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  1. Commodities – Leading Sets
  2. Commodities – Leading Silks
  3. Commodities – New Silks
  4. Commodities – Leading Juniors

Commodities – New Silks

20 Essex Street fields knowledgeable clerks and ‘the strongest team of commodities barristers’, including the ‘experienced and excellent’ Stephen Males QC, who is ‘very clear and measured’, and Iain Milligan QC, who ‘sets extremely high standards’. Andrew Baker QC is ‘very good, very robust’ and ‘always quick to understand points’, and ‘go-to advocate’ Duncan Matthews QC ‘can make a tribunal stop and listen’. Charles Kimmins QC is ‘a great advocate, especially good at cross-examination and totally on top of the detail’. Michael Ashcroft QC demonstrates ‘a calm, analytical approach and detailed preparation and delivery’, and Philip Edey QC is ‘exceptionally quick and able’. The ‘very direct and effective’ Christopher Hancock QC is also recommended, as are Timothy Young QC and Michael Coburn QC. Among the juniors, Julian Kenny is ‘one of the most effective at the Bar’, and Henry Byam-Cook is ‘excellent and very responsive’. David Lewis is ‘very good to deal with and quick to understand points’, and the ‘very effective’ Clare Ambrose has ‘an excellent tactical sense’. Susannah Jones and Edmund Broadbent are also recommended. Michael Collett is ‘extremely bright and capable, very thorough, clear in his advice and a strong advocate’. New silk Sara Masters QC is ‘very commercially minded’.

7 King’s Bench Walk’s high-calibre silks include Robert Bright QC, Dominic Kendrick QC, Alistair Schaff QC and Richard Southern QC. Newer silks Siobán Healy QC and Peter MacDonald Eggers QC are also recommended, as are top juniors Charles Priday and Charles Holroyd.

Essex Court Chambers’ Steven Berry QC is ‘quite punchy and will modify his argument to fit the case’. Simon Bryan QC and Claire Blanchard QC are also recommended. Nigel Eaton is ‘a very good lawyer who puts his case very well’, Brian Dye ‘cuts through the complications and makes his client’s case very clearly’, and Edmund King has ‘excellent knowledge of physical commodities law and practice’. Philippa Hopkins is another excellent senior junior.

Quadrant Chambers’ Simon Rainey QC is one of the field’s top names. ‘Smooth advocate’ Simon Croall QC and Nigel Jacobs QC are also recommended. Guy Blackwood has ‘a very good rapport with solicitors and is very clever’. Stewart Buckingham and John Russell are also well regarded.

Stone Chambers’ Timothy Hill QC and Vasanti Selvaratnam QC handle a steady diet of matters. Senior junior Dominic Happé is ‘very good on paper, very, very good on his feet, and understands the overall connection between commercial contracts, financing, and how it all fits together’. Ravi Aswani ‘works a case very quickly and very thoroughly’.

3 Verulam Buildings’ Nicholas Craig is recommended.

At 4 Pump Court, commodities and shipping expert Sean O’Sullivan is ‘a very smooth and impressive advocate’ who is ‘very thorough, innovative, client friendly and responsive, and a good communicator’.

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