Commercial disputes

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.

Robert Amey

Robert Amey is an excellent insolvency barrister who presented a complex insolvency argument to the BVI Court in a very high-value case, drawing on extensive research and an old authority that he found through careful research.

Andrew Blake

Erskine Chambers

Toby Brown

Toby's attention to detail and the intellectual vigor of his written work is phenomenal; his ability to explain incredibly complex issues is second to none. His affable and down-to-earth demeanor immediately instills confidence and places clients at ease. His advocacy before the Board in a difficult case was exemplary. He is head and shoulders above the vast majority of leading counsel with whom I have worked.

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Peter Burgess

South Square

Graeme Halkerston

Wilberforce Chambers

Graeme is an excellent team player. He is responsive, constructive, and commercial. He has been a joy to work with and very effective at acting as a conduit and filter between the solicitor team and the KC. He is tremendous value for the value added that he brings to a matter.

Emma Hargreaves

Nico Leslie

Fountain Court Chambers

Adil Mohamedbhai

Adil is an outstanding junior. He is incredibly bright, calm under pressure, and can hold his own among the elite silks of the London bar. He is a brilliant strategist and communicator and is universally respected by clients, who value his excellent judgment and clear, commercial advice.

Joshua Folkard

Excellent at drafting complex papers. Developing into a fine advocate respected by judges.

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Nicholas Harrison

Serle Court

Marcus Haywood

Andrew Holden

XXIV Old Buildings

Ruth Jordan

A cool head at all times; real authority and poise; an excellent senior junior.

Rowan Pennington-Benton

Easy to deal with, vigorous, determined, creative, smooth.

Anna Scharnetzky

Erskine Chambers

Brilliant analytical mind, able to get to the heart of the issue and deconstruct it, excellent written advocacy which became the cornerstone of our case, incredibly easy to work with.

Robert Strang

Superb drafting - very clear and concise. Effective advocacy - not showy but dealing directly with the issues of concern to the court.

Daniel Warents

XXIV Old Buildings

A very good barrister. Bright, thorough, and well prepared. Strong on paper and persuasive on his feet. Sensible, commercial judgment. Clients trust him. A strong choice for substantial offshore commercial work.

Oliver Phillips

Maitland Chambers

Oliver is a very calm and measured advocate. His legal research is excellent, leaving no avenue unexplored. He had a very tricky jurisdiction challenge and handled it incredibly professionally and with real skill. His advocacy style is very attractive. He was a great team player and really helpful on points where our interests overlapped.

Sarah Bayliss

XXIV Old Buildings

Zahler Bryan

William Buck

Monckton Chambers

William's advocacy is outstanding. He is calm, persuasive, and very well prepared on his feet. He takes the judge straight to the documents that matter and turns a factually complex dispute into a clear and compelling case. His written advocacy is just as strong: his skeleton arguments are tightly reasoned and well supported by authority. He is highly analytical. He quickly finds the real issues in a large body of material and gives clear, practical, and commercially minded advice on procedure/strategy, which helps us decide where to put our resources. He is also exceptionally responsive and always available at short notice.

James Gale

James is great - very smart and responsive. Will go far.

Sparsh Garg

Alexander Heylin

Enterprise Chambers

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Edward Ho

Brick Court Chambers

Jamie Holmes

Wilberforce Chambers

Very responsive, diligent, and easy to work with.

Clara Johnson

Nicole Langlois

XXIV Old Buildings

Super-bright litigator, able to devise a clear strategy for clients and succinctly set out the pros and cons, empowering clients to make decisions. Provided realistic, helpful advice.

Edoardo Lupi

An incredibly clever man with a wonderful way with clients and the court. If it's difficult, we want to get Edoardo on board.

Andrew McLeod

One Essex Court

He is extremely cerebral. He has a great mind and a wonderful ability to communicate difficult concepts in simple terms.

James McWilliams

3 Verulam Buildings

James is a really high-quality junior who is clearly destined for great things: unfussy, straightforward, easy to work with, and reliably on the mark both legally and tactically.

Henry Phillips

Razor-sharp intellect and provides impeccable legal solutions at lightning speed.

James Potts

3 Verulam Buildings

Efficient, knowledgeable, client-friendly, insightful.

James Purchas

Charles Raffin

Gatehouse Chambers

Charles is extremely thorough and well-prepared, which is reflected in his oral advocacy and ability to explain matters clearly and comprehensively both to clients and the court.

Tom Roscoe

Wilberforce Chambers

He is simply superb and the first person I would call with a complicated multi-jurisdictional dispute. Strong on his feet and produces excellent written work.

Bajul Shah

XXIV Old Buildings

Charles Sorensen

Extremely hardworking, personable, aggressive, no-nonsense, and confident in his technical ability (which confidence is well-founded) as he's very bright and well-versed in the law. You know where you stand at a very early stage. He's a class act.

Tara Taylor

Wilberforce Chambers

Tara's written advocacy is genuinely impressive, even compared to juniors at peer sets with the equivalent titan reputation. She is also very good on her feet and walks into court so meticulously prepared that I've yet to see her stumped or phased by a question from the bench. Tara is also very user-friendly and rolls her sleeves up and gets into the weeds when the time calls for it.

