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Index of tables
- Company – Leading Sets
- Company – Leading Silks
- Company – New Silks
- Company – Leading Juniors
- Partnership – Leading Sets
- Partnership – Leading Silks
- Partnership – New Silks
- Partnership – Leading Juniors
Company – Leading Sets
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Company – Leading Silks
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- George Bompas QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Alan Boyle QC Serle Court
- David Chivers QC Erskine Chambers
- Malcolm Davis-White QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Paul Girolami QC Maitland Chambers
- Robert Hildyard QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Philip Jones QC Serle Court
- Leslie Kosmin QC Erskine Chambers
- Martin Moore QC Erskine Chambers
- Gabriel Moss QC 3-4 South Square
- Richard Snowden QC Erskine Chambers
- Michael Todd QC Erskine Chambers
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- Peter Arden QC Enterprise Chambers
- John Brisby QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Jonathan Crow QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Robin Dicker QC 3-4 South Square
- Robin Hollington QC New Square Chambers
- David Mabb QC Erskine Chambers
- Philip Marshall QC Serle Court
- Catherine Newman QC Maitland Chambers
- Anthony de Garr Robinson QC One Essex Court
- Alan Steinfeld QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Francis Tregear QC XXIV Old Buildings
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- Matthew Collings QC Maitland Chambers
- Michael Crystal QC 3-4 South Square
- Victor Joffe QC Serle Court
- Robert Miles QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Terence Mowschenson QC Wilberforce Chambers
- John Nicholls QC Maitland Chambers
- David Oliver QC Thirteen Old Square Chambers
- Christopher Pymont QC Maitland Chambers
- Jonathan Russen QC Maitland Chambers
- Stephen Smith QC New Square Chambers
- Anthony Trace QC Maitland Chambers
- Bernard Weatherill QC Enterprise Chambers
- Antony Zacaroli QC 3-4 South Square
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- Richard Adkins QC 3-4 South Square
- Michael Black QC XXIV Old Buildings
- Lawrence Cohen QC Wilberforce Chambers
- James Corbett QC Serle Court
- Mark Cunningham QC Maitland Chambers
- Jane Giret QC 11 Stone Buildings
- Thomas Lowe QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Robin Knowles CBE QC 3-4 South Square
- John McDonnell QC Thirteen Old Square Chambers
- Martin Pascoe QC 3-4 South Square
- Stephen Moverley Smith QC XXIV Old Buildings
- John Wardell QC Wilberforce Chambers
Company – New Silks
Company – Leading Juniors
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- Ceri Bryant Erskine Chambers
- John Cone Erskine Chambers
- Philip Gillyon Erskine Chambers
- Daniel Lightman Serle Court
- Sebastian Prentis New Square Chambers
- Richard Ritchie XXIV Old Buildings
- Catherine Roberts Erskine Chambers
- Rebecca Stubbs Maitland Chambers
- Andrew Thompson Erskine Chambers
- Andrew Thornton Erskine Chambers
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- Gregory Banner Maitland Chambers
- David Blayney Serle Court
- Timothy Collingwood Serle Court
- Nigel Dougherty Erskine Chambers
- Christopher Harrison 4 Stone Buildings
- Richard Hill 4 Stone Buildings
- Clare Hoffmann Serle Court
- Tina Kyriakides 11 Stone Buildings
- Rosalind Nicholson 4 Stone Buildings
- James Potts Erskine Chambers
- Dan Prentice Erskine Chambers
- David Eaton Turner New Square Chambers
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- Jonathan Adkin Serle Court
- Thomas Braithwaite Serle Court
- Jonathan Brettler 4 Stone Buildings
- Edward Davies Erskine Chambers
- Andreas Gledhill Blackstone Chambers
- Paul Greenwood 4 Stone Buildings
- Alan Griffiths One Essex Court
- Ben Griffiths Erskine Chambers
- Sarah Harman 4 Stone Buildings
- Stephen Horan Erskine Chambers
- Linden Ife Enterprise Chambers
- Max Mallin 11 Stone Buildings
- David Mumford Maitland Chambers
- Nikki Singla Wilberforce Chambers
- Elizabeth Weaver XXIV Old Buildings
- Geoffrey Zelin Enterprise Chambers
Partnership – Leading Sets
Partnership – Leading Silks
Partnership – New Silks
Partnership – Leading Juniors
48 Bedford Row is unique in that it is exclusively committed to providing counsel on all partnership and LLP-related matters. The set consists of two extremely well-regarded specialists, and ‘the fact that the set is small should not obscure the depth of its abilities and experience’. The ‘technically astounding’ Roderick I’Anson Banks is a ‘legendary expert in this area’ who ‘never fails to deliver an exceptional service. He is technically superb and always deeply commercial in his approach’. The ‘very responsive’ Simon Jelf is ‘pragmatic but firm in his stance when needed’, ‘very good with clients’, and ‘exceptionally strong on paper and very sound in conference’. Clients appreciate his ‘comprehensive knowledge of the area,’ and his ‘clarity of thought’.
