Twenty Essex
Andrew Ayres KC is a distinguished legal professional specializing in arbitration, currently serving as KC, Arbitration Counsel, and Arbitrator at Twenty Essex since February 2021. Prior to this role, Andrew worked at Maitland Chambers from September 1996 to February 2021, also as QC, Arbitration Counsel, and Arbitrator. Andrew holds a degree from the University of Oxford, where studies were completed between 1990 and 1994, and has further education from City, University of London.
Twenty Essex
A leading commercial set of chambers, the barristers of Twenty Essex offer outstanding legal minds combined with a modern and commercial disputes experience. Our clients include major global companies, institutions, governments and their advisors from around the world and our barristers advise and appear as advocates in court or arbitration in relation to a broad range of company and commercial, EU, competition, and public international law disputes. Practices involve the preparation and conduct of litigation before a wide range of courts and tribunals, in the UK, in foreign jurisdictions as well as on the international stage. The vast majority of the work is international in nature and we have well-established links to many overseas markets, including through our Asian hub in Singapore servicing clients throughout Asia Pacific and beyond. The set is also home to a number of highly respected domestic and international arbitrators and mediators, some of whom were previously judges either in the UK or overseas.