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Serle Court
Wilberforce Chambers
XXIV Old Buildings
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3 Verulam Buildings
Fountain Court Chambers
South Square
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3 Hare Court
4 New Square
4 Stone Buildings
5 Stone Buildings
Blackstone Chambers
Erskine Chambers
Essex Court Chambers
Maitland Chambers
Ten Old Square

Leading Silks

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Jonathan Adkin QC - Serle Court ‘Astute and commercially-minded with a no-nonsense courtroom approach.’
David Alexander QC - South Square ‘A complete team player and very popular with clients.’
Gilead Cooper QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘A top-drawer, excellent advocates and advisor.’
Jonathan Crow QC - 4 Stone Buildings ‘A supreme advocate and the go-to QC in times of trouble.’
Michael Furness QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Intelligent, curious and with a deep knowledge of his subject. Incredibly hard working.’
Brian Green QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is an extremely clever tactician, knows all there is to know about trust law and tax, and is a bundle of energy.’
Robert Ham QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘A standout silk for offshore work.’
Barry Isaacs QC - South Square ‘Clinical as a surgeon in his preparation, he is more than happy to get in the trenches.’
Elizabeth Jones QC - Serle Court ‘He has a fabulous knowledge of the law and speed at assimilating information and detail that is second to none.’
Philip Jones QC - Serle Court ‘A great cross-examiner and strategist.’
Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC - Blackstone Chambers ‘He deserves his reputation as a pre-eminent jurist whose experience and calm assurance provide comfort and understanding for the client.’
David Lord QC - Three Stone ‘He gets the ear of any judge with ease and clients love his no-nonsense plain language.’
Thomas Lowe QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is is user-friendly, client-focused and easy to work with, able to grapple with the most complex of cases.’
John Machell QC - Serle Court ‘An excellent advocate who finds commercial solutions.’
Philip Marshall QC - Serle Court ‘A natural choice for heavy-duty offshore-fraud work,’
Ewan McQuater QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘An exceptionally strong advocate with the intellect to transform complex issues into persuasive propositions.’
Terence Mowschenson QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Fiercely intelligent, wonderfully articulate and never intimidated.’
Nicholas Le Poidevin QC - New Square Chambers ‘His opinions are given great weight by the courts of the Channel Islands and elsewhere.’
Penelope Reed QC - 5 Stone Buildings ‘Very clear in her advice, calm and pleasant to work with.’
Hefin Rees QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Respected for his good humour and force as an advocate.’
Elspeth Talbot Rice QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘In a world of waffle, she gives clear advice.’
Stephen Moverley Smith QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘He has a razor-sharp intellect and is able to cut through complicated legal and factual matters with ease.’
Tom Smith QC - South Square ‘Probably the best English QC doing Cayman work - he is very popular with all the firms.’
Alan Steinfeld QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘Very clever and makes difficult concepts approachable.’
Michael Todd QC - Erskine Chambers ‘An excellent silk in the offshore sphere.’
John Wardell QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘A superb advocate with an ability to make even the most complex of issues comprehensible.’
Shân Warnock-Smith QC - 5 Stone Buildings ‘She knows the offshore world better than any of her peers and is particularly widely respected in Cayman.’
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David Allison QC - South Square ‘A great communicator and very effective on his feet.’
Stephen Atherton QC - Twenty Essex ‘We hold him in high regard.’
George Bompas QC - 4 Stone Buildings ‘I cannot speak highly enough. He was accessible, constructive and a good team player. He gave the, completely accurate, impression that he had ‘been there and one it’.’
Richard Boulton QC - One Essex Court ‘His cross-examination of experts is superb, masterful and a genuine pleasure to watch.’
David Brownbill QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘A calm advocate and a real leader in the field.’
Graham Chapman QC - 4 New Square ‘An intellectual heavyweight with first-rate advocacy skills.’
David Chivers QC - Erskine Chambers ‘Incredibly bright and user-friendly - a first-choice for offshore contentious insolvency.’
Justin Fenwick QC - 4 New Square ‘Good with numbers and financial model type cases. Tactically very astute.’
James Guthrie QC - 3 Hare Court ‘Masterful at dealing with sensitive matters and difficult clients.’
Matthew Hardwick QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘An impressive advocate who is very accessible.’
