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Miss Serena Cheng KC KC
Position
Serena Cheng QC is a commercial litigation and arbitration specialist whose practice focuses on technically and legally complex energy, engineering and infrastructure disputes. She is an experienced trial advocate who has represented a wide range of client both domestically and internationally, with a particular emphasis on the Far East and Middle East.
Career
Called 2000; Lincoln’s Inn. Queen’s Counsel 2017.
Memberships
Serena is a member of COMBAR, LCLCBA and the SCL. She served on TECBAR’s Management Committee between c. 2010 and 2017.
Education
LLB(Hons) (London).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Construction
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 5Serena Cheng KC – Atkin Chambers ‘Serena is absolutely superb. Measured, incredibly bright, tactical, confident in her opinion but very willing to listen, and excellent with clients. She is a cut above the rest.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Serena Cheng KC –Atkin Chambers ‘She has excellent drafting and advocacy skills. She’s also excellent with clients.’
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Serena Cheng KC –Atkin Chambers ‘Excellent attention to detail, very strong advocacy, presents clear advice, willing to deliver difficult messages.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Serena Cheng KC –Atkin Chambers ‘She is superb: incredibly bright, astute, commercial, calm, clear, confident in her opinion, and a pleasure to work with.’
Regional International Arbitration – The Bar > Construction, energy and infrastructure
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Serena Cheng KC – Atkin Chambers ‘Serena has profound knowledge and deep understanding of the law. A silk with acute insight.’
Atkin Chambers is ‘well known as a strong chambers for construction cases‘, with an excellent reputation for its ‘substantial strength and depth in construction disputes‘. Serena Cheng KC has established strength in handling complex infrastructure, energy and engineering disputes, often for clients based across Asia-Pacific. Stuart Catchpole KC is ‘an extremely effective cross examiner‘, and head of chambers Chantal-Aimée Doerries KC counts complex disputes arising from LNG and oil field projects located in Asia as a core pillar of her practice. Shourav Lahiri is sought after for his solid track record in handling complex international construction arbitrations.