identified by The Legal 500 UK Edition and Chambers UK Guide, as a "leading new silk" ("Newly appointed silk David Matthias QC is lauded as a 'great technical barrister'..." - Chambers UK Guide 2007), David has been consistently praised in subsequent editions of those guides as being "Strong both technically and legally," and "... always prepared to muck in and work hard for the clients...".   He is consistently ranked as a leading silk and as having "made a name for himself" for being "subtly persuasive in court.  His broad practice includes an active public law portfolio, and he has conducted a number of important judicial reviews in the past year."

Head of Chambers, Andrew Tait QC, said: "We are indeed delighted that David Matthias QC, a leading public and commercial law practitioner, has joined us at FTB. His impressive practice in local government law, licensing and across the spectrum of judicial review will fit extremely well with Chambers' existing expertise."

If you would like to discuss David's experience and availability please contact Paul Coveney, the Senior Clerk on 020 7427 1847 or by email to paul.coveney@ftb.eu.com