The ‘extremely well-clerked’ Enterprise Chambers is very strong in company law, ‘demonstrates flexibility on fees’, and is ‘speedy, efficient and thoroughly professional’. The ‘outstanding’ Bernard Weatherill QC is praised for his ability to ‘establish a good rapport with the judge’. The ‘hardworking’ Peter Arden QC is ‘a good draftsman who is also a compelling advocate’. The ‘excellent’ Linden Ife is ‘speedy in her turnaround times’, and ‘her ability to make a point with the minimum possible fuss is devastating’. The ‘fast, accurate, practical and realistic’ Geoffrey Zelin is also ‘extremely good with detail, and good with clients’.
Erskine Chambers is ‘pre-eminent’ for company law, with ‘good strength in depth at the most senior level’. The ‘excellent’ Leslie Kosmin QC and the ‘quick and incisive’ Michael Todd QC are ‘expert in all aspects of company law’. Martin Moore QC ‘walks the line between safety and technical innovation extremely well’ and is ‘the leading barrister for Part VII transfers and life assurance issues’. The ‘outstanding’ David Chivers QC is ‘a brilliant guy to have on your team for offshore company work’. The ‘first-class’ Richard Snowden QC is ‘fantastic for company and insolvency work’, and has good experience in Cayman Islands and BVI-related matters. From the juniors, John Cone’s ‘handling of Companies Court clerks and Registrars is a joy to watch’. Catherine Roberts is ‘commercial as well as legally astute and advises in the overall business context rather than purely on the basis of the black letter law’. The ‘very bright, flexible and supportive’ Nigel Dougherty is ‘very knowledgeable on company law issues’. James Potts has ‘excellent judgement and a good commercial approach’. Edward Davies is ‘very bright’ and ‘spots the angles others would easily miss’. Stephen Horan is ‘a very strong company law adviser’ and is considered ‘one to watch’, and Ben Griffiths is ‘destined for an outstanding career at the Bar’.
One Essex Court has two highly rated barristers and company law specialists. ‘Exceptional litigator’ Anthony de Garr Robinson QC is ‘bright and very quick. He has an excellent manner with clients and is a team player. His ability in court is equally excellent’. Alan Griffiths also has a very good track record.
Praised for its ‘breadth and depth’, Maitland Chambers is ‘a quality set providing responsive and commercial advice’ both on company and partnership law, and has ‘a growing reputation for offshore work’. Catherine Newman QC, who is recommended for company and partnership matters, ‘stands head and shoulders above the rest’ and ‘is a quality practitioner and advocate’. Anthony Trace QC has ‘excellent personal skills’, and is a ‘persuasive advocate’ and a ‘first-class cross-examiner’. ‘Approachable yet full of gravitas’, Paul Girolami QC provides ‘considered yet robust’ advice, and Matthew Collings QC is ‘an excellent advocate and strategically astute lawyer’. John Nicholls QC is ‘very user friendly with excellent response times’, and Mark Cunningham QC is commended for his ‘good client care skills, thorough preparation and highly effective performance at trial’. Jonathan Russen QC is noted for his ‘relaxed advocacy style, good paperwork and good manner with clients’, and is recommended both for partnership and company law. Of the juniors, Gregory Banner is singled out for his ‘tactical awareness and ability to see to the heart of the issue and act accordingly’. Rebecca Stubbs is considered a ‘strong performer’, and the ‘absolutely excellent’ David Mumford is ‘extremely responsive, and his advice is always sound.’ Amanda Tipples QC has ‘an excellent knowledge of partnership law and shareholder disputes’. The ‘intellectually first-rate’ Andrew Ayres is also recommended for partnership matters.
New Square Chambers has ‘considerable experience in company work’, and is praised as being ‘cost competitive’ and having ‘very reliable administration’. The ‘outstanding’ Robin Hollington QC is ‘a leading scholar and advocate’ in company law who ‘always turns up trumps on heavy complex matters’ and is commended for his ‘mastery of shareholder disputes’. Stephen Smith QC is considered an ‘excellent strategist with a keen eye for the detail’. The ‘absolutely superb’ David Eaton Turner is ‘very thorough and extremely well prepared, particularly in larger cases’. Clive Jones is ‘a very senior junior who has all the skills of a leader but at a far lower cost’. The ‘very capable’ Sebastian Prentis is ‘very approachable, with good communication skills and excellent attention to detail’. The ‘exceptionally bright and very hardworking’ Simon Adamyk is ‘a mighty intellect and brings piercing analysis and meticulous attention to detail to his work’. Clients also praise ‘the technically excellent and very resourceful’ James Bailey, who is ‘a star performer with clients and inspires confidence’.
