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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 BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking 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 BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking 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

Daniel Bovensiepen

Daniel Bovensiepen

Call: 2004

Daniel’s practice covers a broad range of international commercial work, with a particular emphasis on shipping, commodities, energy and natural resources, and related international disputes. Daniel also accepts appointments as an arbitrator.

He has extensive experience, including in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, and before a wide variety of arbitral bodies. He has an outstanding reputation as a friendly and approachable team player. Beyond his impressive skills as an advocate, he is happy to assist at all stages of litigation, providing advisory and drafting services, strategic input and any other required support. Daniel is one of the few junior counsel to be ranked in Tier 1 in both the shipping and commodities practice areas by The Legal 500, and is also highly ranked in Chambers & Partners, Chambers & Partners Global, and Who’s Who Legal. He received the award for “Shipping Junior of the Year” at the Chambers UK Bar Awards in 2016, and was nominated for the award of “Shipping Junior of the Year 2018” by The Legal 500.

Daniel has further significant experience in interim applications; as an SCMA trained counsel in mediations; and providing expert opinions for foreign courts. He is also registered as a public access practitioner qualified to accept direct instructions from corporations and in-house legal departments.

Daniel has previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Law Commission of England and Wales, in the Hong Kong office of a leading City law firm, and as a Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice Dyson in the Court of Appeal.

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Daniel has a great eye for detail, is very strong on the law and comes up with some very clever and innovative solutions to legal problems.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

Daniel is devastatingly clever, always puts in phenomenal effort on every case and leaves no stone left unturned.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Exceptionally bright.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2024

He is extremely capable and understands the commercial considerations of the case.

Chambers UK Bar 2024

Daniel is super intelligent and will leave no stone unturned. His written work is as good as any Silk's.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

Daniel is quick, precise and professional.

Chambers UK Bar 2023

He is obviously extremely intelligent and very diligent, and shows good attention to detail.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

Exceptionally bright.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2023

A great mathematical brain, he is a junior at the very top of his game and his written work is absolutely top-notch.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

Daniel's depth of analysis is breathtaking.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

Dedicated and very hard working with fantastic judgment.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2022

He is ferociously clever.

Chambers UK Bar 2022

He is extremely thorough and extremely quick

Chambers UK Bar 2022

A clever and thoughtful advocate for shipping and commodities cases.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2021

Daniel Bovensiepen pays good attention to detail, and has a client-friendly demeanour and strong commercial understanding.

Chambers UK Bar 2021

He is outstanding and is very good on paper.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

A cerebral advocate.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2020

Brainy and reassuring, he has all the hallmarks of a future silk.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

He's commercial and very user-friendly.

Chambers UK Bar 2020

A thinker – very user friendly and smart.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2019

He is very talented.

The Legal 500 UK Bar 2019

Brilliant with detail and always easy to get on with.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

Outstandingly bright and very hard-working.

Chambers UK Bar 2019

He is fantastic. He is very clear on his presentation and has real attention to detail.

Chambers UK Bar 2018

A very impressive advocate.

Chambers UK Bar 2018

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