Chris Meiring has practice covering several specialist areas on a background of a broad civil and commercial practice. For a full list see the drop-down sections below. Particular areas of focus are:
In 2023, Chris undertook a five month secondment with the Office for Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) where he dealt with matters relating to financial sanctions including licensing and breaches from both a legal and policy perspective. He has since built a busy sanctions practice and accepts instructions either as a junior or unled on a range of matters across the UK autonomous sanctions regimes, but primarily relating to the Russia sanctions regime. He is currently undertaking a part-time secondment at a leading sanctions firm, advising on matters of UK financial sanctions and licencing. He is thereby particularly well-placed to advise on matters of UK sanctions as a junior with genuine, broad and extensive experience of UK sanctions law, policy and practice.
Prior to joining Chambers, Chris built up a diverse range of experience across different sectors. He studied medicine as an undergraduate at Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Imperial College London. He began professional life in a top tier strategy consultancy, where he worked on projects mostly relating to banks and financial intermediaries. He returned to Cambridge to read for an MPhil, during which he published research on using machine learning to improve decision making in the intensive care setting, recieving the top distinction. He subsequently practised as a junior doctor while undertaking the GDL (Distinction) and Bar course (Outstanding). This breadth of experience stands him in good stead to understand and adapt quickly to instructions in a wide variety of settings and helps him relate to clients from all backgrounds.
A full list of his practice areas and some previous and ongoing case work is listed below. The sensitive nature of certain areas of his work means that the details below are necessarily limited. His Clerks would be happy to assist with more detail as to his recent experience, and ongoing cases in these and other areas.
In 2023 Chris undertook a five-month secondment with the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), where he worked on matters of breaches and licensing under the Russia sanctions regime. Through this, he has gained a deep insight into the law, policy and practice of financial sanctions licensing and enforcement under the various sanctions regimes under the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018.
His work at OFSI involved the range of financial sanctions under the Russia Regulations, the Global Anti-Corruption Regulations and the Libya Regulations.
Since leaving OFSI, he regularly accepts instructions in sanctions matters, primarily relating to financial sanctions, licensing, and de-listing, both unled and as a junior.
He is currently on part-time secondment at a leading sanctions firm, advising primarily on matters of financial sanctions and licensing under the Russia Regulations.
The extent and breadth of his hands-on experience in UK sanctions sets him apart as a junior with genuine and extensive experience in the law, policy and practice relating to the UK’s autonomous sanctions regimes.
His work in this area has included:
Chris has experience of regulatory investigations and proceedings, acting in his own right and as a junior in large-scale internal and regulatory investigations, in cases involving fraud and serious financial and non-financial misconduct.
He was junior counsel to Farhaz Khan KC in an large-scale inquiry by a regulator into non-financial misconduct by firms and individuals.
He was also junior counsel to Farhaz Kahn KC, on a matter involving sanction by a regulator for individual non-financial misconduct in a financial services setting.
He has acted as sole counsel for individuals under investigation in matters involving misconduct by regulated individuals, including allegations of fraud.
Chris regularly accepts instructions, both as a junior on large commercial matters and unled for hearings in the County Court.
Recent cases of note include:
He also accepts instructions as a junior in large commercial disputes. He was recently instructed to assist with disclosure in Republic of Mozambique v Privinvest, Credit Suisse, VTB (and others), a case involving $2bn-worth of sovereign guarantees.
Chris works with Alex Haines on matters of International Organisations law. This includes:
Chris frequently appears in the Employment Tribunal on all matters ranging from preliminary case management hearings to multi-day trials.
He has experience on cases across the range of employment litigation, including discrimination, unfair dismissal, TUPE, employment status, and equal pay.
Recent employment includes:
Chris acts as a junior or unled on pensions matters, including advising on pensions aspects to employment claims. He has particular experience in the calculation of pension losses in DB schemes.
Recent pensions work includes:
Chris regularly accepts instructions in personal injury matters, both fast track and multi-track, for claimant and defendant. His experience includes matters involving road traffic accidents, employer’s liability, the Highways Act, the Fatal Accidents Act, and the Animals Act.
He regularly accepts instructions in clinical negligence matters, acting for claimants and defendants in the High Court and County Courts. He has a busy paperwork practice advising on prospects, drafting pleadings, valuing claims, and advising on settlement.
Chris’ background as a doctor means that he is well placed to understand complex and extensive medical records, to get to the key issues quickly and effectively, and to handle complex medical expert evidence.
Recent examples of personal injury work include:
Recent examples of clinical negligence work include:
He accepts instructions to appear in preliminary and substantive hearings, to settle pleadings, and to advise on merits, quantum, strategy and settlement. He also accepts instructions to advise and attend infant settlement approval hearings.
During his pupillage, Chris sat with Eliot Woolf KC and Will Young where he worked on higher value personal injury matters, gaining experience issues of both liability and quantum in complex injury cases. He accepts instructions as a junior in high value and complex matters.
To find out more, contact Paul Barton on +44 (0)20 7427 4907 or Sam Carter on +44 (0)203 989 6669 for a confidential discussion.
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