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Energy – Leading Sets
Energy – Leading Silks
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- Timothy Brenton QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Michael Brindle QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Mark Hapgood QC Brick Court Chambers
- Robert Hildyard QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Charles Hollander QC Brick Court Chambers
- John McCaughran QC One Essex Court
- Alexander Nissen QC Keating Chambers
- Christopher Nugee QC Wilberforce Chambers
- Finola O’Farrell QC Keating Chambers
- Jeffery Onions QC One Essex Court
- Simon Rainey QC Quadrant Chambers
- Alistair Schaff QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- David Streatfeild-James QC Atkin Chambers
- Stephen Tromans QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Andrew White QC Atkin Chambers
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- Andrew Baker QC 20 Essex Street
- Steven Berry QC Essex Court Chambers
- Claire Blanchard QC Essex Court Chambers
- Sean Brannigan QC 4 Pump Court
- Simon Bryan QC Essex Court Chambers
- Veronique Buehrlen QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Stuart Catchpole QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
- Alain Choo Choy QC One Essex Court
- Simon Crookenden QC Essex Court Chambers
- Paul Darling QC Keating Chambers
- Helen Davies QC Brick Court Chambers
- Huw Davies QC Essex Court Chambers
- Stephen Dennison QC Atkin Chambers
- Nicholas Dennys QC Atkin Chambers
- Robin Dicker QC 3-4 South Square
- Chantal-Aimée Doerries QC Atkin Chambers
- Morag Ellis QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Vernon Flynn QC Essex Court Chambers
- David Foxton QC Essex Court Chambers
- Robert Gaitskell QC Keating Chambers
- Charles Graham QC One Essex Court
- Jeffrey Gruder QC Essex Court Chambers
- Christopher Hancock QC 20 Essex Street
- Richard Handyside QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Simon Hargreaves QC Keating Chambers
- Timothy Howe QC Fountain Court Chambers
- Stuart Isaacs QC 3-4 South Square
- Gavin Kealey QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Dominic Kendrick QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Andrew Lenon QC One Essex Court
- Mark Lowe QC 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square
- Alan Maclean QC Brick Court Chambers
- Hodge Malek QC 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square
- John McCaughran QC One Essex Court
- Peter McMaster QC Serle Court
- Manus McMullan QC Atkin Chambers
- Robert Miles QC 4 Stone Buildings
- Richard Millett QC Essex Court Chambers
- Andrew Newcombe QC FTB
- David Owen QC 20 Essex Street
- Simon Picken QC 7 King’s Bench Walk
- Andrew Popplewell QC Brick Court Chambers
- Thomas Sharpe QC One Essex Court
- Joe Smouha QC Essex Court Chambers
- David Thomas QC Keating Chambers
- Daniel Toledano QC One Essex Court
- Nigel Tozzi QC 4 Pump Court
- Michael Tselentis QC 20 Essex Street
- Richard Wilmot-Smith QC Thirty Nine Essex Street
Energy – New Silks
Energy – Leading Juniors
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- Michael Bools Brick Court Chambers
- Paul Buckingham Keating Chambers
- Nigel Eaton Essex Court Chambers
- Robert Fookes FTB
- Orlando Gledhill One Essex Court
- Sa’ad Hossain One Essex Court
- James Howells Atkin Chambers
- Ciaran Keller Maitland Chambers
- Christopher Lewis Atkin Chambers
- Kate Livesey 4 Pump Court
- Bridget Lucas Fountain Court Chambers
- Roger Masefield Brick Court Chambers
- James McClelland Fountain Court Chambers
- Conall Patton One Essex Court
- Duncan Sinclair Thirty Nine Essex Street
- James Turner Quadrant Chambers
- Andrew Wales 7 King’s Bench Walk
‘One of the best, most efficient sets in London’, One Essex Court is ‘the first port of call for all energy-related disputes’. The ‘extremely effective’ Lord Grabiner QC and the ‘exceptional’ Laurence Rabinowitz QC were both involved in the Buncefield litigation, as was Ian Glick QC, who has the ‘unbeatable combination of a fabulous brain and huge amounts of experience’. John McCaughran QC is ‘an excellent advocate’. Jeffery Onions QC is a ‘heavyweight leader and a very good cross-examiner’. Alain Choo Choy QC is ‘very clever and reliable’. Among the juniors, Michael Fealy ‘distils complex problems into simple questions’, and Alan Griffiths is ‘very knowledgeable on regulatory issues’. Clients also speak highly of Conall Patton, who is a ‘star of the future’.
