Dispute Resolution: Commercial

Anthony Grabiner KC has been at the top of the Commercial Bar for a long time.

Given his status and stage of career, I was expecting him to take a hands-off approach, but he really rolled his sleeves up and got stuck into a case that was very difficult to be on.

He is very well regarded. He is one of those hard-working silks who gets into the detail and delivers the submission with a lot of conviction.

I can't speak more highly of him. He is the best commercial silk in the country. He is brought in for bet the company, big ticket litigation.

Laurence Rabinowitz is the best of the best because of his command of the court. He is a very softly spoken advocate, yet you can hear a pin drop because he has such a command of the court.

Always a pleasure to work with, he is clever and insightful.

Sonia is the best there is and she wins the biggest cases. She is rock-solid and gets the ear of the judge because of her incredible manner in court. Judges find her very persuasive.

Sonia is brilliant and a superstar. She strikes fear without even being there. Incredibly effective, she is very incisive and can look at both the big picture and the little picture extremely well.

Putting her in front of clients is the best thing about her. As well as being very technical and good in court, she presents and explains things fantastically.

Sonia is the best advocate at the London Bar. She is just that good that she can read the judge's mind. She knows how the judge wants a case and delivers it in a super powerful but not aggressive way.

Sonia is a go-to KC. She is as smart and charming as they come and gets the client and judiciary to adore her.

While he clearly has a huge amount of experience, he respects the contributions of others in the team and welcomes their suggestions.

Alain thinks very laterally and comes up with good ideas. He is not the typical siloed, straight-laced, technical lawyer - he thinks about things commercially.

Alain is brilliant and possibly one of the cleverest barristers I know. He is a real team player, whose work ethic is second to none.

Extremely energetic and very responsive, he is someone who has an amazing, problem-solving mentality. I really appreciate his energy. Clients know he is fighting their corner.

Dan Toledano is an amazing advocate. He has a huge brain, is brilliant on paper and very impressive in front of a judge. When tackling a case, he gets into the weeds and is very forensic.

Dan is extremely bright and fantastic to work with. Clients obviously respect him immensely and juniors seem to love working with him.

Daniel Toledano is a thoroughly nice individual and a very impressive advocate. He has a superb practice. I can't speak more highly of him.

He is a senior KC, who really engages in the detail and does a lot of heavy lifting in a correct and measured way. He is reliable, trustworthy and very clever.

David is extremely responsive and makes himself available even if tight on time. Very knowledgeable and impressive on his feet, he's calm, persuasive and a man who packs the right amount of punch.

David is a pleasure to work with. A brilliant strategist, he is precise and methodical in his advocacy.

David Caplan is calm under extreme pressure. He is hyper intelligent and deals with the most complicated issues with ease.

David Caplan is a very smart, very experienced, very bright senior junior. I was very impressed by his advocacy. He had a calm, friendly style, and got the judge where he needed to get him.

David Caplan is a very persuasive advocate with an eye for detail.

Someone once said that for David going to the courtroom is like going to his lounge; he is just so relaxed but so sharp-witted. His cross-examination is spectacular. He's one of the best.

Lord Wolfson is an extremely personable, very believable advocate, who is extremely popular with both solicitors and clients.

He is the man I would go to with a difficult case. He is able to simplify matters and will argue points others shy away from.

David is hands-on and full of ideas. When it comes to the crunch he gets a great read on the judges. He is a class operator.

One of the leading silks of his generation. He has clients and judges eating out of his hands, and handles very difficult work with a sense of humour. There's nothing he hasn't seen.

Emma Jones is a superstar. She hoovers up enormous quantities of data and information, and turns it into straightforward and persuasive output.

Emma punches above her weight. She is fiercely intelligent, and that shines through in all her work. She is particularly efficient and speedy, and handles the clients and other stakeholders well.

Emma Jones produces first-rate written work. She is a thoughtful, high-quality barrister. Her advocacy is great too, and she is excellent for complex, high-value matters.

He is an excellent advocate with integrity.

He is a very experienced, street-smart advocate, who is a real trial lawyer and a good cross-examiner. He is robust but has a nice style with judges and is a good man to have on your side.

Kenneth MacLean is an extremely thorough advocate. He is always very well prepared.

Kenneth MacLean is the person I'd least like to be cross-examined by.

I am always impressed with Nehali Shah. She is modest with her intellect but so clever and knowledgeable and user-friendly with it.

