Commercial litigation

Quadrant Chambers

Particularly reputed for its shipping and logistics expertise, Quadrant Chambers is also well-equipped to handle international commercial, contractual, and joint venture disputes, as well as fraud and banking litigation. In the banking space, Simon Rainey KC is representing Afghanistan International Bank against Yes Bank Limited, where the claimant is seeking to prevent parallel proceedings brought in India in a significant dispute over international bank guarantees to cover a delayed power transmission lines installation in Kabul. Robert-Jan Temmink KC is representing the claimants in Bahia and others v Sidhu and others, a partnership dispute between two families over assets worth approximately £23m, involving allegations of fraud and concealment of assets. Meanwhile, Paul Downes KC and Nicola Allsop act for the defendant in DAZN v IMG, a dispute over broadcasting rights that addresses whether COVID-19 disruption qualifies as a force majeure event and the extent of liability for existing license fees.

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Testimonials

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'Daniel Westerman is a first point of call to rapidly assist with all types of matters.'
'Sam McDowell is a pleasure to work with.'
'Simon Slattery is outstanding: hard-working, well-connected, calm, sensible, and thoughtful. John Walker is the best that money can buy: dedicated, sensitive, reasonable, calm and considered.'
'The clerks are very helpful and friendly, especially Billy Beckett. The clerks keep you in the loop, are fair in terms of fees and go the extra mile to find counsel at the last minute.'
'Quadrant has strong shipping and transportation barristers. They are able to transfer skills to almost any commercial dispute, which makes them highly desirable as advisory barristers in high-profile disputes.'
'A strong set for work in logistics, transport and product work.'
'Quadrant is a go-to set for any shipping-related disputes.'
'A quality set with some very good senior juniors as well as Silks. You always know you can rely on the barristers at Quadrant.'

Silks

Leading Silks

KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.

Simon Rainey KC

Quadrant Chambers

‘Very responsive and answers questions with precision.'

Paul Downes KC

Quadrant Chambers

‘Superb advocacy and commands the attention of the judge. Really polished and excellent at arguing the most difficult of cases.'

Robert-Jan Temmink KC

Quadrant Chambers

‘Robert is a masterful advocate - he's highly persuasive, reads the court room very well and is creative in his approach to his advocacy. A user friendly counsel with a particularly notable star quality when it comes to advocacy.'

Guy Blackwood KC

Quadrant Chambers

Yash Kulkarni KC

Quadrant Chambers

‘Yash is tenacious, has great legal and strategic intellect, and is a wonderful team-player.'

'A commanding advocate who is acutely bright and strategically brilliant.'

Juniors

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.

Nicola Allsop

Quadrant Chambers

‘Nicola is approachable and friendly yet fully on top of the details. She applies a client-friendly and strategic approach to her advice and is always responsive.'

Joseph Sullivan

Quadrant Chambers

‘A fanastic barrister who is ferociously bright but also has a commercial mindset. His writing is of top quality and his advocacy is also superb.'

Stewart Chirnside

Quadrant Chambers

‘He is impressively quick, meticulous with the detail and is fantastic at finding solutions and developing winning arguments. His ability to turn around top-quality, weighty pieces of written work such as skeleton arguments over short periods never ceases to impress.'

Simon Oakes

Quadrant Chambers

‘Simon is not only technically adept and quickly grasps complicated issues, but always demonstrates an awareness of the bigger commercial picture – be that what tactics to employ to create an opportunity for a commercial settlement or to protect the client’s wider commercial interest rather than simply focus on the case at hand.'

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.