Litigation Finance Deal Counsel - London (Bar)
Band 1
What the Team is Known For
4 New Square is a leading set for costs law matters, and its barristers often represent clients in matters concerning litigation funding agreements. Its members work with many of the UK's leading litigation funders and ATE insurers, and also represent claimants and claimant groups in group actions, defendant organisations and solicitors' firms. Members advise on and draft litigation funding agreements and damages based agreements, and act for clients in costs claims relating to these agreements.
Lizzy Stewart is the set's senior clerk and CEO.
Strengths
4 New Square Chambers always has the best KCs and the best costs juniors available as required.
What distinguishes 4 New Square is not simply technical excellence in costs law, but their genuine understanding of the underlying litigation context in which those costs issues arise. Their costs and litigation funding team has a sophisticated grasp of group litigation structures, multi-firm coordination, funding architecture and the strategic implications of cost management in mass claims. Their depth of understanding is rare.
4 New Square Chambers has unrivalled strength across both the juniors and silks. It's not just technical costs expertise they bring, but also a real strategic and commercial angle with the analysis, which clients really value.
4 New Square Chambers offers careful, considered, practical costs advice. It has a niche area of expertise that other sets don't possess.
Notable practitioners
Benjamin Williams KC is a leading costs silk with significant and longstanding expertise in litigation funding matters. Williams acts for many of the leading litigation funders on the costs aspects of group litigation matters.
Ben is simply fantastic. The very best costs silk at the Bar.
Ben is the most technically proficient cost specialist counsel. When it comes to very high value arrangements or disputes, he's top tier. You want him on your side as he's very clever and can spot legal arguments.
Ben provides strategic oversight at the highest level. He combines real authority in court with an ability to distil highly complex funding and costs structures into clear, persuasive submissions. He has a particular flair for identifying the most compelling points in a case and deploying them effectively to strengthen the overall strategic narrative.
George McDonald is a leading junior costs barrister. He regularly advises on and drafts litigation funding agreements. McDonald acts for litigation funders, solicitors' firms and litigation insurance firms.
George is excellent across all fields.
George is exceptionally strong both technically and strategically. He is deeply embedded in the detail of complex group litigation costs structures and is particularly effective at navigating multi-firm, multi-layered funding and agency arrangements. He has an exceptional grasp of the detail, the consequences and the interplay between overlapping agreements and stakeholder interests.
Nicholas Bacon KC advises on the drafting of litigation funding agreements. He acts for many of the UK's top litigation funders. He has also advised the UK Government on regulations affecting damages based agreements and on the Litigation Funding Agreements (Enforceability) Bill.
Nicholas is a standout leader at the costs Bar.
Nicholas is simply the best.
Nicholas is the best cost counsel in the UK without a shadow of a doubt. His depth of knowledge, experience and his relationship with the bench are unparalleled. We always try to work with him on financial litigation issues.
Nicholas is a specialist in all aspects in cost law and he's considered the leading person in this area. He's a good person to answer questions quickly and is very thoughtful about all the issues related to costs.
Robert Marven KC is a preeminent costs silk who specialises in advising litigation funders. He is particularly adroit at advising on costs and funding issues in relation to high value Competition Appeal Tribunal cases, including those run as opt-out claims.
Robert Marven is an eminent name in the cost and funding space. He gives practical advice.
Robert is great. He is very affable and always very responsive.
Robert Marven is one of the leading costs silks available in competition litigation.
Roger Mallalieu KC is frequently instructed by litigation funders to advise on funding arrangements and drafts funding agreements. Among the matters he has advised on are landmark Competition Appeal Tribunal proceedings.
Roger Mallalieu is extremely calm, very measured, very cerebral and thoughtful.
Roger is a very impressive KC.