Jonathan Hilliard QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘A superb operator - amazingly bright and team-oriented.’
Robert Levy QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘Unstuffy and easy to work with, plus tenacious as an advocate.’
Richard Morgan QC - Maitland Chambers ‘He is a highly regarded silk.’
Catherine Newman QC - Maitland Chambers ‘An exceptional lawyer.’
David Quest QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Terrifyingly bright, he is incredibly down to earth and not afraid to roll his sleeves up.’
Eason Rajah QC - Ten Old Square ‘An excellent advisor with excellent courtroom presentation and commercially savvy.’
Stephen Smith QC - Erskine Chambers ‘Strategically there is no better top-flight QC.’
Clare Stanley QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Her delivery is always sharp and focused and she is never afraid to tell things as they are.’
Simon Taube QC - Ten Old Square ‘He has a calm and measured demeanour, coupled with technically brilliant advocacy.’
Francis Tregear QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘He commands respect with his experience and is very impressive in court.’
Ben Valentin QC - Fountain Court Chambers ‘He has a great courtroom manner - judges want to listen to him.’
Richard Wilson QC - Serle Court ‘An incredibly robust advocate who is very good at reading the tribunal.’
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James Ayliffe QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Incisive, quick to spot all possible arguments and also commercial.’
Francis Barlow QC - Ten Old Square ‘Excellent with broad expertise.’
Paul Bowen QC - Brick Court Chambers ‘One of the best black-letter lawyers at the Bar.’
Alan Boyle QC - Serle Court ‘He is as fantastically clever as everyone says he is.’
Simon Davenport QC - 3 Hare Court ‘A great advocate with great knowle’
Edward Davies QC - Erskine Chambers ‘An all-round quality act - strong advocacy skills and superb with clients.’
Glen Davis QC - South Square ‘Immensely interested in cutting-edge restructuring work.’
Vernon Flynn QC - Brick Court Chambers ‘He works on devilishly difficult freezing injunctions, receiverships and disclosure orders.’
Jeremy Goldring QC - South Square ‘On his feet he's composed and compelling.’
Dakis Hagen QC - Serle Court ‘Phenomenally intelligent and a true expert in the field.’
Mark Howard QC - Brick Court Chambers ‘An impressive silk.’
Ben Hubble QC - 4 New Square ‘One of the most user-friendly silks in the fields of accountants regulatory investigations.’
Hodge Malek QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Very charismatic, he can give bite to the storyline in rather academic discussions.’
Paul McGrath QC - Essex Court Chambers ‘He is very, very knowledgeable and one certainly gets the impression that he is with you all the way, especially in asset tracing exercises.’
Stephen Midwinter QC - Brick Court Chambers ‘Unflappable in court, his advocacy is calm and incisive.’
Jern-Fei Ng QC - 7BR‘Knowledgable about the latest position not only in England but across the Commonwealth.’
Thomas Roe QC - 3 Hare Court ‘Highly intellectually able and knowledgeable in the field.’
Bankim Thanki QC - Fountain Court Chambers ‘His combination of genius, charm and a wonderfully natural delivery make him extremely popular and effective.’
Steven Thompson QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘Very good at reading judges, he always pitches it just right.’
Christopher Tidmarsh QC - 5 Stone Buildings ‘Very creative and thorough in his advice.’
Felicity Toube QC - South Square ‘ Felicity is fiercely intelligent, robust, user-friendly and responsive. She is my go-to Leading Counsel for insolvency work.’
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Edward Cumming QC - XXIV Old Buildings ‘The perfect modern barrister.’
Brian Doctor QC - Fountain Court Chambers ‘Able to drill down to the heart of the matter and deal in a pragmatic, results-focused manner.’
Orlando Fraser QC - 4 Stone Buildings ‘An outstanding practitioner.’
Bridget Lucas QC - Fountain Court Chambers ‘Bridget is a pleasure to work with, very good at focusing on detail, diligent and very hard working.’
Ali Malek QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘A class act, he gets straight to the point in a case.’
Richard Millett QC - Essex Court Chambers ‘Richard is immensely thoughtful and personable. He always willingly gives his time, even at short notice. He really makes an effort to build a relationship with us, and he has rescued difficult situations on multiple occasions.’
David Mumford QC - Maitland Chambers ‘An amazing advocate who can change the weather in a hearing.’
Pavlos Panayi QC - 7BR ‘He is robust, dedicated, and determined.’
Lord David Pannick QC - Blackstone Chambers ‘He is succinct and the courts love him.’
Nikki Singla QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘His display of wit in the courtroom immediately captures the attention of the judge.’
Adam Solomon QC - Littleton Chambers ‘He has an excellent advocacy style.’

