Set

‘First class in all departments. The barristers at Essex Court are universally first-rate, and highly responsive. Essex Court also delivers very high quality training programmes.’

‘The Rolls-Royce set – everything purrs.’

‘Very good chambers, maybe the best when it comes to international dispute resolution.’

‘Essex Court Chambers is the market leader in international arbitration by some distance. No other chambers comes close to matching the bench-strength they have on offer.’

‘Fantastic strength in depth.’

Clerking

‘They are excellent. Extremely responsive and very easy to deal with.’

‘They are outstanding. Joe Ferrigno, Ben Perry and Oliver Duane are the best clerks one could ever dream of dealing with.’

‘Joe Ferrigno and Ollie Butcher are both very responsive and helpful. ‘

‘The entire clerking team is excellent, very responsive and reliable.’

‘Very easy to work with the clerks.’

Set

‘3VB is very strong in arbitration with a deep bench of practitioners we have involved in our arbitration matters.’

‘3VB has a deep arbitration bench which is why we gravitate to them for arbitration matters.’

‘3VB are exceptionally strong and well clerked.’

‘3VB has great strength in depth and high-quality barristers at all levels. It is particularly strong on public international law where it has some of the leading individuals at the junior, mid and senior levels.’

‘By instructing a top set like 3VB we expect the best and we got it. Technical excellence combines with understanding to guide us through every stage of a worryingly complex process. We felt reassured and supported at every stage. 3VB would be our first-choice chambers for any relevant future disputes, especially complex international claims.’

Clerking

‘Very responsive, professional and pleasant.’

‘Very good and supportive.’

‘Friendly efficient clerking.’

‘Service from the clerks and from the clerks’ room has been seamless and excellent.’

‘Clerks are professional and accessible. James Kelly is very good to have grown-up conversations with.’

Set

‘7KBW is an extremely strong set for insurance and arbitration work.’

‘Top notch and in a league of it’s own for insurance and international arbitration work.’

‘7KBW has become the ‘go to’ set for any insurance and reinsurance dispute. They have tremendous strength in depth.’

‘7KBW is an excellent set for commercial disputes matters and on the arbitration side boasts a strong bench both of Silks and Juniors.’

‘An extremely strong set with some top-tier individuals at all levels.’

Clerking

‘Excellent. Incredibly responsive and efficient. A pleasure to work with. 

‘I have always found 7KBW to be efficient and responsive to my needs. The head clerk, Bernie Hyatt, is particularly adept at finding solutions in double quick time.’

‘An efficient, friendly and well mannered service.’

‘7 KBW provides a better service than any other set I have dealt with.’

‘Always very pleasant and helpful.’

Set

‘I regularly instruct One Essex Court – they’re definitely one on the top commercial sets, including for international arbitration.’

‘One Essex Court has a fantastic selection of senior/junior counsel so you can always count on being offered someone who is very good.’

‘OEC is on top of its game; genuine strength in depth.’

‘One of my favoured sets. It has one of the strongest teams around for arbitration, commercial and banking. It’s where you go when you want the best of the best.’

‘An excellent set, with a wide range of talent at all levels.’

Clerking

‘Very good clerks, particularly David Amdor.’

‘Darren Burrows is a highly efficient and considerate clerk. He reacts quickly and am able to provide suitable candidates to suit our client’s needs. He adopts flexible and commercial approach to fee arrangements, which set him apart from his peers at other leading chambers.’

‘Clerks are very good and efficient. David Amdor, Jackie Ginty and Kirsty Hough, Jade Casswell are all very good. David is excellent for keeping in touch and providing helpful insights into strengths of individual counsel.’

‘A very strong clerking team. Very responsive and always willing to go the extra mile for you.’

‘The clerks are great, they will always bend over backwards to find someone to help, even at short notice.’

Set

‘Atkin is one of the two preeminent construction sets. They have considerable strength in depth at all levels. The barristers are generally competitive and academic colleagues and opponents.’

‘One of my first ports of call when looking for construction and arbitration counsel.’

‘The reputation as one of the best sets for construction and arbitration is well deserved.’

‘Atkin is typically the first place I look for assistance in high-value and complex energy/construction/infrastructure disputes under English law because of their impressive talent at all levels of seniority.’

‘A peerless set for construction, with great strength in depth.’

Clerking

‘Its clerking service is top quality especially David Barnes and Justin Wilson. They are very experienced at dealing with the issues faced when working in Hong Kong.’

‘Responsive and helpful clerks, accommodating on fees.’

‘David Barnes is exceptional. A great asset to the set.’

‘Justin Wilson and David Barnes are knowledgeable, well-respected and provide an excellent service.’

