Commercial Dispute Resolution

Adrian Beltrami is superb. He is a great cross-examiner, incredibly bright and just a delightful advocate.

Adrian is your go-to KC when you're looking for strong, persuasive advocacy.

Adrian is right at the top of the game. He is extremely good in court and has incredible gravitas. His experience as a judge makes him unique and really helps him give persuasive advice.

He is one of the top names at the Bar and for a reason. He is really user-friendly, available and always on point.

Adrian is incredibly bright and very clinical and analytical, which clients love. He makes the most complex problems very simple for the clients.

Ali Malek is forensic in his approach.

A heavyweight KC who is excellent in terms of advocacy.

The best networker at the Bar in terms of getting on with judges, solicitors, other barristers and clients. He is also good at getting to grips early on with the strategic thrust on complex matters.

Ali Malek KC is the doyen of civil fraud. He knows exactly how judges think, and his experience is second to none.

Excellent for any high-stakes commercial or chancery proceedings. There is a very small handful of barristers at the pinnacle of the profession who transcend the boundaries, and he is one of them.

Andrew is an excellent advocate who is very reliable.

Andrew Onslow is the pre-eminent person and go-to silk in the art world. His status and knowledge stand out.

He has a very strong interest in African disputes, especially in the energy sector.

He is a very well-known, highly respected leader.

He is really well respected silk in the securities field.

David Quest thinks deeply about the law and is very well prepared for his cases.

David Quest is a fantastic barrister who is so knowledgeable and authoritative.

David Quest is phenomenally bright, down-to-earth and practical. He has the right balance of pragmatism and academic knowledge in the area, and is good to have on your side.

David Quest has a strong reputation in cryptocurrency asset disputes. He is very user-friendly and well versed in that technical discipline.

An absolute brain-box and someone who is extremely personable and down to earth for someone of his expertise and calibre.

Ewan is an absolutely brilliant advocate. He is one of the finest minds at the Bar for commercial litigation, enforcement or equity and trusts matters.

A heavyweight KC whose leadership of cases is outstanding and whose anticipation of what tribunals are thinking about is truly impressive. He is able to reply persuasively to any points put to him.

He has very good presence and puts clients at ease.

Brilliant, funny, charming and an excellent advocate with a huge brain. He is the full package.

He is very insightful and very persuasive in court.

Adam Kramer has got a very positive attitude to things and pushes hard to find good things we can pursue. He is very strong on the damages and quantum side of arguments.

He is very user-friendly and cuts through complicated issues in order to present them in a straightforward manner to judges and clients.

Adam Kramer KC is a deft advocate; he is a natural on his feet, and approaches matters with a calm confidence that is refreshing for both clients and judges alike.

He is responsive, very clear in his advice and very analytical and commercial.

He has really good cross-examination skills.

David really gets the judge's ear and thinks on his feet beautifully.

Hodge is just very smooth and natural in the courtroom. He is a formidable leader.

Hodge is a master tactician and excellent at tactics and reading the other team's strategy. He is always really prepared, and he commands respect from judges.

He is a superb silk with outstanding commercial awareness and a man who adopts a friendly approach with clients.

He is extremely bright and elegant and communicates perfectly with both the court and opposing counsel.

He is fantastic, especially on confidentiality and privilege.

James is a guaranteed star of future who is very hard-working and super intelligent. He always goes the extra mile, and I love working with him.

James is an excellent junior with great technical knowledge and the ability to communicate easily with clients.

James McWilliams has very good judgement. He comes across as being much more experienced than he actually is as he speaks with such authority.

James is an excellent all-rounder and good on the detail.

He is extraordinarily gifted in every way.

He is an exceptional advocate who is masterful, fearless and dedicated.

Jonathan's strength lies in handling weighty financial disputes. He has a rare brain that can cope with heavy legal argument as well as deep financial analysis.

I was highly impressed not only by his legal knowledge and advocacy skills, but also by his continued consideration of the commercial realities for the client.

Unflappable under pressure, clever and a persuasive advocate who has the ear of the court. He is a first-class cross examiner.

He is very calm and reassuring in person and pays great attention to detail.

Peter provided clear and concise advice in conference and in writing, which was excellent. He showed acute awareness of the broader litigation strategy, and his advice was very helpful.

Peter is very thorough and user-friendly.

I find Peter’s way of delivering advice on complicated points in conference especially helpful. He has a great way of making incredibly complex points easy to understand and absorb in one hit.

Philip Hinks is the real deal and a joy to work with. He is always calm, always on top of the detail and a man with an eye on the end goal.

Phil is a wonderful advocate who has an uncanny knack of unravelling thorny legal issues.

Phil is outstanding; he's brilliant to work with, and you can approach with questions. He's also very clever and considered.

Can Yeginsu is a very strategic thinker who thinks a step ahead of his opponents. He is a rock star. Success motivates him.

