Ben Knowles


Ben Knowles

Ben is the Chair of Global Arbitration Group and Dispute Resolution Practice at Clyde and Co. He has been Partner at Clyde and Co since 1999.

Ben advises clients across a wide range of industries, with deep experience in upstream and downstream oil & gas, trade and commodities, aviation, and telecommunications. He was a driving force behind the launch of Clyde & Co’s Global Arbitration Group and is also a recognised authority on litigation funding and leads the firm’s innovative funding initiative. He is a graduate of The University of Cambridge.


Articles

Funding and Lobbying – Unhappy Bedfellows? Litigation Funding in the UK

Funding and Lobbying – Unhappy Bedfellows? Litigation Funding in the UK

By Ben Knowles For those of us with more than a passing interest in litigation funding, we will all have noticed that barely an hour goes by without a new article adding to the pool of knowledge. Some of that material is highly technical; some is more news based; but in the last few months, particularly in the UK, we have seen more that is in the nature of ‘lobbying’ ...