2019 Silks

Thomas Dumont QC - Radcliffe Chambers ‘Lovely to work with and client-friendly.’
Daniel Saoul QC - 4 New Square ‘User-friendly, great on detail, and very good on paper. ’
Peter de Verneuil Smith QC - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Very tactical, he grasps the issues early on.’

2020 Silks

Timothy Collingwood QC - Serle Court ‘User-friendly with an incisive mind and bags of offshore experience.’
Richard Fisher QC - South Square ‘He has outstanding knowledge and provides concise advice.’
Blair Leahy QC - Twenty Essex ‘She distils the questions asked of her and zeroes in on the key issues.’
Andrew Mold QC - Wilberforce Chambers ‘His input is first-rate.’
Rajesh Pillai - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Very sharp and able to quickly navigate through complex facts.’

2021 Silks

Hermann Boeddinghaus QC - 4 Stone Buildings ‘Hermann is a very commercial and pragmatic barrister who is personable and easy to work with. I would highly recommend him!’
George Spalton QC - 4 New Square ‘George is a pleasure to work with: he is very pragmatic and user-friendly. He is adept at managing difficult situations and can be relied upon to keep demanding clients happy.’
James Willan QC - Essex Court Chambers ‘A clear thinker able to express his points concisely and is very clever.’

Leading Juniors

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Adam Al-Attar - South Square ‘Adam is an excellent junior, bright, extremely commercial and works well as part of a team. He is very approachable and is great on paper as well as being a good advocate.’
James Brightwell - Serle Court ‘James is fabulously bright and easy to work with. He is able to clearly communicate complex legal principles in a way that is understandable to clients and presents excellently.’
Toby Brown - South Square ‘He sees the detail and the bigger picture and adds a huge amount of value. He is great fun to work with. I rate him very highly.’
Nigel Burroughs - 4 New Square ‘Great with strategy and always someone with good ideas about how to take a matter forward.’
Marcus Flavin - Radcliffe Chambers ‘He really understands the problems most commonly faced by offshore trustees.’
Thomas Fletcher - Maitland Chambers ‘A standout junior who works in a collaborative manner.’
Graeme Halkerston - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Instructed on complex civil fraud matters.’
Andrew Holden - XXIV Old Buildings ‘A strategic thinker and a good communicator.’
Mark Hubbard - New Square Chambers ‘An encyclopaedic brain and savvy approach make him an outstanding advocate.’
Nicole Langlois - XXIV Old Buildings ‘A tenacious advocate who sees the key issues immediately.’
Matthew Morrison - Serle Court ‘Undoubtedly one of his strengths is assimilating large volumes of information and drilling down to the key issues.’
Kathryn Purkis - Serle Court ‘She strikes the necessary balance to keep both the tribunal and the client happy.’
Tom Richards - Blackstone Chambers ‘Very analytical and uses a logical approach in dealing with issues.’
William Willson - South Square ‘He has an ability to cut through the noise and get to the crux of the issue.’
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Simon Adamyk - New Square Chambers ‘Great eye for detail, user friendly, fiendishly clever.’
Sarah Bayliss - XXIV Old Buildings ‘Sarah is easy to work with, practical, and excellent at focusing on the parts of a case which really matter, producing reliably high quality work throughout.’
Andrew Child - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Very good on his feet.’
Lucy Colter - 4 New Square ‘Very bright and good attention to detail. Also very responsive. Worked well as part of a team.’
Alexander Cook - 4 Stone Buildings ‘He is calm, measured and precise and his ability to reduce complex cases to simple propositions in his written work is admirable.’
Piers Feltham - Radcliffe Chambers ‘Strategically and technically brilliant on complex issues of trusts and probate law.’
Philip Gillyon - Erskine Chambers ‘Philip is a hardworking junior barrister with particular expertise in company law and related matters.’
Nicholas Harrison - Serle Court ‘A master at working with expert witnesses and able to build a bridge between them and the court.’
Marcus Haywood - South Square ‘He is responsive, very easy to get on with and technically proficient.’
Ruth Jordan - Serle Court ‘Always well-prepared, she knows her area of law well.’
Ciaran Keller - Essex Court Chambers ‘Extremely efficient and highly responsive, he provides insightful to-the-point advice.’
Adil Mohamedbhai - Serle Court ‘He brings to the table a razor-sharp intellect and a collegiate approach.’
Giles Richardson - Serle Court ‘He balances different jurisdictions with aplomb and is particularly skilled at distilling complex advice into digestible form.’
