Professor Mark Watson-Gandy OBE

Mark Watson-Gandy is a barrister at Three Stone Chambers, a leading chancery / commercial barristers’ chambers. Both Chambers Directory and Legal 500 rate him as a “leading junior” in their 2026 edition. He was appointed as one of the Legal Services Champions who promote the UK’s £60 billion legal services offering overseas as part of the UK government’s “GREAT” campaign. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Westminster (where 20 years ago he founded its Corporate Finance Law LLM) and at the Université de Lorraine in France. His books have included “Simple Contract Law”, “Corporate Insolvency Practice” and “Personal Insolvency Practice”. He is one of the Editors of “Butterworths Corporate Law Service”. As a barrister, Mark successfully defended the appeal over a US $1.5 billion recoupment claim in the Stanford International Bank liquidation in Antigua and was counsel for the amicus in the Fairfield Sentry liquidation (Bernie Madoff) in the BVI. He also successfully represent