About
简历
Tim is an Advocate and a partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team. He has twenty-five years' experience in trial and litigation advisory work, representing clients in high value, high-stakes and reputationally significant cases, many involving multiple jurisdictions working alongside other international law firms.
His practice spans the breadth of corporate and company law disputes, contentious corporate transactional matters, banking and financial services litigation, funds disputes, shareholder disputes and derivative and unfair prejudice claims, as well as trusts disputes and general commercial litigation. He also has significant experience in the fields of corporate insolvency, acting in various claims arising from the collapses of Enron, Madoff, Stanford and Lehman Brothers. He often represents boards of directors and other fiduciaries, such as trustees, in all manner of crises, often in contentious and regulatory matters as part of his board advisory practice, assisting on commercially and financially sensitive or complex transactions and investigations, breach of duty and breach of trust claims.
Tim has also devoted time to various pro bono activities, including in cases dealing with: opposition to the death penalty – successfully as amicus curiae to the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Carman L. Deck v. State of Missouri No. 04-5293, Citation 544 U.S. 622, viz. the constitutionality of shackling a prisoner during the sentencing phase of a trial (Deck was finally executed in May 2022); racism and discrimination; and representing the family of Baby Jack at the inquest into his death at Princess Elizabeth Hospital in January 2014.
Career
Tim qualified as a Solicitor (England & Wales) in 1999 and as a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Rights – All Courts) in 2004. He obtained his Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes at the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie in France in December 2007 and was called to the Guernsey Bar in February 2008. He became a Partner on 1 January 2010. His memberships include the International Bar Association, the Chancery Bar Association, the Association of European Lawyers, ARIES and INSOL. Tim is listed in Who's Who Legal for Commercial Litigation and Asset Recovery.
During his career Tim has appeared in matters before the English High Court, the Royal Court of Guernsey, and the Guernsey Court of Appeal. He has also been retained to provide expert evidence in legal proceedings in jurisdictions as diverse as Singapore and the United States.
Awards and accolades
奖项和荣誉
Tim has been named in the Legal 500's 'Hall of Fame' for Litigation, and is described as "a formidable litigator", a "first-class advocate", "a stellar litigation specialist", a "dominant and effective courtroom presence", "a master of litigation with an analytical mind who can think outside the box to find sensible solutions" and "the right man for difficult heavyweight commercial litigation".
Tim has been ranked consistently by the independent legal directories (Legal 500, Chambers UK and Global, the International Bar Association's 'Who's Who Legal': 2008 to present) as one of Guernsey's leading litigators, described in them as: "terrific"; "the best litigator on the Island"; "excellent, a robust advocate whose advice is always sound"; "he is silky smooth, very charming in court and very good at disarming opponents and getting judges on his side"; "relentlessly charming, unflappable and totally dedicated to winning"; "an outstanding litigator who knows the Guernsey courts very well. He is calm, pragmatic, and his advice excellent" and a "team player and a delight to work with"; "Tim is an outstanding professional who delivers excellent outcomes in highly sensitive and complex cases", and "Tim Corfield – still the very best litigator. Tremendously bright, and very good presence both in and out of court. If you haven't got him, you've got second best."