Robert Strang - 3 Hare Court ‘A go-to for Privy Council and Caribbean-related cases.’
Lynton Tucker - New Square Chambers ‘Really at the top of the tree and an excellent trial advocate, he has intellectual rigour and knows what team work is.’
Daniel Warents - XXIV Old Buildings ‘A great advocate excellent on paper and on his feet.’
Elizabeth Weaver - XXIV Old Buildings ‘Instructed on a range of advisory matters.’
Robert Weekes - Blackstone Chambers ‘He is is an absolute star. He is incredibly bright, a pleasure to work with, and phenomenally effective. We cannot recommend him highly enough.’
Andrew Westwood - Maitland Chambers ‘Thorough, logical, measured and persuasive.’
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Robert Amey - South Square ‘He brings high energy to a case.’
Tony Beswetherick- Twenty Essex ‘A great tactician.’
Andrew Blake - Erskine Chambers ‘A good advocate and a team player who provides well thought-through advice.’
Zahler Bryan - Serle Court ‘Razor-smart - a great asset to a team, her input is always well thought-out and useful.’
Simon Calhaem - 29 Bedford Row Chambers ‘Exceedingly clever, technically excellent and has a reassuring manner with clients.’
Adam Cloherty - XXIV Old Buildings ‘A good team player and a constructive thinker.’
Emma Hargreaves - Serle Court ‘She has excellent insight and in-depth knowledge of trusts law.’
Philip Hinks - 3 Verulam Buildings ‘He has excellent commercial instincts and provides invaluable strategic advice.’
Sophie Holcombe - Serle Court ‘Naturally blessed with strong analytical skills and commerciality.’
Jordan Holland - 5 Stone Buildings ‘A supremely talented barrister who really fights his client's corner.’
Olivier Kalfon - Maitland Chambers ‘Has all the qualities of an excellent silk while only being a junior.’
Nico Leslie - Fountain Court Chambers ‘Knowledgeable and approachable, he gets stuck in as part of a team.’
Josh Lewison - Radcliffe Chambers ‘His command of the subject area enables him to be a real blue-sky thinker.’
Anna Littler - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Incredibly bright, client-friendly and always willing to get stuck in.’
James MacDougald - Ten Old Square ‘He processes and thinks through complicated issues in a very structured and forensic fashion.’
Matthew Paton - 5 Stone Buildings ‘Bright, hardworking, sensible and prepared to stand up to the judge.’
Rowan Pennington-Benton - 3 Hare Court ‘A first-rate barrister.’
Leon Pickering - Ten Old Square ‘A top-drawer junior who charms the court.’
James Purchas - 4 Pump Court ‘He’s clever, hard-working and a good lawyer with fine judgement. Most importantly, perhaps, he’s absolutely dedicated to his clients.’
Bajul Shah - XXIV Old Buildings ‘An incredibly talented senior junior.’
Marcus Staff - XXIV Old Buildings ‘He is a barrister of the highest calibre. He is incredibly detailed, leaves no stone unturned and user-friendly.’

Rising Stars

Mark Cullen - 4 New Square ‘An impressive junior with experience beyond his seniority in offshore work.’
Joshua Folkard - 4 New Square ‘Thorough preparation. Impressive on his feet. I would highly recommend him.’
Jamie Holmes - Wilberforce Chambers ‘He is superb and fits into a team well.’
Tim Matthewson - Wilberforce Chambers ‘He’s responsive and commercially focused.’
Tara Taylor - Wilberforce Chambers ‘Able to succinctly outline complex legal questions for the court.’
Jacob Turner - Fountain Court Chambers ‘An extremely hard-working junior and a great team player.’

Offshore in London Bar

Serle Court

For many Serle Court 'provides a good combination of commercial acumen and trusts expertise, making them an ideal set for offshore trusts and commercial work', covering a range of work in the British Overseas Territories and beyond. In Bermuda, numerous members of chambers are instructed in the Wong v Grand View Private Trust Company litigation over five Bermudian trusts holding billions of US dollars, including Jonathan Adkin QC and Adil Mohamedbhai for the trustees, and Dakis Hagen QC, James Brightwell and Emma Hargreaves for the claimants. Philip Jones QC represented the former in Shanda Games v Maso Capital in both the Caymanian courts and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a matter concerning the entitlement of dissenting shareholders to "fair value" of their shares under s238 of the island's Companies Law and any interest payable. Channel Island highlights include 2020 silk appointment Timothy Collingwood QC and Brightwell acting in Rawlinson & Hunter Trustees v Investec Trust case, a Guernsey leg of the Tchenguiz saga. Ruth Jordan is well-connected in the Bahamas, and advises among others Carnival Corporation. Frank Hinks QC retired in April 2020.

