As a ‘premier commercial set with real strength-in-depth’, Brick Court Chambers continues to impress with its routine involvement in big-ticket cases. In Privatbank v Kolomoisky, Mark Howard KC represents former bank owner Igor Kolomoisky against the bank’s claims that he misappropriated US$2.4bn by arranging fraudulent loans, leading Michael Bools KC, Alec Haydon KC, Geoffrey Kuehne, and Ben Woolgar. Simon Salzedo KC leads a team including Richard Eschwege KC, Michael Bolding, and Tom Wood, representing mining company Vale SA in Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group, a significant group action with over 800,000 claimants seeking £36bn in damages for the Fundão Dam collapse in Brazil. Roger Masefield KC represents the Nigerian government in Nigeria v Tibit, a case concerning an attempt to recover a private jet, alleged to have been purchased by late kleptocrat Sane Abacha’s oil minister with the proceeds of corruption. Richard Blakeley KC took silk in March 2024.
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- 'Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison are excellent. They are responsive, pragmatic and commercial - the epitome of fantastic modern-day clerking!'
- 'Responsive high-quality service from the clerks. Paul Dennison is strong on service and user-friendly.'
- 'Philip Wilkes is great. He knows his business and delivers the best for you.'
- 'Tony Burgess and Paul Dennison lead a high-quality team with approachability, warmth, real skill and a deep knowledge of their chambers and its caseload.'
- 'A set comprised of seriously high-powered counsel.'
- 'Brick Court Chambers is strong all around and at all levels for commercial litigation.'
- 'Brick Court Chambers is a premier commercial set with real strength-in-depth.'
- 'Brick Court Chambers is amongst the handful of elite commercial sets in the London market.'
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2024 Silks
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