‘The clerks are always hands on as they remind the team of important deadlines. Their strengths include good organization and management which is extremely helpful for the team as it enables them to only focus on the case at hand.’

Set

‘Keating are rightly considered the leading construction chambers. The breadth and depth of their expertise is unmatched, with several leading individuals. I have always found their barristers to be exceptionally capable, responsive and lending additional gravitas to any case.’

‘Keating are the go-to set for construction. I have instructed a number of members of Keating in the last few years, from mid-level junior to senior QC, and all of them have always exceeded my (high) expectations. They understand the pressures and realities of working in the construction industry, and lay clients really appreciate the value this adds.’

‘Top set of barrister chambers, with many specialist barristers to choose from.’

‘This is a prestigious chamber. Every barrister we have worked with shows high standard of proficiency.’

‘Keating are my go-to chambers for anything involving construction & engineering issues. They always seem to attract clever, commercially-minded and approachable barristers whose knowledge of technical issues and the construction industry is second to none. ‘

Clerking

‘The clerks at Keating are excellent – personable, responsive, commercial and effective. Declan Redmond has built and leads a brilliant team and is unrivalled in developing long-terms relationships with instructing solicitors. James Luxmoore is also highly-effective and easy to deal with.’

‘The clerks at Keating Chambers are second to none. They are friendly, professional, responsive, and always deliver what is needed. In particular, Sarah Walker epitomises all these qualities. She is the person I always go to. She is a pleasure to deal with, and a real asset to clerking team at Keating.’

‘Declan Redmond is awesome. Always prepared to go above and beyond for his clients.’

‘Will Shrubsall is very responsive and always on hand to assist where necessary.’

‘The clerks’ room is professional and responsive, particularly William Shrubsall and Rob Garvan.’

Set

‘Twenty Essex is well-known in the market as having excellent bench strength in arbitration, with consistently high quality counsel at all levels of seniority.’

‘Leading set for arbitration.’

‘Twenty Essex is undoubtedly still one of small number of “go to” sets for arbitration/public international law work, with a very strong bench at all levels. I really rate them.’

‘Twenty Essex is known for its silks but has an incredible team of juniors as well.’

‘Twenty Essex are one of the top players in International Arbitration.’

Clerking

‘The clerks are a very good and decent team.’

‘Very nice people to work with, always willing to help the clients.’

‘Clerks are very responsive and commercial.’

‘Excellent – Arron Zitver has always been a stand out performer.’

‘Excellent, with a special mention to Chris Theobald who is always available and willing to assist.’

Set

’39 Essex is a strong set and has a number of highly competent, qualified and experienced barristers who we regularly instruct as counsel or nominate as arbitrators.’

‘The quality of everyone that I interacted with from the Chambers has been top class.’

‘The set has very considerable depth in this area.’

Clerking

‘Niki Merison is an experienced clerk who is willing to have open and frank conversations regarding fees and budgets and appreciates that providing and expecting an hourly rate basis is not acceptable to most clients. Niki is always able to balance available budget, timelines and expertise to provide a client driven solution.’

‘The service of the clerks has always been exceptional, with particular mention to Niki Merison and Mark Winrow.’

‘Mark Winrow and Niki Merison are brilliant.’

Set

‘The chambers is very well equipped to handle all manner of disputes and in particular investment and other international arbitration matters.’

‘4 New Square is one of my firm’s go to chambers for international arbitration. The barristers there are all phenomenally good but also very pleasant to deal with and clerked to a very high standard. They take a team approach and I am noticing that they are also now becoming a force in investor-state arbitration harnessing their growth as a public international law set.’

‘4 New Square has an excellent roster of practitioners in the arbitration space. They have built and focused on this area in recent years and offer strength and depth.’

‘They are very detail-focused, sharp and proactive.’

‘4 New Square is a vary good set and easy to deal with and with a broad range of barristers well represented by their clerks.’

Clerking

‘Alex Dolby is an excellent clerk and we are very pleased.’

‘They are very responsive and understand the client’s needs and approach. It is a pleasure to work with them.’

‘Always found the clerking team very pleasant and proactive.’

‘All excellent from junior clerks to the most senior clerks.’

‘Dennis Peck is an excellent clerk. He is responsive and always a pleasure to deal with.’

Set

‘4 Pump Court has a very strong profile in international arbitration, especially shipping and energy disputes.’

‘4 Pump Court cares about Chinese market and has a long-time goal in providing best services adaptive to local needs. They have exceled themselves in maintaining good relationship with instructing firms in China.’

‘We use 4PC a lot, and often when things get particularly busy they are able to provide additional junior resource at short notice. The whole team has a great work ethic and is very user-friendly and willing to muck in to get the job done. ‘

‘4 Pump Court is my go to Chambers. Great barristers, amazing clerks, brilliant service and an ability to think outside the box to provide services that are tailored to the solicitor or client needs.’

