39 Essex Chambers

39 Essex Chambers houses ‘high-quality’ barristers, who routinely advocate in complex infrastructure, energy and construction arbitrations across a range of regions, including Asia Pacific, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East. Notable for his connections in China, Adrian Hughes KC has extensive experience in energy and constriction arbitrations and is well versed in the rules of the LCIA, SIAC and DIAC, and Karim Ghaly KC similarly handles high-value construction and infrastructure arbitrations. Further construction experts at the set include Jonathan Bellamy and Vivek Kapoor, while Karishma Vora takes the lead in international trade related arbitrations and various corporate contract disputes.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'The clerking team are always ready, willing and able to assist; Andy Poyser is noteworthy for this.'
'Andy Poyser is consistently professional and helpful.'
'The service from 39 Essex clerks is second to none, they are efficient, responsive and incredibly helpful to clients. They are always willing to go the extra mile to ensure work is completed and that barristers are available within the timeframes we require work to be done.'
'39 Essex has significant strength and depth in the provision of environmental law advice and they have a good range of counsel available for this work.'
'The set as a whole have been brilliant. From dealing mostly with their Juniors, all of whom seem set for much greater things.'
'A genuine specialist planning set, with genuine strength-in-depth.'

Lawyers

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.

Adrian Hughes KC

Adrian is very intelligent and quickly gets a handle on cases. He clearly articulates his advice to clients in a commercially minded manner.'

Karim Ghaly KC

Karim is a highly competent barrister offering excellent advocacy, strategy and most importantly, the ability to connect with the arbitrators. He’s someone a party wouldn’t want on his opposite side given his ability to get down to the details and find points appear to be seamlessly diminish the other side’s case.’

Adam Robb KC

Adam's biggest strength is his ability to think strategically while also getting on op of the forensic details of the case. He is a real team player who is willing to get stuck in.'

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.