Senior Practice Manager
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Benjamin Needleman joined XXIV Old Buildings in October 2026, following the completion of pupillage.
During pupillage, Benjamin gained experience across the full range of Chambers’ work and is now building a broad Commercial and Chancery practice. He is happy to be instructed as sole counsel or as part of a team.
Examples of Benjamin’s recent instructions include:
Benjamin graduated with first class honours from Monash University with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and a Bachelor of Engineering before also graduating with first class honours from the University of Cambridge with a Master of Law (LLM), winning multiple subject prizes. Before coming to the Bar, Benjamin worked for three and a half years as a solicitor in London at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, having previously completing his training contract at a leading Australian law firm in Melbourne. Benjamin also worked as a Judicial Assistant to the Honourable Justice Riordan at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
As a pupil, Benjamin gained experience of arbitration, including:
LCIA Arbitration (2021-2024) (London seat) – In his previous role as a solicitor at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, Benjamin represented investors in an Eastern European telecommunications company defending a claim concerning the exercise of a call option to purchase their shares. As the lead junior associate, Benjamin was involved in every aspect of the arbitral proceedings, from preparation of the memorial through to trial.
During pupillage, Benjamin gained experience of civil fraud & asset recovery work, including:
During pupillage, Benjamin gained a wide experience of commercial litigation, including:
During his previous role as a solicitor Benjamin’s commercial experience included:
Benjamin has acted on a successful application for an injunction to restrain the removal of company directors in breach of a shareholders’ agreement.
During pupillage, Benjamin gained experience of company and partnership law matters, including:
Benjamin’s insolvency experience includes acting on an application for a company administration order and on winding up petitions.
During pupillage, Benjamin gained experience of insolvency law matters, including:
Credit Suisse Virtuoso Sicav-Sif v Softbank Group Corp [2025] EWHC 2631 (Ch): in his previous role as a solicitor at Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan LLP, Benjamin worked on the defence to a claim under s. 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986, drafting pre-action correspondence and working on an expert report on English insolvency law for the purposes of a s. 1782 discovery motion in the US.
IBM United Kingdom Limited v LzLabs GmbH [2025] EWHC 532 (TCC): in his previous role as a solicitor at Quinn Emanuel Urqhart & Sullivan LLP, Benjamin worked on IBM’s claim that the defendants reverse engineered its mainframe software in breach of contract. This case was featured as one of The Lawyers’ top 20 cases of 2024. Benjamin drafted the Disclosure Review Document, prepared various applications for further disclosure, helped to manage the disclosure review process, and worked closely with a team of experts to prepare amended particulars of claim and expert reports.
During pupillage, Benjamin gained extensive experience of international and offshore matters, including:
During pupillage, Benjamin gained extensive experience of trusts, probate and estate work, including:
Before coming to the Bar, Benjamin worked for three and a half years as a solicitor at a US law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP in London where he specialised in complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. He also completed a training contract at the leading Australian law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler in Melbourne and worked as a Judicial Assistant to the Honourable Justice Riordan at the Supreme Court of Victoria.