Nehali is unfailingly excellent. She is meticulous, personable and very quick to grasp highly complex issues. Her written work is clear and persuasive, and her oral advocacy is also very impressive.

Nehali is exceptionally bright and provides a premium service, both in terms of legal analysis and her grasp of the commercial aspects of a case. She is very responsive and a pleasure to work with.

Neil Kitchener is wonderful to work with and completely at ease arguing the most complicated points in court.

Excellent on his feet and also a pragmatic problem-solver. He is willing to make bold judgement calls.

Neil is incredibly strategic and commercial. He becomes completely immersed in the matter and you would be terrified to have him on the other side.

Neil Kitchener KC is a really heavyweight silk and one of the best choices for complex international disputes.

He is a mastermind senior silk, who is hard-working, really good with the team, very strategic and easygoing. He has an exceptional brain and is really nice.

Sam is a brilliant advocate. He has a very calm and assured manner in front of judges, and he is very clear in his submissions. Clients like him for his clear messaging.

Sam O'Leary has an unwavering enthusiasm for the law, and is great at dealing with knotty facts and doing whatever he can to support on a case. He is incredibly user-friendly.

Sam O'Leary has an excellent legal mind and is a brilliant advocate. He is commercial, tirelessly hard-working and great with clients.

Sandy Phipps is very, very diligent, and he possesses very fine judgement.

Sandy Phipps is one of the very best senior juniors as he is very hard-working, dedicated and smart. He is also unfailingly polite and respectful.

He was incredibly at one with us as and the client as a team. You couldn't fault his commitment, work ethic, command of the detail and passion for the job.

Alex is the complete package. He is great on his feet, forensic in cross-examination and a pleasure to work with.

Alex is always a reliable source of legal advice and analysis, and is a man of sound judgment. He is also a lovely person to work with - always calm and always on top of his brief.

Alex Gunning is a great technical lawyer. He has his own advocacy style and can read the room and tribunal well.

He is incredibly committed; he gets all over every single angle and works very hard to really get the strategy right.

He is very talented and a very polished performer in court.

He is a brilliant and charming advocate.

Anthony de Garr Robinson is technically fabulous. He knows cases just off the top of his head. It is amazing. I am impressed by his availability too; he is very responsive.

Frankly a delight to work with, she is client-friendly, realistic, commercial, genial, humble and just a fantastic advocate.

Camilla Bingham KC is a really strong advocate, who is very intelligent. The quality of her submissions sets her apart from other barristers.

Camilla is super smart in court. She reads the room well and charms the judges.

She is a no-nonsense and very effective modern litigator.

I don't have enough praise to heap on her. Incredibly pragmatic and adored by clients, she's ridiculously clever.

He is extremely responsive and a pleasure to work with.

Very intelligent and on point in his submissions, he has the ear of the judge.

Conall is by far the most intellectual, knowledgeable and strategic KC I work with. He has the ability to think about multiple complex things at once and cut through them.

Conall stands his ground in a charming, disarming way. He is a strong advocate and very good when put on the spot.

Connall writes the most beautiful briefs. He is very clever.

Absurdly clever and a very persuasive advocate. He is a delight to work with because he is so responsive.

A standout individual, who treats the team with so much consideration. He has unusual traits as a leader in that respect.

A barrister with a brilliant strategic mind, who really gets into the weeds. He knows how to get a judge on side and is very authoritative.

Craig understands the clients and makes them relaxed. His drafting is very good as well.

His work ethic and the hours he puts in to deal with very difficult points make him absolutely phenomenal.

He gives a masterclass in cross-examination.

David pinpoints the exact weaknesses and knows what the judges need to hear and when they need to hear it. He is excellent.

David lasers in on the heart of the problem and cuts through the noise.

David has razor-sharp intelligence and identifies the key points in a case quickly, deploying an excellent eye for detail. He is a very assertive advocate who is very commercial and good with clients.

Nathaniel has a very bright future and is justifiably in high demand. A terrific team player, he is diligent to a fault and has exceptional attention to detail and masterful cross-examination skills.

Nathaniel Bird's drafting and technical proficiency are really excellent; he cuts through the detail and provides high-quality advice. I have been very impressed by the quality of his work.

Very intelligent, strategic and commercial, Richard Mott is a great team player who communicates clearly and works exceptionally hard. His cross-examination skills are excellent.

Richard was very helpful in court and throughout the case. He did a very effective cross-examination of the defendant.

