Matthew Clark

Recent cases on which Matthew has advised include:

• Successfully defending a University in a £110m TCC claim brought by a commercial organisation and patent holder, alleging breach of contract and fraud regarding complex scientific research undertaken and published by the University. 
• Acting for a retail logistics software platform provider in international arbitration proceedings concerning a fraudulent IT supplier arrangement inherited by the client following a business acquisition.
• Advising a non-departmental UK public body to successfully defend two sets of parallel judicial review proceedings. The challenges concerned advice given to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on the compliance of a proposal to decommission the UK North Sea’s first floating oil production storage and offloading vessel.
• Advising an international healthcare provider to successfully pursue a novel and high-value breach of contract claim arising from COVID-19-related restrictions imposed by the NHS on optician practices in England & Wales.
• Defending a middle-eastern oil and gas company in long-running arbitration proceedings concerning a failed gas-delivery project, including opposing the claimants’ worldwide attempts to enforce an arbitral award of more than USD 2.5bn.

• University of Sheffield (2005-2008)
• BPP Law School (2010-2011)

• Lead Associate (Commercial Litigation), Legal500 (2024-2026)
• Shortlisted for Lead Associate of the Year at the Legal500 Northern Powerhouse Awards 2025

“Technically outstanding and extremely hard-working”

Legal 500, 2025