Eight barristers at Brick Court Chambers are involved in the high-profile Berezovsky v Abramovic dispute, including Andrew Popplewell QC and the ‘incredibly hardworking’ Helen Davies QC. Mark Howard QC delivers ‘excellent legal analysis’, and Charles Hollander QC is ‘extremely knowledgeable’. Daniel Jowell QC and Simon Salzedo QC ‘richly deserved their recent elevations to silk’. Top juniors include Michael Bools (‘full of practical, commercial solutions’); and Roger Masefield (‘very bright and a pleasure to deal with’).
At Essex Court Chambers, David Mildon QC is well versed in both renewable and non-renewable energies and is particularly strong in regulatory cases. Simon Bryan QC is ‘outstanding on his feet’; and Vernon Flynn QC is ‘an excellent commercial advocate’. David Foxton QC represented Total in the Supreme Court proceedings following the Buncefield explosion. Claire Blanchard QC has built a strong reputation in the energy sector since taking silk.
Atkin Chambers is a strong set for energy-related construction projects, and impresses with the strength of its barristers and the quality of its clerking. David Streatfeild-James QC and Stephen Dennison QC are highly regarded in the field, and Andrew White QC is ‘very experienced and has great attention to detail’. New silk Fiona Parkin QC is ‘easy to work with’ and has ‘strong drafting skills’.
‘Among the best for energy-sector construction’, Keating Chambers houses the ‘very bright’ Finola O’Farrell QC, who gives ‘clear, concise advice’, and the ‘reliable and user-friendly’ Alexander Nissen QC. Robert Gaitskell QC and David Thomas QC are also well known in the field. New silks Simon Hughes QC and the ‘likeable and hardworking’ Adam Constable QC are also recommended.
The ‘truly gifted’ Iain Milligan QC at 20 Essex Street is very highly regarded for energy issues. Andrew Baker QC, Christopher Hancock QC, David Owen QC and Michael Tselentis QC are also well known practitioners.
At Fountain Court Chambers, Anthony Boswood QC and Michael Brindle QC maintain a strong reputation, as does Timothy Howe QC, who ‘cuts through factual complexity and provides straightforward answers’. The ‘excellent’ Richard Handyside QC and the ‘first-rate’ Veronique Buehrlen QC are successful recent silks.
At 7 King’s Bench Walk, Timothy Brenton QC is highly regarded for his offshore experience, and Alistair Schaff QC is known for his oil drilling expertise. Gavin Kealey QC, Dominic Kendrick QC and Simon Picken QC are also recommended.
Nigel Tozzi QC of 4 Pump Court is ‘extremely hands-on and proactive’, and Sean Brannigan QC is ‘a top-drawer advocate’. Alexander Gunning is ‘one of the best juniors a solicitor could work with’; Sean O’Sullivan is ‘absolutely first class’; and Kate Livesey is ‘highly intelligent and driven’.
At Quadrant Chambers, Lionel Persey QC is ‘one of the really big beasts in the energy litigation jungle’; Simon Rainey QC appears in a number of drilling disputes; and James Turner has a strong international practice.
‘A safe pair of hands’, Thirty Nine Essex Street’s Stephen Tromans QC is ‘extraordinarily bright’. Also recommended are Stuart Catchpole QC, Richard Wilmot-Smith QC and Duncan Sinclair.
4 Stone Buildings’ ‘incredibly hardworking’ Robert Hildyard QC ‘leaves no stone unturned’, and Robert Miles QC is an ‘excellent advocate’.
At 2-3 Gray’s Inn Square, the ‘very conscientious’ Morag Ellis QC was selected by EDF to advise on the IPC application for a new nuclear power station. Mark Lowe QC is praised as an ‘excellent silk’.
Also recommended are Christopher Nugee QC at Wilberforce Chambers; Stuart Isaacs QC of 3-4 South Square; Hodge Malek QC of 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square; Peter McMaster QC at Serle Court, who is ‘a strong performer on his feet’; and Andrew Newcombe QC from FTB, who has ‘in-depth knowledge of the energy sector’.