Can is an amazing advocate. His cross-examination and advocacy are always very considered.

Can Yeginsu is a brilliant advocate whose written submissions are first class. The fact that he does a lot of different areas of law gives him a good perspective as well, which is really useful.

Can Yeginsu is superb for top-ticket commercial litigation. Clients love him, and the court always listens to him. There is no better cross-examiner at his level.

As an advocate, Charlotte is both passionate and persuasive. Her strong presence in court, combined with her meticulous preparation and deep legal knowledge, make her a formidable opponent.

Charlotte's written work is exceptional. Her strategy and consideration of what to do next and how to do it are great. She is a pleasure to work with, and her knowledge is first class.

Charlotte Eborall is technically very strong and a pleasure to work with. She is approachable, and she provides clear and focused advice.

Liisa is calm, super intelligent and a very persuasive advocate. She is also charming and a real pleasure to deal with.

Liisa is outstanding. She is passionate about her cases, and no stone goes unturned when she prepares for hearings. I actively look forward to my next opportunity to instruct her.

Liisa is one of my favourite people to work with. She is robust when she needs to be, highly intelligent and overall just a real star.

An effective junior who is willing to step up and take responsibility on big cases. Lisa is a courageous advocate who will leave no stone unturned in pursuit of her clients' interests

Very bright, good with clients and a great advocate. She is the full package: she's all over the detail, she has good commercial instinct and she is very good on her feet.

Peter is a cool-headed advocate who is very experienced and extremely user-friendly.

Peter is pragmatic, commercial and creative.

Peter has so much insight and such a shrewd sense of what will and won't work. He is a very calm, measured and careful advocate.

Tim is a strong, consistently good barrister who brings a sense of calm to complex disputes involving difficult characters.

He is a persuasive advocate and proper high end – he really knows his stuff.

He has excellent knowledge of DIFC courts and is a pleasure to work with.

Tom is outstanding and a go-to for anything related to an injunction. He's seen everything before and knows exactly what the judge needs to hear.

Chris is impressive. He displays very good oral advocacy and has the ear of the judge.

Bond is going places. He is very well respected in the profession.

Chris is very charming – a classic English gentleman and barrister. He is good at dealing with clients and has a very efficient way of explaining complex issues in simple terms quickly.

I have seen him on his feet, and he is incredibly thorough in his addresses to the court. His drafting is also excellent, and he is just a very tenacious performer.

George McPherson is excellent and thorough. He has great knowledge of complex areas of law and an amazing understanding of contractual matrices.

George McPherson offers insightful advice to move the matter forward and develop a clear strategy.

Matthew is a brilliant and thorough advocate with a great court and client manner. He is excellent on tactics and strategy.

He is very user-friendly and responsive and always adds value. He is excellent with clients and creates trust with them.

His work is technically excellent.

He is very tenacious. He's someone who will take the time to get on top of the detail and construct a clear case from it. He's commercial and has good strategic insight.

He is very good on the detail and analytic in his approach.

He is very user-friendly and smooth.

Rajesh is incredibly responsive and great at getting into the weeds of the case, while not losing sense of the bigger picture.

Rajesh is very smooth yet forceful in his advocacy. He brings a very commercial and forensic approach to his work and a keen eye for detail.

When he speaks, everything he says sounds like the right answer.

Richard's very modern in the way he approaches things. His knowledge and his acumen stands out. He predicts the approach that the court will take and he's always right.

He is one of the top names to go to for letters of credit. He provides top-quality advice and instils huge confidence in the client.

Ryan Ferro displayed good knowledge and experience on a case requiring a lot of case management. He did good work managing the other parties and the court to ensure the claims advanced as instructed.

Ryan Ferro is very hard-working. He's very clever and quick at grasping issues, tactics and strategy, and at responding promptly.

Ryan Ferro is an exceptionally able junior who can quickly digest the issues in a case.

Alexia is simply brilliant. She is incredibly bright and has a lovely style about her advocacy.

He is an excellent silk with a tremendous personality and enormous ability.

Farhaz is fluent on his feet and someone with good judgement. He knows when to press points and when to take a methodical or reserved approach.

Farhaz is robust and commercial. He is able to grasp complex issues quickly and deliver submissions in a succinct manner.

His knowledge is laser-sharp and he is very well thought of. He has a quiet confidence, and he is willing to listen, taking a collaborative approach.

He is extremely sharp-witted, very client-friendly and easy to work with, and he communicates really very well. He is one of the next-generation stars.

Georges is an excellent team player who is technically very strong and a barrister who punches above his weight in terms of written and advocacy work. We are fortunate to have him on our matter.

Georges is a polyglot and a man who is highly responsive and client-friendly. He will always come up with a good indication.

