Commercial disputes

Leading Juniors
Leading associates

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

South Square

‘Robert is very capable and approachable. He is willing to work with all members of a case team and has a broad understanding on insolvency matters over multiple jurisdictions.’

‘Toby is tenacious in fighting his client’s corner. He has very wide legal knowledge which he supplements with superb legal research skills. He is very clear and concise in how he expresses himself.’

Peter Burgess

South Square

‘Peter is a star, whose advocacy abilities put him well ahead of many barristers called many years earlier.’

Graeme Halkerston

Wilberforce Chambers

'Graeme is phenomenally bright and finds solutions to even the most complex of problems. He is also great fun to work with.'

Emma Hargreaves

Serle Court

‘Emma has unrivalled knowledge of black letter law and commercial acumen, combined with an inexhaustible work-ethic and brilliant attention to detail. Emma is a hugely important asset to any team, particularly with her wealth of experience of offshore disputes.’

Nicholas Harrison

Serle Court

Nico Leslie

Fountain Court Chambers

‘Nico is incredibly hard working and has a great way of cutting through complex issues to get to the nub of the argument. Nico is a great team player.'

Adil Mohamedbhai

Serle Court

‘Adil is one of the best commercial juniors at the Bar. He is tenacious advocate, with an extraordinary ability to deliver results. He work incredibly hard. He has superb judgement and clients absolutely love him.’

William Willson

South Square

‘William is a talented senior junior, he is responsive and very quick to get across the issues. He is results focused and offers pragmatic solutions for clients.’

Lucy Colter

4 New Square Chambers

‘Lucy is exceptionally bright and gives clear advice. She is also excellent with clients and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Ruth is super smart and calm under pressure. She is a natural and winning advocate.'

Ciaran Keller

Essex Court Chambers

Rowan Pennington-Benton

3 Hare Court

‘Rowan has an ability to present very complicated material in a straightforward and understandable way.'

'Robert is a strong advocate with a brilliant legal mind. He has great intellect and an ability to provide strong strategies for a successful case.'

'James is highly responsive. He is technically excellent. He has lovely and effective advocacy skills.'

Oliver Phillips

Maitland Chambers

well with the judge’s difficult questions.’

‘Sparsh is remarkably diligent, hardworking, and conscientious. He grasps a case by the scruff of the neck in double-quick time and gets straight to the nub of the issue. He is highly responsive and is brilliant in his communication with clients. His ability to turnaround court documents is highly impressive. He is a veritable star of the future, and of the now.’

Alexander Heylin

No5 Barristers’ Chambers

‘Edward has excellent drafting skills.’

Clara Johnson

South Square

‘Clara is an excellent strategic thinker. She is strong technically but a joy to have as part of a larger team. She is able to manage the multiple demands from clients, law firms, and the wider counsel team.’

‘Edoardo has quickly become an instruct at every opportunity name on many lists of juniors. He has been instructed on public equity valuation disputes – some of the most difficult, technical and hard-fought disputes around.’

‘Andrew is a very capable and bright lawyer who has an extremely broad knowledge base across various civil disciplines. He is a creative thinker. He is pragmatic and offers clear solutions to difficult problems.'

James McWilliams

3 Verulam Buildings

‘James is an excellent junior, with good tactical sense and a reassuring ability to grasp law and facts with a minimum of fuss.’

‘Henry’s intellect is formidable, and he brings that sharpness to every aspect of his advocacy. He’s incredibly quick to grasp complex issues and has a knack for cutting straight to the heart of a case, which makes him both efficient and persuasive in court. His cross-examination is masterful, and he’s a pleasure to work with—responsive, strategic, and always thinking several steps ahead.’

James Potts

3 Verulam Buildings

‘James is an exceptional junior. Bright, tenacious, and willing to roll his sleeves up and work as part of a team.'

'Charlie's written work is meticulous, insightful, and compelling. It's a rare mix of technical accuracy and persuasive force. He is extremely hard-working, is across every detail, and always delivers.'

Tom Roscoe

Wilberforce Chambers

'Tom is a very pragmatic, hands-on barrister. Whatever the case, he gets stuck immediately, providing clear, concise, and practical advice. He is a pleasure to work with.'

