Partnership

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1
John Machell KC
Serle Court
‘John brings a calm authority to proceedings. His submissions are invariably well-judged, precise, and delivered with measured gravitas. He combines intellectual rigour with commercial pragmatism, which makes him especially valuable in cases where litigation and settlement strategy need to be aligned.’
1
Gavin Mansfield KC
Littleton Chambers
'Gavin is an outstanding KC in terms of advocacy, strategic advice, written work and in cons with clients. Could not ask more of him. Judges like him and he handles questions from the bench well. His advocacy is well reasoned, respectful and clear. He comes across as being very much at ease on his feet and he is unflappable.'
1
Mohinderpal Sethi KC
Littleton Chambers
‘Mo is great on restrictive covenant and injunction matters. He is forensic in his approach, extremely diligent and hard working, good with clients & develops a strong rapport with them. He is fun to work with & has a great personality. He is able to get under the bones of sector-specific technical details and boil them down to the essential key points.’
2
Jonathan Adkin KC
Serle Court
2
Carol Davis KC
Littleton Chambers
'Carol instils confidence in clients with her considered approach. She has real gravitas but more importantly is an expert in the field of partnership law, with great depth of knowledge.'
2
Elspeth Talbot Rice KC
XXIV Old Buildings
‘Elspeth is in the very top bracket for partnership – superb judgement, really hard working and very assured in court.’
2
Jonathan Cohen KC
Littleton Chambers
'He is exceptionally hard working and highly intelligent. He has a photographic memory for documents, and examines them to a clinical level. He surgically dissects witnesses during cross examination. He puts in 200% when fighting for his clients.'
2
Philip Jones KC
Serle Court
2
David Mumford KC
Maitland Chambers
2
David Reade KC
Littleton Chambers
3
Andrew Ayres KC
Twenty Essex
‘Andrew is a very eloquent and effective advocate. He is extremely calm in stressful, high-stakes proceedings and exudes confidence and capability. Ever the team player, Andrew brings out the best in any team with his extremely collaborative approach.’
3
Tom Croxford KC
Blackstone Chambers
3
Andrew Thompson KC
Erskine Chambers
‘Andrew provided very clear advice, and was also very good at discussing with solicitors and the client how to apply that legal advice to navigate the fraught emotional relationships between the relevant parties.’
3
Tom Weisselberg KC
Blackstone Chambers

2025 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1
Ciaran Keller KC
Essex Court Chambers
'Ciaran is formidable. He is the perfect mix of being terrific in court but also incredibly commercial and a real team player who brings out the best in people with his disarming and collaborative approach.'

2024 Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

1
Craig Rajgopaul KC
Blackstone Chambers