Richard Mott is an excellent barrister, who's very vocal on strategy and always adds value to discussions. He has great judgement and is also very hard-working.

Sa'ad is one of the brightest KC's out there. Understated but ferocious at the same time, he stands out for the forensic relentlessness of his cross-examinations.

He is a very astute and sharp-witted advocate.

He is marvellous with clients, highly commercial and technically brilliant.

Sa'ad has a calm and assured manner and provides excellent strategic advice. His advocacy style is extremely effective and he is trusted by both clients and instructing solicitors.

Simon is extremely intelligent whilst also being user-friendly and on top of the detail, more so than most KC's. He's punchy without being arrogant and is a genuine pleasure to work with.

He is great at being nimble and solution-oriented.

Simon cuts through the most complex legal analysis. He is client-friendly, superb on strategy and incredibly responsive.

He is effortlessly bright and a brilliant cross-examiner, who is very on top of the detail.

He's a really great team player, whom you can ring up and strategise with.

Stephen Auld is something of a machine when it comes to commercial disputes. He is a very effective advocate and a great cross-examiner.

Abra Bompas is extremely intelligent. Her legal technical knowledge is and has always been exceptional, and she is very good on her feet.

Abra Bompas is excellent. She had a really difficult hand to play in a particular case, but displayed both skill and charm and was ultimately successful.

Abra is a terrific and very commercial senior junior, who I have worked with a lot. She identifies problems and solutions before raising them with me, and works phenomenally hard.

Adam Rushworth is a brilliant, first-class lawyer. He is sensible and clever, and happy to argue difficult points.

Adam Rushworth led on expert evidence on the case, and he got up to speed in an extraordinary amount of time. He is very technical and good on the detail.

Andrew Lodder cuts to the heart of complex issues and is at the top of his game. He is also lovely to work with.

Andrew Lodder is very bright on the law and an effective advocate.

Andrew Lodder's written work was very good.

Andrew writes beautifully and is very clever. He is notable for the breadth of his knowledge and learning, and for his ferocious hard work.

Andrew McLeod is absolutely brilliant. I would recommend him in a heartbeat. He provides very clear and authoritative advice, and is very user-friendly and responsive.

Andrew McLeod is my top choice of junior for complex commercial cases. He is a very gifted advocate, who is user-friendly, incredibly responsive and a great draftsman.

Andrew McLeod's legal skills are first-rate. His written arguments are very well written and very persuasive.

Anne Boase is very clear and persuasive. She is a great oral advocate.

Anna Boase is hard-working and communicative. It's a seamless process when you instruct her.

She is extremely thorough and meticulous in her preparation and analysis.

Anna is truly superb and as intelligent as they come. She is a highly organised brief and a frightening cross-examiner, who is also a great team player.

He is an extremely fast thinker and worker, who is really responsive to deadlines.

Ben is extremely smart and strategic in his thinking.

Ben is a great barrister, who is very clear in his advice technically. He also has the advantage of being able to speak French and having familiarity with the French legal system.

Ben is extremely commercial.

Charles Graham won't pull any punches, despite his smile and eloquent style. He is great strategist who is adored by the court and bench.

Charles has a very quick mind; he assimilates a huge amount of detail and documents. He's very good to work with and always very responsive.

Charles Graham is a Rolls-Royce silk who is great with demanding clients.

Henry is extremely responsive, diligent and able to deal with the trickiest of subject matters and legal issues.

Henry is a fantastic and very hard-working junior.

Jamie gets up to speed incredibly quickly. He deals with everything speedily and well.

Jamie Goldsmith is exceptionally responsive. He is really excellent with clients, and also understands the commercial parameters and larger picture of the case.

Jamie is a very safe choice for tricky disputes.

Phenomenally bright and gets the right answer. He is also a brilliant cross-examiner, who builds things up in a thoughtful, measured and unassuming way which completely catches the witnesses unawares.

Michael Watkins combines a lot of things - a great legal mind, academic prowess and the quality of being extremely nice to work with. He is great to have on the team.

Michael is a really excellent junior. He is highly intelligent and excellent on procedural and strategic points.

Michael Watkins was analytically brilliant and delivered great advocacy in some case management hearings. He held his own against the silk on the other side.

A really fantastic junior, Michael Watkins is very intelligent, very thoughtful and very user-friendly.

What distinguishes him is that he is very good at seeing the bigger picture; he is always looking ahead in the chess match to see what moves he can make.

