Keating Chambers

With ‘very strong construction expertise’, Keating Chambers is well-placed to handle major construction arbitrations concerning major energy, transport, shipbuilding and infrastructure projects across the globe, namely Hong Kong, the Middle East, Singapore, South Africa and Australia. David Thomas KC has extensive experience acting as counsel in arbitrations concerning landmark development projects in the Middle East, while Veronique Buehrlen KC has recently acted in a number of major energy arbitrations. The set also has a strong junior bench, including Peter Brogden, whose recent experience includes major construction matters in the ICC, DIFC, LCIA and ADCCAC, Sarah Williams who excels in engineering arbitrations before the ICC and LCIA and Wen Jin Teh, who focuses his arbitration practice on matters in the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'James Luxmoore leads an excellent clerk’s room and are fantastic on logistics and managing solicitors and clients.'
'James Luxmoore and Will Shrubsall are incredibly hard-working, responsive, intuitive, knowledgeable and accommodating.'
'Rob Garvan is excellent - responsive, efficient and easy to work with.'
'I've always found the clerks at Keating to be excellent: super responsive, friendly, and nothing ever being too much trouble - exactly what an instructing solicitor wants. In particular, Jade Clark epitomises the very best of the clerking team at Keating.'
'Keating Chambers is an outstanding set. The clerks and other support staff are very responsive and helpful. The depth of counsel is excellent in terms of experienced and capable construction barristers.'
'Keating has a deep bench of barristers at all levels with strong arbitration and wider disputes experience in construction across multiple sectors. The clerks have recommended excellent barristers in this space over the years and work hard to accommodate demands on availability.'

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.

David Thomas KC

'David is a highly regarded barrister excelling in complex cases across international arbitration, construction, and engineering law. He delivers outstanding results for clients in the construction and engineering sectors, as well as in international arbitration.'

Veronique Buehrlen KC

he is extremely thorough and really gets to grip with Issues. a delight to work with.’

Richard Harding KC

'A great mind with outstanding experience.'

Simon Hughes KC

‘Simon is a master strategist who is able to see ahead of all the moving parts, advise on realistic outcomes, and lead the team on a clear path to achieve them.’

Sean Wilken KC

'Incredibly clever and very sharp. A real leader.'

Marc Rowlands KC

Incredible confidence in his knowledge and experience, calm under pressure, and attention to detail.'

Paul Buckingham KC

'Paul is great to work with as part of a big team and is happy to co-counsel. He has a great knack for seeing things through the lens of the tribunal.'

Lucy Garrett KC

A great advocate, very easy style, clients love working with her.'

Calum Lamont KC

Calum is incredibly smart and immersed in the detail of a case, not only the legal aspects of it but also the technical components.'

Vincent Moran KC

Justin Mort KC

Justin is at the top of the field. Justin knows how to win cases and is a formidable advocate.’

Samuel Townend KC

A highly skilled and astute barrister, Sam combines sharp intellect with a grounded, practical approach to his work.'

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.

Peter Brogden

'Meticulous, hard working and a pleasure to deal with.'

John McMillan

'John has poise and composure beyond his years - his advocacy gets to nub of the case and it is apparent to everyone the force of the point he is making, including when he cross-examines.'

James Thompson

'James is a strong advocate and his incremental approach has always been well received by tribunals. He develops good rapport with witnesses of the client and puts them at ease quickly, which helps when preparing their evidence. He is similarly effective at developing a rapport with witnesses during cross examination, which has proven very effective.'

James Frampton

'James is particularly skilled at getting straight to the heart of the issue and putting the case concisely and impactfully.'

Abdul Jinadu

'Forceful, polite, unflappable.'

Rachael O’Hagan

'Very common-sense, pragmatic lawyer who understands the issues. She is personable, hard-working and comes ready to get into the weeds. Works very collaboratively with the instructing solicitors. Tenacious.'

Ben Sareen

David Sheard

'Proactive with strategic ideas. Very responsive and on top of all the materials and detail.'

Jennie Wild

'Jennie is an exceptional barrister whose sharp intellect and command of complex legal and technical issues make her stand out in the field of construction and international arbitration. She combines outstanding advocacy with a calm, strategic presence. Her ability to distil multifaceted disputes into clear, compelling arguments is invaluable.'

Sarah Williams

‘Sarah has an incredible talent for identifying the key details in incredibly complex and technical cases in order to develop a case strategy. She is incredibly hard-working, responsive, commercial and a pleasure to work with. Her drafting is succinct, clear and persuasive.’

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.