Wilberforce Chambers

'A first-rate set from top to bottom', Wilberforce Chambers is 'a top Chancery set that never disappoints' covering both trusts and company-related offshore litigation. Thomas Lowe QC continues to represent the defendants in the AHAB v Saad case, which was subject to an appeal in 2019 in the Caymanian courts, which, at first instance, found the claimants operated "one of the largest Ponzi schemes in history"; John Wardell QC was brought in for the original claimants in their appeal. Clare Stanley QC represented FTI Consulting liquidators of a Cayman fund in the Caymanian Court of Appeal, overturning an anti-suit injunction obtained by BDO concerning an audit negligence claim; the juniors in the set are also instructed by liquidators, with Graeme Halkerston representing those of OneTradex, a Caymanian securities broker with a primarily local clientele. The future of chambers looks bright with Jamie Holmes, Tim Matthewson, and Tara Taylor all highlighted as rising stars.

XXIV Old Buildings

One of the go-to chambers for international contentious trusts work, XXIV Old Buildings has 'a fantastic reputation and a great selection of very capable and impressive trust disputes barristers', as well as strength on insolvency and commercial litigation matters. Elspeth Talbot Rice QC represents the claimant in the Wong v Grand View case in Bermuda concerning trusts containing the legacy of the founder of Formosa Plastics, while Stephen Moverley Smith QC represented the appellant in Magner v RBS International, a Gibraltarian case concerning dishonest assistance before the Privy Council in the wake of the collapse of law firm Marrache & Co. Unusually for the London Bar, Nicole Langlois, a former Carey Olsen partner, is also a Jersey advocate.

3 Verulam Buildings

A 'very strong set with lots of talented barristers', 3 Verulam Buildings' strengths offshore are focused around company law and asset tracing. Ewan Mcquater QC and Philip Hinks represent Brazilian former tycoon Eike Batista, who has been accused of operating a fraud through overstating oil discoveries and laundering proceeds through the Cayman Islands. Hefin Rees QC represents the claimant in Holm v Sancus Financial Holdings, which reached the BVI Court of Appeal in December 2019, a dispute concerning ownership of Bank of Asia, the first such institution to be created in the jurisdiction for over two decades.

Fountain Court Chambers

A set with 'real strength in depth', Fountain Court Chambers' reputation for commercial litigation in London extends to a number of members handling such disputes in the Caribbean. Ben Valentin QC, who represented the Awalco respondents in the AHAB v Saad appeal, continues to act for Sonera BV in the saga concerning the enforcement of a $1bn arbitral award against an indirect holding of shares in Turkcell. Michael Green QC continues to represent the liquidators of CLICO in the ongoing saga concerning the demise of the Trinidadian financial services company. Jacob Turner is a rising star in chambers.

South Square

South Square is 'at the top of its game in offshore insolvency and involved in most of the big matters'. Barry Isaacs QC represented the liquidators of Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund, in which for the first time the Caymanian courts approved third-party litigation funding. Numerous members of chambers are instructed in the fallout, centred on the Cayman Islands, of the collapse of private equity house Abraaj, including Isaacs QC and Toby Brown for the liquidators, Adam Al-Attar for a creditor, Marcus Haywood for an advisory committee, and William Willson for the management.

3 Hare Court

The 'very capable' set 3 Hare Court's offshore notability primarily stems from public law practitioners who regularly appear in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in cases of constitutional significance to Caribbean jurisdictions. James Guthrie QC successfully represented the Bermudian government in Minister of Home Affairs v Barbosa, a Privy Council case which determined that there was not an extrastatutory, common law, route to Bermudian "belonger" status. Away from representation of governments, Robert Strang  is instructed in Fundhaven v Securities Commission of the Bahamas, which was granted leave to appeal on the Privy Council on a question on if the Bahamian Court of Appeal can decline to hear an appeal after a first instance judge grants leave. The set is well-connected in Trinidad and Tobago as well, with Simon Davenport QC representing a former shareholder in litigation concerning the demise of insurer Clico.