Orlando Gledhill is a great leader who is tough in court. He is remarkably good at drafting.

He's very good, very measured and someone who thinks about things carefully. He gives extremely sensible advice and doesn't take bad points in court.

Timothy Goldfarb is one of the brightest people I've met in my life. He will always spot issues the KCs don't manage to spot. He also works hard and is very approachable.

Timothy Goldfarb is our go-to commercial junior. He is very thorough and has a deep knowledge of the law. In addition, he is very creative in his approach.

Tim really puts in a shift. He gets working very hard and drafts very nicely. He really is kind of the engine in the room, and is super to have on the team.

Douglas Paine is a very good advocate. He punches above his pay grade.

Douglas Paine is absolutely excellent. He is phenomenally bright and really thorough.

Hannah Glover has good, strong judgement and is very effective. She is clear, good on the issues, and very impressive on her feet.

Hannah Glover is a really great junior who is very strong in terms of her written skills. She has mightily good judgement and is very clever. She is also very calm; she takes everything in her stride.

Hannah Glover is great. She is very hard-working, very smart and pleasingly commercial in her advice.

James MacDonald is very effective in court.

James has a brilliant legal mind, which he applies creatively to commercial problems. He is very willing to pick up difficult matters and run with them.

A very effective advocate, who is tough without being overly aggressive.

James was outstanding. He is extremely bright, hard-working and user-friendly. He cuts through the detail to provide pragmatic advice and solutions to issues, and is also great fun to work with.

James Nadin has an excellent eye for detail and everyone on my team agrees he’ll make a fine KC one day.

James was impressive in absorbing a huge set of facts across multiple entities and presenting them effectively. He is also an exceptionally strong advocate.

Joyce Arnold is responsive, intelligent and commercial. She is a really effective junior with high quality advocacy skills, who can be trusted with a lot of responsibility in court.

I found Joyce Arnold to be hard-working and super responsive. She is a great junior who I'm sure will go on to great things.

Joyce Arnold is an exceptionally hard-working junior who is all over the detail.

Maximilian was extremely good and responsible for developing important parts of the defence.

Max is a go-to senior junior. He is extremely hard-working and always across the detail.

Max is an extremely capable and technical lawyer, who has become the backbone of the counsel team. He is a calm presence during busy periods, and responds quickly and clearly with helpful advice.

Owain Draper is an excellent senior junior who adds real value, drafts strong pleadings and skeletons and is highly collaborative in working closely with solicitor teams.

Owain's subject knowledge and experience are impressive, and his drafting is second to none. His advocacy is sophisticated and impactful.

Owen Draper did a great job. He provided really good analysis and advocacy in the hearing.

Richard is an excellent KC. He is client-focused and commercial in his approach.

He is a fantastically knowledgeable and technical silk. His background in accounting really helps in those complex valuation cases.

Richard is very calm in court and brings to the table a more forensic approach in cross-examination. He has a very polite, measured way about him which is incredibly effective.

He is good at finding the central issues concerned. He's great at bringing a centre of gravity to the case.

a barrister clearly capable of leading a team in the heaviest commercial disputes. He's an excellent oral advocate against much more senior silks.

Seb is a brain on a stick. He is a hugely persuasive and personable barrister, loved by clients.

Seb Isaac is user-friendly and commercial.

Sebastian is very accessible and responsive. He thinks about things in such a sensible way, always focusing on the heart of matter. He is focused on getting a good result for his clients.

Seb is a sharp thinker, who comes up with great strategy. He is also comfortable with having complex conversations with clients when perhaps messaging isn't straightforward.

Sophie Weber is an excellent counsel, who is excellent on tricky procedural points. She is a clear and effective advocate.

Sophie is highly committed and someone who delivers time after time. She takes the work very seriously and is incredibly caring and supportive to those around her.

Sophie Weber is incredibly diligent, hard-working and responsive. She is all over the detail.

Tamara Kagan's written work is never short of excellent. She is responsive and always provides actionable advice and strategic input to her solicitors.

I worked with Tamara on a very tricky case, and she was great. She is fantastic with the clients and in hearing, and she shows good judgement and instincts. She is also very down to earth.

He has an incredible ability to absorb huge amounts of information and give you an answer quickly.

He is an extremely effective, charming advocate.

He combines good judgment with intellectual brilliance and is a pleasure to work with.

