Robert Miles QC

Practice

Robert Miles QC is a leading advocate and adviser with special expertise and experience in complex financial and commercial disputes.  He has unrivalled experience as an adviser and advocate in capital and security markets disputes.  He has for many years been ranked in Chambers and Partners and the Legal 500 as a leading financial, chancery, and commercial silk. 

Chambers (2010) ranks Robert in 6 practice areas (Banking and Finance; Commercial litigation; Company; Commercial Chancery; Fraud; Restructuring/Insolvency).  It says "a great choice of silk, particularly for trustee and bond-related banking matters; he fights well and works hard for his clients"; "a formidable advocate"; "the number one choice for clients with particularly tricky high-value cases"; "he exudes competence, and instils calm in those he represents"; "always on top of his game"; "approachable and conscientious, and completely lacking in airs and graces"; "highly commercial in his approach and great at finding practical solutions"; "diplomatic with clients and gets on well with the judiciary". 

Earlier editions have described him as "a real class act"; "immensely gifted"; "a fantastic advocate, he builds up a great rapport with judges"; "at the top of his game"; "clear, meticulous and persuasive; "a commanding courtroom presence;" "an exceptionally clever, calm, authoritative figure who is not afraid to come to his own conclusions"; "fantastically bright"; and "one of the cleverest men at the Bar".

Cases of Interest

Robert has been involved in many high profile cases including Atlantic Computers, the Maxwell litigation, the BCCI affair, Bermuda Fire and Marine, Barings, Equitable Life, the Icelandic banking crisis, the Elektrim litigation, Chartbrook v Persimmon (HL), Golden Key, Cecil v Bayat (Commercial Court), Madoff and Lehmans.

Overseas Qualifications

Admitted in the Isle of Man, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands for specific cases.

Academic

MA(Oxon), BCL (Oxon), Diploma in Law (City University)

Professional

Robert is a member of the Commercial Bar Association and the Chancery Bar Association.
He is a Deputy High Court Judge and a Bencher of Lincoln's Inn.

Publications

Consultant Editor of Annotated Companies Acts (OUP)