Senior Practice Manager
Practice Manager
Assistant Practice Manager
Max Archer is recognised as a leading aviation, commercial, private international law and group litigation practitioner.
Max is consistently involved in high profile, complex litigation across his fields of practice. He has appeared in the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and often appears unled against silks in the higher courts. He is known for his excellent client care, robust advocacy and pragmatic approach to litigation. He is described in the directories as having ‘great confidence’ and as having ‘a palpable interest in aviation and punches above his weight’.
Max has unparalleled knowledge of aviation disputes and has become a go-to junior in this area with aviation work occupying a significant portion of his practice.
He has a substantial commercial practice, acting in a wide range of commercial disputes across various industries and fields. He has experienced in international arbitrations and has acted in a number of offshore jurisdictions.
His work often has an international dimension, he has expertise in jurisdiction and conflicts of laws as well as public international law and human rights issues.
Max often acts in group actions, both led and unled. He is adept at handling group cases including consumer actions, shareholder disputes, mass tort cases and environmental actions.
Max has experience of arbitration and is familiar with the ICC, LCIA and DIAC rules. He advises on cases in his areas of expertise, in particular aviation, commercial and product liability cases, which involve an arbitration clause for dispute resolution. Whilst arbitration is by its nature confidential, Max is currently instructed on a number of high value disputes that are being resolved this way.
Max is recognised in the directories as a leading practitioner in aviation disputes. He acts in a wide range of aviation matters and has been instructed in some of the highest profile and highest value disputes in the field. This area makes up a very significant proportion of his practice, he acts for injured victims, operators, maintenance organisations, manufacturers, owners, airports and suppliers of aerospace industry components in a wide range of disputes. He his highly experienced in large loss claims, contractual disputes, product liability claims, negligence actions and leasing actions. He has also advised in aviation disputes with public international law and human rights issues. He is extremely familiar with technical issues that arise in this area and comfortable dealing with experts both in conference and in cross examination.
Max’s experience includes:
Max deals with a wide range of commercial disputes in the High Court and in arbitration. He is especially known for dealing with commercial disputes with raise issues in relation to the conflict of laws, including in relation to anti-suit-injunctions. His recent instructions include:
Max is known for his group litigation work, he has acted in large number of group and test cases both as sole counsel and as part of a team of counsel across a wide variety of different disputes. He is very familiar with the complexities of litigating a group claim, he has acted in cases involving group litigation orders, common case management and in representative actions. He has advised on shareholder disputes, environmental group claims, toxic torts, data protection litigation and consumer rights litigation.
Max has extensive experience of private international law issues, whether the claim be tortious or contractual in nature. He is recognised in the legal directories as a leading practitioner in cross border work. He regularly advises on jurisdiction and proper law issues and has acted in claims involving many different systems of law. Both his aviation and commercial work regularly involve private international law issues. Recent instructions include:
Max has a palpable interest in aviation and punches above his weight. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
Max is extremely sharp and skilled at recognising risks at the very beginning of the case. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
Max is approachable and has a lovely manner with clients. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
Max’s paperwork is crystal clear, not a word wasted. He is very good at making relationships with solicitors. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
He is a really good junior who provides straightforward advice and is a safe pair of hands. –Chambers & Partners, 2024
Max is a really impressive barrister. He is a brilliant advocate. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
He works very hard; he reads all the papers. If a point comes up in a settlement meeting, he will know where to find the relevant bits. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
He provides clear advice and really goes the extra mile. – Chambers & Partners, 2024
An up and coming junior. Max has confidence and technical ability far beyond the number of years call. – Legal 500, 2024
Great confidence. – Legal 500, 2024
Max has a lovely manner with clients and breaks things down for easy understanding. – Legal 500, 202Max is receiving briefs that suggest many years on his year of call and seniority which is the true testament to his abilities as a barrister. He is very much in demand and making a name for himself in difficult and high profile aviation matters in particular. – Legal 500, 2023
He is wise and considered in his advice, strong and convincing on his advocacy and always available to discuss the case. – Legal 500, 2023
He is extremely reliable, enthusiastic, respectful and collaborative. He doesn’t give up without a fight. – Chambers & Partners, 2022
Max is a future superstar of the personal injury Bar. – Legal 500, 2022
A future superstar of the Aviation Bar. He grasps the points immediately and has really good knowledge. – Chambers & Partners, 2021
He is very strong. Sharp, clear, knowledgeable, with an easy manner. – Legal 500, 2021
He is an excellent junior. He is approachable, clear, and pragmatic. – Legal 500, 2021
• GDL & BPTC – City Law School
• Mphil in Modern European History – University of Cambridge
• BA (Hons) History – University of Warwick
• Lord Haldane Scholarship- Lincoln’s Inn
• Hardwicke Entrance Award- Lincoln’s Inn
• Honourable Mention- William C. Vis International Arbitration Competition
• Linklaters Aspire Award