Find a Lawyer
- Annette Alexander
- Jasmine Amaria
- Christopher Anderson
- Kate Andrews
- Andrew Boyce
- Matthew Brehaut
- Richard Brown
- Nick Bullmore
- Bernadette Carey
- Tom Carey
- Russell Clark
- Guy Coltman
- Tim Corfield
- David Crosland
- Sam Dawson
- Keith Dixon
- Robert Dobbyn
- Chris Duncan
- Mark Dunster
- Jarrod Farley
- Peter German
- William Grace
- Elaine Gray
- Christopher Griffin
- Matthew Grigg
- Simon Hall
- Alex Hall Taylor KC
- Michael Hanson JP
- Tim Haynes
- Clinton Hempel
- David Jones
- Natasha Kapp
- John Kelleher
- Elizabeth Killeen
- Andreas Kistler
- Tony Lane
- Karen Le Cras
- Davey Le Marquand
- Claire Le Quesne
- Jeremy Lightfoot
- Simon Marks
- Kyle Masters
- Tristan Maultby
- Trevor McCabe
- Anthony McKenzie
- Robert Milner
- Patricia Montgomery
- Ben Morgan
- Jason Morgan
- James Mulholland
- Richard Munden
- James Noble
- Daniel O'Connor
- Alex Ohlsson
- Denis Olarou
- Michael Padarin
- Marcus Pallot
- Christopher Philpott
- Steven Rees Davies
- Keith Robinson
- Alistair Russell
- Alexa Saunders
- Peter Sherwood
- Robin Smith
- Sam Stevens
- David Taylor
- Huw Thomas
- Helen Wang
- Matthew Watson
- James Webb
- Jay Webster
- Will Whitehead
- Jenna Willis
- James Willmott
- Dylan Wiltermuth
- Gavin Woods
- Louise Woolrich
- Tim Wright
- Tom Katsaros
- James Kinsley
- Nigel Carey
- Nicholas Crocker
- Konrad Friedlaender
- John Greenfield
- Graham Hall
- Henry Harford
- Suzanne Kingston
- Richard Sykes
- Michael Frith
- Matthew Rush
- Susie Tindall
- Claire van Overdijk KC
- Carly Parrott
- Elliot Aron
- Laila Arstall
- Tim Baildam
- Charissa Ball
- Tim Bamford
- Stephanie Bernard
- Bryony Bird
- Joanna Caen
- Lizzie Chamberlain
- Alexander Collis
- Victoria Connolly
- Julie Currie
- Fiona Dalton
- Honor Desmond-Tetlow
- Matthew Ecobichon
- James Eggleton
- Michelle Falcucci
- Sarah Farrow
- Ashley Fife
- Stephen Fitzgerald
- Simon Florance
- Wendy Garrard
- Robin Gist
- Lauren Glynn
- Laura Healy
- Kate Lan
- Tarina Le Boutillier
- John Le Tissier
- Rebecca Lee
- Kimberley Leng
- Xia Li
- Oliver Lindop
- Katrina Lindsay
- Oliver MacKay
- Arindam Madhuryya
- Nienke Malan
- Colin Masterton
- John McCormick
- Susan McKinstray
- Andrew Munro
- Kristina Ostertag
- Sheba Raza
- Andrea Steel
- Graham Stoute
- Amelia Tan
- Max Tetlow
- Katherine Tresca
- Andrew Tually
- Dhanshuklal Vekaria
- Tiffy Wan
- Shane Westin
- Maggie Yan
- Rachel Yao
- Elizabeth Le Guillou
- Sophie Hancock
- Ruth Abernethy
- Connor Alexander
- Pierre Ali-Noor
- Steven Balmer
- Holly Brown
- Colin Calvert
- Sukhvinder Chana
- Yan Chng
- Nina Clift
- Adam Collieson
- James Cooke
- Emily Cornhill
- Eleanor Davies
- Jasmin Davies
- Rachel de la Haye
- Jessica Dewsnip
- Hannah Diss
- Alexandria du Jardin
- Mark Ffrancon Dowds
- Alexandra Fox
- Nick Ghazi
- Lauren Gray
- Vaishali Gupta
- Sarah-Jane Hall
- Arya Hashemi
- Alexandra Hehir
- Stephanie Henderson-Wernbo
- Nicola Hopkins
- Lyndsay Houlette
- Bradley Houlston
- Eng How Cheow
- Rachel Jones
- Laura Kearns
- Steven Khan
- Steven Khong
- Mike Kushner
- Andrew Lister
- Winnie Lo
- Thomas MacAdie
- Sharon Mallet
- Jason Mbakwe
