Dispute Resolution: Commercial

3 Verulam Buildings' market-leading reputation arises out of its involvement in headline-grabbing commercial cases. Recent highlights include the major cases: Phones 4u Limited v EE Limited and others, a case concerned with the collapse into insolvency of Phones 4u; NMC Healthcare Limited v Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC and Noor Bank PJSC, a large scale insolvency related matter; and Suppipat v Narongdej & Others, a matter involving an alleged fraudulent conspiracy. One source comments: "This is an extremely capable team with good quality from KC to baby junior."

"The clerks are sophisticated. They provide excellent client service and are very responsive."

"Steve Penson and Stuart Pullum,  joint practice managers, and Lucy Burrows, deputy senior practice manager, are an absolute pleasure to deal with."

"Team leader Richard Ansell is brilliant, as are his colleagues."

"The clerks at 3VB have been great to work with. They make a real effort to understand and be responsive to what we need from them."

Adrian Beltrami KC "Adrian Beltrami is super bright, very commercial and user-friendly." "Adrian is a superb advocate, who is calm and unflappable." "Adrian is a pleasure to work with. He has great judgement and a great court presence."

Ali Malek KC "Ali is phenomenal when presenting a case; he really cuts to the chase to ensure the tribunal will very clearly see what the case is. He is able to present very compelling concise arguments." "The master of charisma and charm."

Andrew Onslow KC "Andrew Onslow is very good on the technical side but always approaches things from a commercial viewpoint," "Andrew Onslow is extremely competent and very impressive on his feet." "A highly effective and polished operator with a great knack for predicting judges' instincts."

Ewan McQuater KC "Ewan McQuater has a very effective court style and is always well prepared." "A go-to silk for heavyweight cases. Ewan is hugely experienced at handling complex trial cases and is very strategic and strong in court."

James McWilliams "James McWilliams is absolutely brilliant. He's calm, responsive and client friendly." "James is able to turn things around with excellent speed." "James writes excellent skeleton arguments." "Very knowledgeable and hard working."

David Head KC "David Head is an effortless advocate who makes everything look easy, but he has a strong work ethic underpinning all he does." "David is very robust and very client friendly. He has always got one eye on how the court will interpret things." "David is unpretentious and willing to roll up his sleeves." "David is measured, unflappable and someone with a really good sense of strategy in court."

David Quest KC "David Quest is incredibly hard working and highly numerate, making him a good choice for cases where numbers matter." "David is at the next level of fiercely intelligent. His forensic analysis of a case and the logic that he brings to bear really impress."

Hodge Malek KC "Hodge Malek displays an incredible mastery of extraordinarily technical issues and is able to wrap his head around the non-legal details." "Hodge is a brilliant strategist and a real pleasure to work with." "Hodge is intelligent, practical and someone who provides client friendly advice."

Jonathan Nash KC "Jonathan Nash is extremely experienced and very clear thinking. He also writes extremely well and has a very commercial outlook." "An excellent leader, who is a pleasure to work with." "Jonathan Nash is very pragmatic and very sensible."

Peter Ratcliffe "Peter Ratcliffe is a very trusted junior on the biggest cases." "He is very user friendly and great at coming up with new ideas to advance the client's interests."

Adam Kramer KC "Adam Kramer is a very good advocate. He is practical in his approach, is very easy to deal with and is prepared to roll his sleeves up and get involved." "Adam is very practical and gets the gist of what is important quickly." Adam punches way above his weight. He is really intelligent and a fantastic advocate."

Can Yeginsu "A fantastic barrister." "Can Yeginsu is excellent, very responsive and very detailed. He looks into all the angles and really makes a difference for your client." "He is a brilliant advocate and is very sensitive to client needs."

Jonathan Davies-Jones KC "Jonathan Davies-Jones is a fine silk, who combines formidable court presence with user friendly, succinct advice."

Peter de Verneuil Smith KC "Peter de Verneuil Smith is very impressive and knowledgeable." "Peter has a brilliant technical mind and really digs into the detail." "He has excellent legal and advocacy skills." "Peter provides superb legal advice. He also has very high commercial awareness and excellent client care skills." "Peter is ingenious and resourceful."

Philip Hinks "Philip Hinks was a sea of calmness in an ocean of madness." "Philip Hinks has a lot of gravitas and is extremely considered in his approach."

Richard Salter KC "Richard Salter is really well liked and respected by senior judges. When he talks, they listen."