‘Charles is thorough, excellent at identifying the critical issues, and commercially astute. He is responsive, available, and always across the detail. His drafting is clear and concise, based on solid legal knowledge. He’s good to have on your team – calm, decisive, and utterly reliable.’

Tara Taylor

Wilberforce Chambers

‘Tara is approachable, hard working, and responsive.'

Sarah Tresman

Twenty Essex

‘Sarah is a fantastic barrister to work with. Hard working, sharp as a whip, very responsive, and hands on.’

‘Yash is very bright, very diligent, and extremely user friendly. He is also very responsive and practical in his advice.’

4 New Square Chambers

‘Mark is an outstanding writer and thinker. He is also highly skilled at conveying complex concepts in a succinct manner.'

‘James’ advocacy skills are excellent, especially for such a young advocate. He thinks quickly on his feet and he presents well to the court. He brings a strategic approach to litigation and is adept at out-maneuvering opposing counsel.’

Jamie Holmes

Wilberforce Chambers

‘Jamie is very responsive, providing thoughtful, reasoned, and on point advice. He works very well in a team.'

Christopher Howitt

Three Stone

‘Chris is brilliantly intelligent, but commercially astute- an important and all-too-rare combination. His written advocacy is amongst the best I’ve seen, and his oral advocacy is compelling and confident.’

Sebastian Kokelaar

Three Stone

'Sebastian is a very good written and oral advocate who has operated on challenging cases at every level, including the UKSC.’

‘Tom’s knowledge of the law and procedure is enviable. More importantly, in Tom you get someone who takes a real leadership role in any proceeding.’

‘Guy is brilliant, incredibly proactive, and analytical. He demonstrates skills way above his level and is a very capable and persuasive advocate. Guy is always willing to go the extra mile to assist the team and underling client and it is an absolute pleasure working with him.’

Jack Rivett

Erskine Chambers

‘Jack is a highly sought after senior junior - exceptionally clever, detail oriented, and personable.'

James Shaw

Gatehouse Chambers

'James gives practical yet academically sound advice that can be implemented immediately but which is backed up by strong legal principles.'

Stephanie Thompson

Serle Court

‘Stephanie is one of the best juniors in this area. He works incredibly hard, her drafting is brilliant, and her eye for detail is excellent. She is also lovely to work with.’

Nicola Timmins

4 Stone Buildings

‘Nicola is a Silk in the making. Quality shines through in everything she does. She impressed hugely with her ability to get to grips with very significant amounts of information and documents at high speed, producing complex pleadings, skeleton arguments and other documents to an exceptionally high standard while working under intense time pressure.’

Andrew Trotter

Blackstone Chambers

'Andrew is incredibly user-friendly, very bright, and exudes calm. He has great strategic judgment not only for advocacy but also for wider commercial considerations.'

Damien Walker

3 Verulam Buildings

‘Damien demonstrates a thorough and strategic understanding of civil law, coupled with strong analytical skills and an ability to distill complex legal issues into clear, persuasive arguments. His work is consistently of a high standard. He is precise, well-reasoned and compelling. He is highly responsive, reliable under pressure, and demonstrates excellent judgment during case preparation.’

Ben Woolgar

Brick Court Chambers

‘Ben is extremely diligent and able. He is considered and extremely hard working. He shows maturity and judgement well, well, beyond his years. His advocacy is clear, concise, and highly effective.'

Leading associates

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 extremely bright, and very well versed in the law. He is a fantastic creative thinker and often sees angles that others do not. The quality of his research and understanding of the factual detail of cases is superb; and he also produces fantastic pieces of written advocacy. He is the complete package as a junior.'

Alfred Artley

Monckton Chambers

'Alfred is extremely bright, hardworking, and engaging. Clients like working with Alfred as he demonstrates a strong commitment to their cases. I have only seen him do a short piece of advocacy once and he equipped himself well. He is a pleasure to work with.'

Alexander Farara

New Square Chambers

‘Alexander is a very capable and responsive barrister. He particularly excels in client consultations and is well able to deal with any queries that arise, however unexpected. He thinks outside the box and is skilled in strategising and foreseeing potential difficulties.’