3VB welcomes Timothy Killen to Chambers
3VB is delighted to announce that Timothy Killen has joined Chambers.
Tim specialises in commercial disputes and arbitrations, both in the UK and internationally. He is widely recognised as a leading junior in his field and is recommended in the directories as “standout” and “head and shoulders above the rest” with “an exceptional knowledge of English commercial law” and “unparalleled experience of commercial litigation in the Middle East.”
In 2024, Tim was named “Commercial Junior of the Year: English Bar in the Middle East” at the inaugural Legal 500 Middle East and North Africa Awards, and has in 2025 been shortlisted for Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 Bar Awards, Barrister of the Year at the Legal Business Awards, and Insurance Junior of the Year at the Chambers and Partners Bar Awards.
Tim has extensive experience across a number of industry sectors, with particular strengths in insurance and reinsurance, financial services, building and construction, and energy. His practice encompasses specialist areas of commercial law, including commercial fraud, private international law, international trade, and professional negligence.
Tim is ranked in Chambers and Partners for Commercial Dispute Resolution, International Arbitration, Insurance, Civil Fraud and Property Damage, and in the Legal 500 UK for Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Civil Fraud, Professional Negligence and Insurance and Reinsurance. He is also top ranked in both Legal 500 EMEA and Chambers and Partners Global Guide for his Commercial Dispute Resolution work in the UAE.
On joining 3VB, Tim said “It is an enormous privilege to be joining such a prestigious set and to have the opportunity to work with and amongst such fantastic and impressive colleagues. I look forward to contributing towards 3VB’s continued and ever-growing success. I am also grateful to, and will miss, the wonderful clerks and very many colleagues and friends at 2TG where I am proud to have spent the first 15 years of my career at the Bar.”
Joint Head of Chambers, David Head KC, commented, “We are absolutely delighted to welcome Tim to 3VB. He is a first-class advocate with an outstanding reputation in commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestically and internationally. His breadth of expertise, particularly in insurance, financial services, and energy, together with his exceptional track record in the Middle East, make him a tremendous addition to Chambers. We are very much looking forward to working with him as he continues to build his impressive practice.”
Please contact Stuart Pullum, Luke Carvalho, or one of the Senior Juniors Team Practice Managers with any enquiries relating to Tim.
