Intellectual property

Leading Juniors
Rising stars

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

Ashton Chantrielle

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Brilliant on her feet. Will go to bat for the client.

Joe Delaney

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Joe Delaney is diligent, a good communicator, and an excellent team player.

Gwilym Harbottle

Hogarth Chambers

Gwilym Harbottle is highly intelligent, has a good grasp of the latest legal issues, and is extremely experienced.

Jonathan Hill

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Excellent advocate, excellent with clients, smart, drafting is excellent, and commercially aware.

David Ivison

11 South Square

Calm, considered advocacy, and no doubt well tutored by some excellent KCs. He has been led by, e.g., Brian Nicholson and Iain Purvis. Easy to work with, a team player, proactive.

Isabel Jamal

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Thomas Jones

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Victoria Jones

3PB

Victoria Jones is highly knowledgeable, commercially pragmatic, and fantastic at distilling complex issues, and a really safe pair of hands before the UK IPO.

Denise McFarland

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Denise is an exceptionally astute and intelligent barrister who combines deep legal expertise with a highly commercial and pragmatic approach. She is collaborative, responsive, and wholly committed to her clients and the matters on which she is instructed. As an advocate, Denise is persuasive, measured, and highly credible.

Jamie Muir Wood

Hogarth Chambers

Jamie provides clear and concise advice in conferences. His drafting is excellent, and he explains complicated legal concepts very clearly to clients.

Tom St Quintin

Hogarth Chambers

Stephanie Wickenden

Serle Court

Simply superb. Very intelligent but also very easy to work with.

Alice Hart

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Alice is a hardworking, knowledgeable, and effective advocate. She is a pleasure to work with and a leading light of the junior IP bar.

Nicole Bollard

3PB

Nicole has a keen eye for detail, is adept at distilling complex legal points, provides confident commercial advice to clients, and works efficiently with instructing solicitors.

Charles Brabin

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Charles is very knowledgeable, approachable, and always makes himself available despite his busy schedule. I have found him to be easy to communicate with, and he takes a proactive role in the case.

Beth Collett

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Beth is a strong advocate, always very well-prepared but also able to think on her feet. She also has a great combination of gravitas while also working well with junior members of the team.

Michael Conway

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Edward Cronan

11 South Square

Edward Cronan has good all-around knowledge and procedural awareness. Very solid team player and responsive working manner. Persuasive writing style and advocacy.

Adrian de Froment

Serle Court

Adrian is knowledgeable in UK trademark law and is thorough in his approach. He is approachable and easy to work with. I would happily work with him again.

William Duncan

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Henry Edwards

8 New Square Intellectual Property

He's careful, thoughtful, and a real pleasure to work with. Very impressive.

Thomas Elias

Serle Court

He grasped some of the unique issues in the case quickly and aligned on strategy with the client's objectives. His advocacy in the case was brilliant, and his drafting was proficient. He is also able to cut through evidence and disclosure to get to the heart of the issues that are central to the claim.

Christopher Hall

11 South Square

Guy Hollingworth

One Essex Court

Guy Hollingworth has an encyclopedic knowledge of trademark law. He is easy to work with, collaborative, and responsive. His advocacy is first-rate - while not overly performative, he gets the judge and witnesses 'on side' with his amiable manner. He uses the time available in court wisely, ensuring that the focus remains on key points. Guy is also very hard-working, and I appreciate his willingness to 'roll up his sleeves' when needed. His manner and willingness to work with more junior members of the team are much appreciated also.

Thomas Lunt

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Thomas is an excellent barrister; he is knowledgeable, comfortable with complicated technical subject matter, and incredibly hard-working. Thomas is also an absolute pleasure to work with.

Alaina Newnes

One Essex Court

Laura Wright

4 Pump Court

Laura Wright has excellent technical knowledge that she is able to translate into clear and persuasive advocacy.

Nick Zweck

Hogarth Chambers

Nick Zweck's attention to detail is second to none. This is particularly noticeable in his written work, both pleadings and skeleton arguments. His advocacy skills are very good, and he is an effective communicator, whether that is simply expressing a legal position to the court or speaking with the client. Very easy to work with.

Faizul Azman

3PB

Faizul Azman was solid: good gravitas with a difficult client and very commercial in his approach, gaining the client's trust quickly. I would work with him again.

Mitchell Beebe

11 South Square

Sam Carter

Hogarth Chambers

He is clearly very bright, but he is also very responsive and diligent. He is very good on his feet with a relaxed but confident manner.

Jennifer Dixon

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Benjamin Fitzmaurice

Forum Chambers

Very knowledgeable. Year of call belies Ben's expertise. Calm, likable, articulate. Good on his feet. A good advocate to have in your corner.

Dominic Hughes

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Dominic is a diligent, thoughtful advocate who combines intellect and legal knowledge with a pragmatic, commercial approach.

Heather Lawrence

11 South Square

Heather is extremely capable and excellent in court, the master of a pretty complex brief.

Ben Longstaff

Hogarth Chambers

Ravi Mehta

Blackstone Chambers

In addition to his superb subject matter expertise and technical skills, Ravi is a pleasure to work with and very accessible.

Georgina Messenger

Three New Square Intellectual Property

Georgina is very bright, pragmatic, and personable. She is great with clients and strategic - she thinks outside the box and is very easy to work with. An all-around great practitioner.

Kyra Nezami

11 South Square

Jacqueline Reid

11 South Square

Jacqueline Reid is the personification of a fighter. No doubt she's on your side, trying with everything she's got to get the result.

Michael Smith

Three Stone

Henry Ward

8 New Square Intellectual Property

Mark Wilden

3PB

Mark quickly grasps the issues of a case and provides sound advice based on his excellent knowledge of intellectual property and commercial law principles. He is particularly up to date on relevant case law and is meticulous about detail. Mark manages expectations very well and communicates his legal opinions with clarity and conciseness.

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.