‘Fastastic set – a force to be reckoned with in both the middle east and far east.’

Clerking

‘Carl Wall provides top quality service and is incredibly responsive. He gives particular attention to help chambers to develop China-related practice and cares about Chinese clients’ feedback.’

‘Service of the clerks is second to none. I have a lot of contact with Billy Griffiths in particular, who is exceptional and always available and willing to assist in any way he can.’

‘Excellent service – really understand what is required.’

‘Stewart Gibbs is really impressive.’

‘The clerk’s are very helpful and in my view one of the stand-out clerking teams in the City. Stewart Gibbs in particular is incredibly helpful and friendly to deal with.’

Set

‘Very good breadth of work and depth of experience.’

Set

‘Obviously great set of Chambers with strength across the board.’

‘Brick Court is one of the foremost commercial sets, involved in much international arbitration either as practitioners or as arbitrators. It is not surprising that a high proportion of its members have gone on to be judges in the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and following that have sat as judges in other courts or as arbitrators.’

‘The best set for commercial litigation and with a rapidly growing presence in commercial arbitration.’

‘Brick Court are first class.’

‘The client insisted he want to be represented by Brick Court as “They are the best.’

Clerking

‘They are all at the top of their game. My experience of them is very positive.’

‘Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison are both impressive clerks.’

‘Philip Wilkes has been helpful throughout.’

‘Good clerking service.’

‘Very efficient and commercial.’

Set

‘I have had very good experiences with Fountain Court to date. The barristers are excellent, and the clerks helpful.’

‘High class chambers with many excellent counsel at all levels.’

‘My preferred London set for international arbitration.’

‘Excellent counsel and excellent clerks.’

‘We have instructed this chambers for many years, and find them to be excellent, having members of chambers covering very every skill set across the full range of commercial dispute resolution matters.’

Clerking

‘The clerks always respond promptly and try to stay flexible in terms of resolving technical issues.’

‘Alex Taylor is simply London’s best Head Clerk, no arguments. Sian Huckett is a pleasure to deal with and knows her members and their abilities very well.’

‘The service of the clerks at Fountain Court is excellent. Luke Diebelius and Alfie Harper are experienced clerks who are able to strike a good balance between keeping their members and instructing solicitors/their clients happy, and always with a smile on their faces.’

‘Luke Diebelius is easy to work with and works hard to coordinate multiple diaries, often with conflicting appointments.’

‘The clerks are responsive and professional.’

Set

‘Quadrant Chambers has an impressive depth of expertise in international arbitration, at all levels. The addition of Alexander Uff seriously enhances their offering and shows they are committed to growing arbitration as a specialist practice area. ‘

‘Excellent team work with determination and self-discipline. ‘

‘A very talented set of chambers, the barristers and and the clerking team provide seamless service and are very friendly. ‘

‘Quadrant has come along leaps and bounds in recent years. A number of my go to counsel in the past year or two have been drawn from that set.’

‘Much of Quadrant’s work is highly international by nature and there is a significant growing practice in the international arbitration market especially at the mid level/senior junior end.’

Clerking

‘Top rate. Their support and commercial staff are extremely professional and good to deal with also. Simon Slattery is excellent.’

‘Gary Ventura is a force of nature. He really knows how to manage a set and get the best out of his barristers.’

‘Very user friendly and pragmatic.’

‘First rate. Daryl Hughes in particular cannot do enough for you. We have always felt supported from the clerks room and know they can be relied on to meet deadlines.’

‘Everything perfect – as it should be. All the work is made timely and with no errors at all. What else could one expect?’

Set

‘As a firm, we have used several barristers from Crown Office Chambers, all of which we would highly recommend. They are commercially minded, incredibly responsive and have a real in-depth knowledge of arbitration. They are also incredibly good value in comparison with other chambers.’

‘Excellent. Counsel are engaged and responsive. Good construction expertise and a deep bench at all levels, particularly at the junior end.’

Clerking

‘I have always found the clerks responsive. As international counsel, having a chambers who can operate with flexibility helps a lot.’

‘The clerks are excellent. I worked with Andy Flanagan who gives excellent service and goes that extra mile for his clients.’

‘The clerks have been exceptional. With some clients, it can be a challenge to find a balance with payment terms that satisfy both chambers and the client’s needs. Crown Office Chambers were incredibly receptive to this, really wanting to understand the needs of the client and adapt accordingly without any issue. This was very impressive, and made my role as an instructing solicitor incredibly easy. Andy Flanagan, in particular, is exceptional at what he does – he is personable, and really wants to understand the client’s needs.’

‘Very well and efficiently clerked in Andy Flanagan and Chris Kent.’