Christopher Bond "Christopher Bond exercises good judgement and gets the right balance between when to argue and when not to." "Christopher is highly experienced and very good on tricky issues." "Christopher Bond is a good communicator and a great senior junior."

Liisa Lahti "A team player with a great work ethic, who is super bright."

Matthew Hardwick KC "Matthew Hardwick has an extraordinary ability to grasp the finest detail of a case. He is also a powerful advocate." "Matthew is extremely industrious, always well prepared and someone who provides very clear advice." "Matthew is careful to ensure that he has enough bandwidth to deal with the cases he takes on. He reads everything, is really well prepared and he cuts to the heart of a matter quickly." "Matthew absorbs details from complicated and substantial files like a machine."

Rajesh Pillai KC "Rajesh's client engagement is impressive. He provides detailed, thorough submissions and his written arguments are of a strong quality." "He is an incredibly strong advocate and also really client friendly." "Rajesh Pillai is absolutely excellent. He's a talented advocate, who is commercially minded."

Tom Montagu-Smith KC "Tom is a great advocate who has a good relationship with  judges." "Tom is great with clients, highly intelligent and a great team player."

Alexia Knight "Alexia is incredibly bright and always all over the detail." "Her main strength is that she is very thorough and commercial in the advice she gives. Her advocacy is also very impressive." "Alexia's written submissions are very clear, very astute and very precise." "Alexia is very user-friendly and has good technical skills."

Andrew Fletcher KC "Andrew Fletcher is very good at providing efficient client service, strong legal opinions and great advocacy. He has very strong commercial awareness and vision." "Andrew Fletcher is unflappable and displays great attention to detail."

Andrew Sutcliffe KC "Incredibly clever and very approachable." "Andrew Sutcliffe is really good at cutting through the detail of a case and presenting the case in a clear way." "A good all rounder. Andrew can be a very forceful advocate when appropriate; he fights the client's corner."

Anne Jeavons "Anne Jeavons is excellent." "Anne is hardworking, strategic and great to work with."

Christopher Harris KC "Chris is a robust advocate." "Christopher Harris is exceedingly down to earth and sensible. He is happy to roll his sleeves up and get stuck into a case."

George McPherson "George McPherson has a brain the size of a planet. He shows good attention to detail and is very strong both on paper and when presenting to the court."

Georges Chalfoun "Georges Chalfoun is tactically astute, very conscientious and extremely affable."

Hannah Glover "Hannah Glover is excellent; she is very detailed, very considered and someone who gives clear advice." "Hannah Glover is very smart, highly capable and a real pleasure to work with."

Ian Higgins "Ian Higgins is very technical and very detail focussed. He is thorough and analytical too." "Ian Higgins quickly becomes part of the team." "Ian is a hard worker and shows incredible attention to detail, leaving no stone unturned. He is also incredibly easy to work with."

Jamie Riley KC "Jamie Riley is personable, calm and analytical. He's a strong, unflappable advocate." "Jamie provides very clear, client friendly advice on complex matters." "He can convey complex messages in a lucid, concise and compelling way."

John Jarvis KC "A fixture of the English Bar who is as dynamic and energetic as ever."

Nicholas Craig KC "Nicholas Craig's advocacy is excellent and he prepares meticulously. He gets to grips with all the detail extremely quickly." "He has really good commercial sense." "Nicholas Craig is very hard-working and thorough; he will roll his sleeves up and do the work."

Ryan Ferro "A truly brilliant, outstanding junior." "Ryan Ferro operates far above his level of call. He is incredibly bright and very user-friendly. The quality of his written work is exceptional." "Ryan has an almost unrivalled capacity to analyse big problems and think several steps ahead."

Farhaz Khan KC "Farhaz Khan is very versatile, and is able to bring out the simple points to help the client navigate through the issues. He provides commercial and understandable advice." "He is very good at balancing the legal with the practical. Farhaz Khan is always thinking about solutions and how the client operates." "He is very technical and highly knowledgeable."

Matthew Parker KC "Matthew Parker is all over the details, very punchy and a safe pair of hands." "Very straightforward, user friendly and decisive in his advice." "A fantastic advocate."

Dominic Kennelly "Dominic Kennelly has complete mastery of everything he does. His submissions are persuasive and well structured." "Dominic has a really nice, crisp drafting style which is really effective."

Rebecca Zaman "Rebecca Zaman is very user-friendly and explains things in common sense terms."

William Day "William Day is super bright, always very into the detail and always a massive pleasure to work with. He punches above his weight."