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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our Head of Business Development for Asia Pacific, Katie-Beth Jones, and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our practice management team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Colleen Hanley

Colleen Hanley

Call: 2003 (England and Wales); 2017 (Republic of Ireland)

Languages: German (fluent); Irish (fluent); French (proficient); Italian (basic)

Colleen is a recommended leading junior in both Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500.

She specialises in commercial litigation with a particular focus on shipping, commodities and international arbitration. Colleen appears regularly before the Commercial Court and international arbitration tribunals in disputes involving complex commercial sale contracts, charterparty construction, cargo claims and jurisdictional issues. She has particular expertise in challenging arbitration awards under the Arbitration Act and in obtaining anti-suit injunctions. Colleen has also acted for some of the world’s largest commodity traders in sale of goods disputes and has specific expertise in oil and gas sale disputes. She has also advised in superyacht disputes.

Early in her career, Colleen worked in-house at the Nordisk Shipowners’ Defence Club in Oslo and has a unique understanding of the day to-day legal issues arising for shipowners. She regularly advises and acts for a variety of shipowners’ defence clubs and is happy to accept direct instructions.

In addition to her main commercial litigation practice, Colleen has expertise in UK and European competition law. From 2008 to 2009 she was the Principal Legal Adviser at Ofgem with responsibility for all competition law matters, as well as advising on public and regulatory law issues. As a Pegasus Scholar, Colleen worked in-house in the anti-trust department of the Washington DC office of Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP and as a Visiting Fellow on Capitol Hill during which she was seconded to the staff teams of a prominent US senator and well-known congressman.

Colleen was called to the Bar of Ireland in 2017. She also has full rights of audience to appear before the AIFC, in Astana Kazakhstan.

Colleen is also a qualified mediator.

 

 

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Quick thinking, responsive, intelligent and clear-thinking, Colleen's work is always clearly expressed and logical.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

Tenacious and prepared to go the extra mile.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

She is approachable and able to explain complex issues in simple terms that the client can understand.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

She is very commercial and always able to provide practical advice.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Colleen is a fantastic advocate and extremely user-friendly.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Colleen is excellent tactically and commercially aware.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

Her written work is excellent, efficient and thorough, and she is a strong advocate.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

She has a collaborative approach, sound legal knowledge and an open mind.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Very approachable and responsive.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

She approaches her work in a straightforward, decisive manner but with attention to detail and a keen understanding of commercial aspects, which makes working with her an efficient, as well as helpful process.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Colleen is very user-friendly.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

She is a quality practitioner, clear and a good communicator.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

Bright, responsive, and thorough in her consideration of the relevant legal issues. She is a reassuring presence in front of clients, and a pleasure to work with.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

A hardworking and highly capable junior with experience in the court and in arbitral tribunals.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

She has a sharp eye for details. Applies a commercial and cost-conscious approach.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

An extremely thorough and skilful advocate; nothing fazes her.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

Very easy to work with and solution-oriented.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

Popular with commodity and energy traders for her experience in international trade disputes.

The Legal 500 2018

She gives very direct advice.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2018

She is extremely efficient, hands-on, sharp and always a pleasure to work with.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2017

She combines her expertise in EU and competition law with strength in commercial litigation.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2014

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