Chambers Review
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Dispute Resolution: Commercial - UK
What the Team is Known For
Maitland Chambers is a set whose members are well versed in a wide range of areas of commercial litigation, and who are especially well known for handling company and insolvency-related disputes and cases involving allegations of civil fraud. Members are regularly involved in international cases, and are routinely selected to appear in the most complex of trials. Recent work includes: the Magomedov case, a claim for USD13.8 billion by a jailed Russian oligarch regarding the hostile takeover of a Russian logistics company; UC Rusal Plc v Crispian Investments Ltd, a mismanagement and breach of shareholders agreement dispute; and Ivanishvili & Ors v Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited, a high-profile fraud case concerning life insurance premiums. An interviewee comments that Maitland Chambers houses "some of the highest rated barristers in England and Wales."
John Wiggs is the director of clerking.
Strengths
Director of clerking John Wiggs stands head and shoulders above everyone else.
The clerking team there has been fantastic. They make a real effort to develop the relationship and have done a good job of that.
Maitland is efficiently run and has a dynamic and personable clerking team.
The clerks are proactive, reasonable in terms of fees and accommodating.
Clerk Danny Wilkinson and senior clerk Robert Penson are brilliantly good.
Notable practitioners
He is very clever, enormously hard-working and a fantastic advocate. He is someone you want in court on a complex matter.
He is superb and a man with a brain the size of a planet.
He is really the go to-person in fraud law. Switched on and responsive, he has huge depth of knowledge and thinks very practically.
He is a down-to-earth, extremely bright and client-centric counsel, who delivers solutions rather than problems.
He is quick to get to grips with the facts.
Watson Pringle has total command of the material and a commitment to the cases on which he works. He is known for giving careful and well thought-through tactical advice from the very start.
Watson Pringle's advocacy has been very clear. He has been dealing with litigants in person on the other side, and he navigated that really well.
Watson Pringle is absolutely outstanding - a really able advocate who can go against silks more senior than him. He was excellent in his advocacy; he had the judge's attention from the start.
Andrew is a skilful and persuasive advocate, who provides practical and commercial advice. He is an excellent team player.
Andrew was so impressive in how he dealt with the judge. He was very clear when the legal issues were extraordinarily complex; he distilled the issues in a way that made sure the client was engaged.
Andrew is extremely good and his powers of analysis are very strong. He is good at running a large-scale team and putting a complex, fact-heavy case together.
Andrew Twigger has a really good style. He's a tough operator, who really gets hold of a witness and puts them through their paces.
Catherine has an exceptional ability to think on her feet and respond to points effectively. She possesses a natural authority in the courtroom.
She is absolutely outstanding. Nothing comes up in court that she hasn't foreseen.
She is a brilliant advocate with a big mind.
Rosanna Foskett is very bright and impressive. She will be a silk before too long, no doubt.
She is very intelligent and robust.
When I worked with Benjamin John, he was very detail-oriented and got to grips with the legal issues. He was always willing to assist.
Ben provided a first-rate service, demonstrating an ability to quickly assimilate substantial amounts of background information and distil this into technical, robust and client-friendly legal advice.
Benjamin John is incredibly bright and very, very hard-working. He is very much part of the team.
Anna Lintner is very diligent and has good client skills. She has a structured way of talking and great interpersonal skills; you want to listen to her.
Anna Lintner is super smart and very knowledgeable about the financial services industry.
Anna Lintner is exceptionally bright and hard-working. She is a real star of the Bar.
Arnold Ayoo is very user-friendly and has solid drafting skills. He is good on his feet and goes out of his way to help.
Arnold is an excellent barrister. He is pragmatic, commercial and quick on his feet.
Duncan provides advice in a frank and no-nonsense way which cuts to the core of the client’s objectives. He is a natural born advocate with a calm and authoritative style which judges like and trust.
Duncan is an exceptional talent. He is a master of getting over complex fact patterns and applying the law in a practical and commercial way.
Duncan McCombe is a highly skilled advocate and an absolute pleasure to work with.
He is respected by judges and is a fine advocate.
Matthew Collings is a very effective operator.
Matthew is very user-friendly and prepared to get his hands dirty. He's got a big brain and is a real thinker.
He is a brilliant advocate, who is persuasive and passionate.