- Christopher McCarthy
- Kirsty McGeough
- Rebecca McQuillan
- Harriet Mills
- Cheri Minors
- Ashley Morrison
- Kieran Ogilvie
- Jamie Oldfield
- David Patterson
- Imogen Payne
- Emma Penney
- Aldo Plater
- Carla Plater
- Tracey Powell
- Robert Quinn
- Dean Robson
- Henry Simpson
- Allan Skirrow
- Mark Slater
- Nigel Smith
- Evan Stitt
- Katie Turney
- Sarah Wallis
- Tabitha Ward
- Melissa Wilkins
- Shanshan Huang
- Christine Fernandez
- Dilys Hung
- Russell Layton
- Miranda Dunlop
- Gregory Stachura
- Yetunde Amodu
- Chris Baglin
- Lisa Bailey
- Tyrone Bailey
- Khayl'La Ball
- Rachael Barber
- Holly Barber Collis
- Mahogany Bean
- James Bell
- Melissa Bertram
- Courtney Blampied
- Siobhan Boys
- Nicholas Branch
- Thomas Bulfin
- Marco Carossa
- Ryan Chong
- Nyssa Christopher
- Matthew Clark
- Devon Clarke
- Claire Cooke
- Kim Courtney
- Stephen Cox
- Lisa Creevy
- Victoria Cure
- Nicola D'Amico
- Tshogofatso Dhlamini
- Benjamin Dickson
- Kalyani Dixit
- Charlotte Donnelly
- Emma Dorris
- Aleeza Dulaney
- Matthew Dulaney
- Lydia Dunmore
- Zoe Evans
- Jonathan Fernandes
- Nessa Flynn
- Stewart Forrest
- Anna Goodman-Jones
- Harry Hadjiyannis
- Suzie Hamilton
- Theo Hannah
- Ella Harvey
- Tyler Hawley
- Calum Hedley
- Charlie Hurst
- Dan Huxham
- Ameer Jassat
- Rebekah Johnston
- Edward Kelleher
- Joni Khoo
- Sean Kinney
- Tsakani Kona
- Anastasija Kornejeva
- Calvin Lee
- Nicholas Lee
- Tara Lee
- Tabitha Lepp
- Daniel Long
- Sara Malik
- Jonathan Marion
- Tim McAlpine-Scott
- George McCallum
- Sally Meggitt-Smith
- Bhavik Mehta
- Michelle Meyer
- Jennifer Mills
- Anna Mouat
- Penjani Mseteka
- Acsah Nel
- Alex Newitt
- Erinn O'Brien
- Catherine O'Connell
- Cillene O'Neal
- Damilola Obafemi
- Chris Oke
- Oliver Orton
- Sarah Orton
- Raveshnee Pakkiri
- Stephen Parnell
- Farhat Raza
- Matthew Rhodes
- Yan-Xia Rogers
- James Rollinson
- Lauren Rosa
- Zoe Salisbury
- Natalie Selman
- Kellie Sherwill
- Tom Stuart
- Matthew Summers
- Ardra Swaraj
- Marcus Symonds
- Christopher Tan
- Hanif Tarajia
- Heather Taylor
- Catriona Urquhart
- Evija Vanaga
- Katie Wilkins
- Eleanor Witterick
- Jacob Woodhouse
- Wei Xun Toh
- Yi Yang
- Laura Mulligan
- Christine Whitestone
- Nicholas Vasic
- Steve McCracken
- Julian Mallory
- Karen Skiffington
- Emily Cheung
- Conor Ward
- Harvey Child
- Libby Cowieson
- Emma-Jane De Jesus
- Thomas De La Cour
- Emma Dempsey
- Hollie Herman
- Olivia Hunt
- Christina Ingrouille
- Beatrice Morgan
- Evie Moss
- Ekika O’Donoghue
- Emily Priaulx
- Anna Richardson
- Nick Topman
- Tom Andrews
- Dawn Barclay
- Emma Carvalho
- Jennifer Cullen
- Shauna Danvill
- Danielle Hawkins
- Christy Kan
- Azmil Wahab
- Amy Lewis
- Shelly Scott
- Mark Elliott
- Claire Le Prevost
- Rebecca Le Noury
- Dominic Boletta
- Josie Dorey
- Jody Ferbrache
- Sue Vaudin
- George Llewellyn-Salaun
- Sam Stenhouse
- Jonathan Prince
- Tania Hunt
- Alicia Hardy
- Chris Carpenter
- James Prouten
- Gabriella Catlin
- Julian Dermawan
- Andy De La Mare
- Claire Forbes
- Amie Pigott
- Holly d'Anger
- Kate Everitt
- Sophie Skillett
- Joyce Waddell-Dublin
- Richalene Miller
- Karen Garner
- Isabella Zuill-McKenzie