4 New Square

An 'impressive' set, 4 New Square's core strengths offshore mirror its leading status in London for professional discipline and professional negligence work. Justin Fenwick QC continues to represent the liquidators of Stanford International Bank in litigation against two onshore law firms, while Graham Chapman QC is involved both for and against offshore law firms and auditors in professional negligence cases. In addition, Nigel Burroughs and rising star Mark Cullen are key names in chambers with followings in the Isle of Man for a range of matters. Joshua Folkard is another up-and-coming junior in chambers.

4 Stone Buildings

4 Stone Buildings is a 'small set which punches above its weight' in this space, with members instructed in complex company law cases worldwide. Jonathan Crow QC is a regular before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, having represented the appellants in the Maso Capital v Shanda Games case concerning the Caymanian law on the valuation of minority shareholdings, and the corporate defendants in Livingston Properties v JSC MMC Eurochem, a case with issues as to if Russia or the BVI is forum conveniens. In more exotic jurisdictions, Crow QC, Hermann Boeddinghaus and Alexander Cook represent the widow of Malaysian timber magnate Wong Kie Nai in a multi-jurisdictional dispute in jurisdictions as diverse as Sarawak and Papua New Guinea as well as the BVI. In addition, Boeddinghaus represents a company controlled by Isabel Dos Santos in BVI proceedings in the wake of an arbitration between shareholders of Unitel, Angola's largest mobile network.

5 Stone Buildings

At 5 Stone Buildings – an 'excellent set with a fabulous range of expertise in commercial Chancery and offshore work' – Shan Warnock-Smith QC, Christopher Tidmarsh QC and Penelope Reed QC continue to enjoy good reputations and have a track record of matters including complex cases in the Cayman Islands as well as the Channel Islands. Juniors at the set include former Lennox Paton partner Matthew Paton, who continues to be included in Bahamian litigation, and Jordan Holland.

Blackstone Chambers

Blackstone Chambers is 'a very strong set of chambers with some of the top names that are synonymous with public law throughout the Commonwealth', placing it well for matters concerning constitutional issues in the Crown Dependencies and British Overseas territories. Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC is known for advising governments of British Overseas Territories in their most sensitive issues, and Tom Richards has represented a number of appellants in cases concerning public appointments in Trinidad and Tobago, including Maharaj v Attorney General – utilising his admission to the Bar there – as well as involvement in cases before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London.

Erskine Chambers

'The go-to set for company law' for many, members of Erskine Chambers are instructed in a number of heavyweight commercial Chancery matters in Cayman and elsewhere. Stephen Smith QC represented the defendants in the AHAB v Saad appeal, and in the Privy Council David Chivers QC represented the appellant bank in SEB v liquidators of the Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund, concerning the collapse of a Caymanian hedge fund whose founder was convicted of eight counts of fraud in England after its collapse.

Essex Court Chambers

'A leading set with an extremely impressive roster', Essex Court Chambers not only has a reputation for handling elite commercial matters before the English courts but is also active in the British Overseas Territories. James Willan represents Barclays in litigation in the Cayman Islands in proceedings against the latter party of the AHAB v Saad case. As far as the BVI is concerned, Paul McGrath QC represents the former in the Renova Industries v Emerson International dispute, which in 2019 went to the Privy Council on a point concerning freezing orders. Members of chambers are well-connected in the Isle of Man, with Ciaran Keller representing a defunct space tourism company in a long-running dispute with Japanese businessman.

Maitland Chambers

Maitland Chambers' members work with top offshore firms, providing both advocacy in the Caribbean and advising on complex Channel Islands cases. Richard Morgan QC represents the conflict director of the Infrastructure Growth Capital Fund in the Caymanian litigation concerning the collapse of Abraaj Group. Among the set's juniors, Thomas Fletcher was involved for Investec in the Tchenguiz litigation with issues concerning insolvent Guernsey trusts, and Andrew Westwood in the Eurochem v Rogalskiy Privy Council appealing concerning alleged bribes.

Ten Old Square

A 'smaller excellent Chancery set', Ten Old Square's members have been active working with Channel Island firms in cases there. Eason Rajah QC and Leon Pickering continue to assist Cristiana Crociani in the Crociani litigation in Jersey, and on the other side of the water Rajah QC and James MacDougald assisted the new trustees in the Pilatus PTC v RBC Trustees case in Guernsey.