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Steven Walker QC - Advocate Barrister Attorney – Terra Firma Chambers

Curriculum Vitae

Steven Walker QC is a leading advocate, barrister and attorney. He is an international commercial lawyer with a specialisation in international arbitration, energy, commercial disputes, construction and engineering. He is based in South East Asia and works internationally.

Silk: 2016

Call: 1999 ()

Call: 2007 (Cayman Islands)

Call: 2008 (England & Wales)

Ad Hoc Call: 2015 Polish Commercial Court, Warsaw

Ad Hoc Call: 2016 Irish High Court, Dublin

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Terra Firma Chambers

Terra Firma Chambers was established in January 2008 with the purpose of providing specialised services in commercial law. It was quickly recognised as a leading set with members ranked in each of its core practice areas in either Scotland or England. It has also established an enviable reputation for the service provided by its members and clerks. The chambers contains 48 counsel, including 16 Queen’s Counsel. It has the largest number of dual qualified members of the Scottish and English Bars of any Scottish set, with several members in leading chambers at the English Bar. It also has more specialist arbitration advocates (and more arbitration academics) than any other set at the Scottish Bar. Its leading members include the former Supreme Court Justice the Rt Hon Lord Hope of Craighead QC, former Liberal democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell MP QC and the former , the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini QC. Terra Firma is the only Scottish commercial Chambers with a resident Silk (Steven Walker QC) in South East Asia who is ranked BAND 1 by Chambers & Partners.

Practice

Early in his career, he worked in the international arbitration group of Allen & Overy. Since then, Steven has developed an extensive international arbitration practice and now acts as lead counsel in multiple ad hoc and institutional international arbitrations conducted in many countries around the world and subject to a wide variety of governing substantive and procedural laws. He has built a formidable reputation acting in international energy cases involving exploration and production disputes, engineering, procurement and construction disputes, power purchase disputes as well as a whole range of commercial/corporate disputes concerning joint venture agreements, shareholders agreements and other financial and commercial agreements.

What the Legal Directories Say

Steven is based in South East Asia, works internationally and maintains a regular presence in energy disputes in South- East Asia, Europe, Africa and the Persian Gulf.

He is currently ranked Band 1 as a leading Junior Counsel for Dispute Resolution: Arbitration – Singapore in the 2016 edition of Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific:

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In 2016:

Chambers & Partners (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration – Singapore) BAND1

“Steven Walker of Terra Firma Chambers is regarded as a leading advocate for energy disputes in South-East Asia. As one source noted, "He's very quick, able to see the key points and give the right wording. He makes complicated matters very simple. He's very familiar with how arbitrators think……..he also maintains a regular presence in Malaysian disputes.’ (Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific, 2016).”

In 2015:

Chambers & Partners BAND 2

“Steven Walker …… has a wide commercial practice with a focus on construction and engineering disputes in the offshore energy sector.

Strengths: “His written work is excellent. He completely understands how to communicate with the client to make them feel at ease.”

Professional Background

Steven started his career as a solicitor in 1997. He called to the Scottish Bar in 1999, to the Cayman Islands Bar in 2007 and to the English Bar in 2008. He has been an accredited Mediator since 2003 and became an accredited arbitrator in 2011. He was appointed an ad hoc Advocate Depute in 2007 (criminal court prosecutor) by the Lord Advocate (Head of the Scottish Prosecution Service) and has prosecuted serious offences for the Crown including attempted murder and armed robbery. Steven also held a public appointment from the Scottish Government to sit as a Tribunal Judge.

He was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh in 2009, an Honorary Lecturer of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law & Policy, University of Dundee in 2008 and appointed Seminar Director & Lecturer on the Professional Seminar Training Programme of the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore 2014. He lectures frequently on energy disputes, law and policy all over the world.

Steven is co-author of the leading international book ‘Pleading in Arbitration – A Practitioner’s Guide’ published by Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters 2012. A second edition is due for release in 2016.

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Academic Qualifications

Irish Intermediate Certificate - 1990 Irish Leaving Certificate - 1992 LLB(Hons) University of - 1996 Dip LP - 1997

Practice Areas

 Arbitration

 Commercial law

 Corporate law

 Construction & Engineering & Infrastructure

 Energy & Natural Resources

 International Commercial Arbitration

 International Investment Arbitration

 International Trade, Trade Finance & Commodities

 Marine Insurance

 Mining

 Oil & Gas

 Renewable Energy (onshore and offshore)

Arbitrator Panels

International Chamber of Commerce United Kingdom National Committee

London Court of International Arbitration

Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration

Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

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Publications

Co-Author of leading book ‘Pleading in Arbitration – A Practitioner’s Guide’, Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters, 2012

Numerous articles and papers on commercial law.

Public Appointments

Appointed Queen’s Counsel 2016 Appointed Ad Hoc Advocate Depute by the Lord Advocate 2007 to date

Appointed Chairman of the Private Rented Housing Panel 2006 to 2015

Appointed member of Geneva Petroleum Club 2014

Academic Appointments

Appointed lecturer and member of the Global Academic Faculty of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee in 2002 and 2008

Appointed Principal lecturer on the International Arbitration LLM at the University of Edinburgh 2009

Appointed Honorary Fellow of the University of Edinburgh 2009

Appointed Honorary Lecturer of the Centre for Energy, Petroleum, Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee in 2008, 2011, 2014

Seminar and Course Director for CEPMLP arbitration conferences and professional seminars

External PhD Examiner CEPMLP 2011

Appointed Seminar Director & Lecturer on the Professional Seminar Training Programme of the Energy Studies Institute, National University of Singapore 2014

Contact Details [email protected] (www.terrafirmachambers.com)

Edinburgh +44 (0) 131 260 5606

Kuala Lumpur +60 (0) 17 210 6868

London +44 (0) 207 406 7656