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Wilberforce Chambers
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Graeme Halkerston
Position
Graeme practices across a wide range of chancery commercial work and is consistently recommended in the leading directories for Chancery Commercial, Professional Liability, Offshore and Company Law. He is noted for ability to work with clients and as part of a litigation team with instructing solicitors, calling on his experience as a former partner in a leading offshore law firm.
Career
Called: 1994; Middle temple; tenant 1 Essex Court 1995-2007; partner Appleby, Cayman Islands 2007-2012; tenant Wilberforce Chambers 2012.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, Professional Negligence Bar Association.
Education
Oxford University (BA Jurisprudence), Law School, University of Pennsylvania (LLM).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Company
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 5The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Graeme Halkerston – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Graeme is a top pick for offshore work. He really knows his offshore cases and the nuances of the offshore company and insolvency legislation. He is absolutely great on his feet – really well-prepared and researched. He holds his ground under the most difficult questioning. He rarely fails to get a result and is always thinking about different angles of attack.’
Wilberforce Chambers is noted for being ‘excellent from top to bottom’ and retains its robust offshore reputation for representing international clients on high-profile and complex cases in the Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands. Prominently, Clare Stanley KC is acting in Kuwait Ports Authority v Port Link, regarding derivative actions brought on behalf of exempted limited partnerships and raising important points of law in relation to security for costs. Robert Ham KC is well-known for his offshore litigation and advisory practice, which emphasises trust law. Gilead Cooper KC is praised as ‘one of the top silks in the international trust and estate litigation world’, while turning to the set’s senior juniors, Graeme Halkerston is an expert in offshore and cross-border Chancery litigation, particularly matters in the Cayman Islands and BVI. Anna Littler maintains her broad offshore practice, encompassing fraud claims, company and insolvency issues and trusts disputes.