XXIV Old Buildings is recommended by clients, particularly for its offshore work. The ‘exceptionally good’ Alan Steinfeld QC is highly recommended for both company and partnership law, and is valued for ‘his ability to reduce the complexities into a few readily understandable issues’, and ‘on partnership issues, no one is better’. Stephen Moverley Smith QC who ‘does a lot in the BVI’, is ‘clever and easy to deal with’. Francis Tregear QC is also very well regarded, particularly for advising hedge funds on company and partnership issues, and Michael Black QC is a ‘fantastic strategist and a great person to have on, or lead, a team’. The ‘thorough, conscientious and thoughtful’ Stuart Adair receives positive feedback for company law, and Elizabeth Weaver is ‘a great lawyer and very easy to deal with’. Clients also rate the ‘very approachable, technically strong, responsive and pragmatic’ Richard Ritchie, both for company and partnership matters.
Ten Old Square has a good reputation for partnership matters, where it has several well-regarded juniors. Jeremy Callman has an especially strong track record, and is among the best in the market. Jonathan Gavaghan is also recommended.
Serle Court has ‘genuine expertise on shareholders rights and partnerships and LLPs’. Clients see it as ‘value for money’, and the ‘clerking team is also friendly and responsive’. The ‘enormously hardworking’ Alan Boyle QC is ‘first choice for high-value, complicated Chancery cases’. The ‘excellent’ Victor Joffe QC has ‘an encyclopaedic knowledge of shareholder and company law’. Philip Marshall QC is an ‘impressive operator’, and the ‘pragmatic and commercial’ Philip Jones QC is a ‘smooth operator in court’ who ‘very quickly gets to the nub of the issue and gives clear, comprehensible advice’. John Machell is ‘an excellent lawyer with a keen intellect and a thorough grasp of partnership law’. For partnership matters, clients also praise the ‘excellent’ Jennifer Haywood, who ‘is one of the few who is a true expert in this area. A star of the future’. The ‘bright and enthusiastic’ David Blayney is ‘willing to roll his sleeves up and thinks constructively when faced with difficult legal problems’. The ‘phenomenally bright’ Daniel Lightman ‘stands head and shoulders above his contemporaries for company work and is unquestionably destined for great things’. The ‘incredibly hardworking, very bright’ Jonathan Adkin is ‘an absolute star’ and ‘all one could ask for from a junior’. Thomas Braithwaite is ‘incredibly good at recalling minor details on very complex matters’.
The quality of the clerks at 3-4 South Square is ‘excellent’, and while the set is seen is as ‘an industry leader’ for insolvency matters, its barristers are also extremely well regarded for company law and insolvent partnership matters. Gabriel Moss QC is a ‘wonderful strategist and a completely brilliant lawyer’, and Robin Dicker QC is a ‘real brain’ and a ‘brilliant advocate’. Michael Crystal QC provides advice of ‘an exceptional quality’ and the ‘incredibly bright’ Antony Zacaroli QC produces documents that are, ‘without exception, faultless’. Glen Davis QC is recommended for insolvency-related partnership work.
At 4 Stone Buildings, ‘the whole chambers, including leaders, juniors and clerks, are very approachable, flexible and cooperative’, and the barristers are uniformly ‘outstanding’. Head of chambers George Bompas QC is ‘a tremendously intelligent barrister with great analytical skills’, and his ‘understated approach is incredibly effective’. The ‘exceptional’ Robert Hildyard QC is ‘a brilliant and charming advocate and a great choice for big-ticket BVI and Cayman work’. The ‘excellent’ Robert Miles QC is praised for his use of imagination, and the ‘extraordinarily intelligent’ Malcolm Davis-White QC is praised for his ‘terrific detailed knowledge of company law’. Among the juniors, the ‘immensely experienced’ Peter Griffiths ‘gives frank advice and is not shy to advise clients on difficult decisions or if their case is not good’. The ‘very reliable’ Rosalind Nicholson ‘combines a rigorous intellectual examination of questions with a user-friendly approach’, and is particularly recommended for non-contentious company work. Christopher Harrison is ‘a consummate draftsman’ who ‘quickly assimilates detail’. Jonathan Brettler is ‘extremely committed and a great team player’, and Paul Greenwood has ‘a super all-round mix of being clever, commercial and a great trial advocate’. The ‘exceptionally bright’ Richard Hill is ‘an excellent junior who proffers sound advice’.
Wilberforce Chambers ‘carries no weak links. Initial enquiries are dealt with efficiently by some of the best clerks in the business, and the set is always able to deliver on deadline without compromising on quality’. Among the barristers, John Wardell QC is ‘outstanding, both highly intellectual and practical at the same time’, and Tom Lowe QC is considered ‘a very subtle and effective advocate’, who is ‘extremely bright, pragmatic and client friendly’.