Sarah Tresman

Elizabeth Weaver

XXIV Old Buildings

Liz is the quintessential "safe pair of hands". She has excellent judgment. Her advice is clear and concise, and always pragmatic. It is clear in a court setting that judges value these qualities.

Ben Woolgar

Brick Court Chambers

Stuart Adair

XXIV Old Buildings

Determined. Fights his clients' corner no matter the odds.

Alfred Artley

Monckton Chambers

Alfred is very bright, articulate, and commercial. He is also commercial and understands where the value lies in advice. He works extremely hard and is always available.

Yash Bheeroo

3 Verulam Buildings

Rory Cochrane

Gatehouse Chambers

Rupert Coe

Rupert is an outstanding barrister who brings a rare combination of commercial judgment, technical strength, and genuine understanding of offshore litigation. His background in both London and the Cayman Islands gives him a particularly valuable perspective on complex, cross-border trusts and chancery disputes. He has an impressive ability to get to the heart of a difficult case, identify the points that matter, and express his advice with clarity and conviction.

Edward Crossley

4 Stone Buildings

Particularly strong in the law, legal analysis, and all written work, advice, legal arguments, pleadings, and correspondence.

Mark Cullen

4 New Square Chambers

I was very impressed by his ability to understand and navigate the complex legal and factual issues arising in the matter. He demonstrated excellent drafting skills and was particularly adept at distilling a substantial amount of complicated information into clear, focused, and practical advice for the clients. His client management was also a notable strength: he communicated confidently and sensitively, managed expectations effectively, and ensured that the clients understood both the issues and the available options.

James Fennemore

XXIV Old Buildings

Rosanna Foskett

Maitland Chambers

Daniel Goldblatt

33 Chancery Lane

Daniel is an exceptionally able junior who punches above his weight. He has a brilliant mind that can handle complex commercial and public law matters. Daniel is becoming one of the more formidable juniors at the bar. It will not be too long before he takes silk.

Christopher Howitt

Very responsive and easy to work with. Bright with a knack for thinking outside of the box.

Luka Krsljanin

Blackstone Chambers

Lara Kuehl

Lara is well-organized and works very hard. Her drafting is clear and persuasive.

Andrew Maguire

Littleton Chambers

Katrina Mather

Gatehouse Chambers

Philip Morrison

Erskine Chambers

Tom Mountford

Blackstone Chambers

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Andrew Ng

39 Essex Chambers

Guy Olliff-Cooper

4 Stone Buildings

Very straightforward advice. Ready to answer any questions. Diligent in his work product. Exactly what you want from a chancery barrister.

Jessica Powers

New Square Chambers

Alexander Riddiford

Essex Court Chambers

Jack Rivett

Erskine Chambers

James Shaw

Gatehouse Chambers

Stephanie Thompson

Andrew Trotter

Blackstone Chambers

Damien Walker

3 Verulam Buildings

Damien is an absolutely fantastic junior: bright beyond belief and invariably across the facts in astonishing detail. He is, simply, someone that you want sitting on your side of the courtroom.

Thomas Wong

Strengths include attention to detail, the ability to distill complex legal concepts, and work closely with the client, as well as responsiveness.

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.

Edward Armitage

Maitland Chambers

Ed is fantastically bright, creative in his problem-solving, and increasingly savvy about how points will play. A great junior.

Alexander Bryant

Littleton Chambers

Alex is extremely personable and easy to work with, even on highly contentious matters conducted under significant time pressure. He combines strong technical ability with a practical and commercial approach and is particularly adept at getting to grips with complex factual and legal issues at short notice. Alex always immerses himself in the detail of a case and has assisted us with detailed reviews of evidential records in first instance proceedings and developing key appellate arguments (at both the Court of Appeal and Privy Council levels).

Theo Dixon

Wilberforce Chambers

A young junior who is developing into an exceptional barrister.

Alexander Farara

New Square Chambers

Great client manner and always eager to help.

Jaamae Hafeez-Baig

Brick Court Chambers

Tom Hall

Erskine Chambers

Tom is an absolute star. He is exceptionally bright, his work is of the highest quality, and he has a charm and gravitas with clients that is rare in a junior lawyer.

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Rabin Kok

South Square

Best in class for complex cross-border insolvency work.

Jessica Lavelle

XXIV Old Buildings

Nicholas Leah

Nick is an exceptional young barrister. I have long been impressed by the breadth of his legal knowledge, personal dynamism, and commitment to developing a strong commercial practice in the early years of his career at the bar. He is also exceptionally personable and an absolute pleasure to work with. His work is of the highest standard and, as a junior, he always makes a substantial contribution to a case. I very much look forward to having the opportunity to work with him again.

Alex Peplow

XXIV Old Buildings

Emile Simpson

4 New Square Chambers

Daniel Thorpe

Radcliffe Chambers

James Woolrich

Maitland Chambers

James is just an excellent lawyer. His analysis and knowledge of the black-letter law are extremely strong, particularly around multi-jurisdictional proceedings and remedies, and his drafting is fantastic.