Ian Higgins demonstrated first-class attention to detail and great response times. He speaks in language that can be easily understood by the client.

Ian's clinical legal knowledge and attention to detail were invaluable in dealing with a multitude of complex matters and issues throughout the case.

Ian Higgins is supremely diligent and has the keenest eye for detail.

Jamie is fantastic and very collaborative. It felt like he was an extension of our team.

Nick is a barrister of exceptional talent and dedication. His ability to meticulously analyse cases, coupled with his skill in delivering persuasive narratives, makes him a formidable advocate.

Nick is available, accessible, honest and beyond competent. He has a grasp of the Civil Procedure Rules and their application and is able to immediately assess and advise accordingly.

Nicholas Craig KC is highly responsive, an extremely clever tactician and a fine advocate. He is creative and highly persuasive when on his feet.

Richard Hanke's laser-like focus and logical approach mean that both his written and oral advocacy are very clear and compelling.

Richard is amazing. He is very easy to work with, supremely intelligent and great with clients.

Richard Hanke is brilliant. He is a superb advocate who has a deft ability to get to the heart of a case.

Saaman Pourghadiri is a very adaptable, flexible and highly commercial counsel. He is a highly popular guy as he is easy to work with.

Saaman Pourghadiri is a real joy to work with and brilliant with clients. He is very bright and has a clear drafting style. He gets on with associates and partners alike.

Saaman is a very technically able barrister with a good commercial brain.

Sarah is a great team player who is superb in her drafting and writing. I give her a lot of credit for our success in the matter.

Sarah's diligence in dealing with matters throughout the case and her commercial and legal focus were outstanding. She has a clear and concise ability to explain and deal with complex legal issues.

Sarah Tulip is excellent. I would recommend her for her legal knowledge and hard-working approach.

A class act, Will is user-friendly, super smart, astonishingly hard-working, incredibly impressive and composed on his feet. He is as cool as a cucumber against the most eminent opposition in court.

William Day is technically fantastic. He is able to take on a huge workload and is incredibly easy to deal with.

William Day's written advocacy was absolutely superb. He is very, very clever, user-friendly and really easy to work with.

Andrew is a delight to work with. Even under the tightest of time pressures, his amenable nature is unwavering, and he has always delivered when needed.

Andrew's ability to forensically analyse volumes of information and complex legal concepts is unrivalled. His advice and guidance will invariably promote, and lead to, the best commercial outcome.

With Andrew, you get this 360-degree view as he has seen things from all sides. He is an absolute pleasure to deal with and is so responsive. He is collaborative and has deft client management.

Anne has been absolutely fantastic. She adds value every step of the way and has been very, very clever in a challenging a matter with a lot of moving pieces. She was always across all the issues.

Anne Jeavons has a down-to earth-approach and delivers results that are out of this world. She is superb.

Anne is very clever and quick. She demonstrated complete mastery of the fine detail of the case.

One of the most reliable, unflappable and hard-working juniors we have. He will be a star.

Dominic Kennelly is deeply intelligent, and he can genuinely make a change to a case and how it develops due to his application and intellectual skill. His advocacy is extremely effective as well.

Dominic is user-friendly and a nice guy. He is a former solicitor, so he understands why we are asking the questions we are asking.

James is very bright and very user-friendly. He was very good in advocacy.

James Potts is a star in the making. He is a brilliant all-rounder who can turn his hand to everything. He really is one to watch.

A superb advocate who is brilliant with clients, James is remarkably quick at getting to grips with business-critical issues.

Matthew is very slick and very good on his feet. He doesn't get flustered and thinks well.

Matthew has been superb in his assessment of each of the options. He is very patient with the client and understands the dynamics at play. He has helped us in a tremendously expert way.

Matthew is a very rigorous and diligent barrister who produces work to a very high standard. He is super strong on technical points, and couples this with strong commercial instincts.

He is tenacious and gets his point across in a forceful way.

Rebecca is excellent. She distils complex information so that it is easy to understand, and she adopts a common-sense approach. She is very good on disclosure and just effective all round.

Rebecca is an excellent junior who provides complex analysis and produces clear and succinct advice.

Rebecca Zaman has an incisive legal mind and is immensely easy to work with. She is a future star.

Calum Mulderrig is bright, commercially focused and someone who appreciates what is needed.

Calum is an ex-solicitor, so he is really good with clients. He is incredibly practical and user-friendly, but also really, really clever.

Calum used to be a solicitor, so he understands the score. He knows what we are looking for and has a good understanding of how to liaise with clients. However, he also has that barristerial flair.

Judy Fu is an up-and-coming barrister who is very hands on and strategic. She is excellent on her feet.

Judy Fu has a fantastic understanding of the law and can put it into a commercial context really well. Her background as a solicitor makes her incredibly commercially aware as a barrister.

Judy is a responsive, strategically minded and very effective junior.