Clare is very good at spotting the gaps in evidence and is extremely thorough. She's very good at drafting and her advice is to the point and very clear.

Clare Reffin is incredibly authoritative. She is commercial and strategic in her advice.

Jeff is extremely responsive.

Always on top of the detail, he gives excellent submissions and knows what tribunals want.

As well as being amazing at his job and very experienced, he is very easy to deal with. His work is exceptional and he is so approachable.

Michael is a very attractive advocate. He has a good feel for the court and good judgement.

He does a brilliant job at difficult applications.

He has a really nice manner and makes himself part of the team.

Oliver Butler is impressive. He is super bright, hard-working and fun to work with.

Oscar Schonfeld is very accessible and sensible. We would recommend him highly.

Oscar is a pleasure to work with. His work was excellent.

Patricia is very user-friendly and switched on. She is one of the best (and nicest) juniors I've worked with.

Patricia Burns is decisive, intelligent and prolific in terms of work product. She is also very easy to deal with.

He is the ultimate statesman in terms of his conduct of advocacy and litigation. With all his years of experience, knows exactly what the court will decide and which points to take.

Rhodri is super user-friendly and really rolls up his sleeves. He is very good at thinking through a case properly and his advocacy style is understated yet extremely effective.

Rhodri comes up with innovative and clever arguments.

A seasoned campaigner and a charming man. He brings great experience and sound judgement to bear, and is good at thinking through case strategy. He also really has the ear of the court.

Saul Lemer has been brilliant. Absolutely all over the law, his skeleton arguments are always very thorough. You can see his strategic mind at work in his written submissions.

A pleasure to work with, he's able to get stuck into highly complex financial issues and understand them in remarkable detail. He also excels in expert cross-examination.

Saul Lemer is a strong and solid senior junior. He is hard-working, intelligent, commercial and someone who understands how best to defend his client's interest.

Simon's standard of work is outstanding. He is an excellent strategic thinker, and his written work is expertly crafted.

Simon Gilson's written work is very good - he shows very good attention to detail. In skeleton arguments, his analysis and how he presents material is very good.

Mr Elliott is eager and open-minded at stages of proceedings and provides valuable insight into English contract law rules and practice.

Steven Elliott is certainly the best draftsman I have worked with. He is also incredibly user-friendly and a pleasure to work with.

Steven's client-friendliness really sets him apart.

Hannah is an outstanding lawyer and advocate, who is always on top of the matters. She is very responsive and not afraid of challenges.

Hannah is quick thinking and unflappable on her feet. She is a delight to work with.

Hannah has excellent oral advocacy and is forthright in her delivery style. She has good instincts as to which points to take and a good rapport with the judge.

Hannah is a brilliant advocate, who is excellent to work with and a master of the detail. Clients adore her.

She has an authority with tribunals which deserves mention.

James is sharp as a whistle and 100% dedicated to the job. He's incredibly smart but also sensible, and he has great commercial acumen. All in all, he's just a pleasure to work with.

He is my favourite barrister in London as he is just uncommonly good. Extremely clever and hard-working, he shows great initiative and produces advocacy at a silk level.

Joshua Crow's written advocacy is superb - he is all over the details and he really wants to find a way for clients to win. He is also very intelligent and has a really mathematical mind.

Josh is a very strong junior. He is hard-working, client-friendly and very bright.

Joshua Crow is efficient, very responsive and someone who adds excellent value.

Josh is very knowledgeable and an asset to the team.

He is a very experienced commercial practitioner who makes litigation smoother.

It's always a pleasure working with Nick. He is always very quick to respond with some useful insight and advice, and he also brings a much needed sense of humour during tough periods.

Nicholas Sloboda is breathtakingly smart and sees around corners. He punches far above his year of call.

Nick was responsive on a fast-moving matter – he is technically brilliant, an outstanding tactician and an absolute delight to work with.

Very decisive and clear in his advice, he doesn't sit on the fence, which is useful. He's very pragmatic in resolving problems for clients and is noted for bringing matters to a swift conclusion.

Patrick is an exceptional barrister, who makes the difference in every case and application. He has an impressive mind and forensic ability to deal with complex matters at speed.

Patrick Harty is very bright and he has a good grasp of technical company law issues.

Patrick is really down to earth and works very hard. He also isn't afraid to be robust on the views he takes.

Patrick Harty is very, very strong on anything to do with company law, and is superb on his feet. He is very effective and has no weak points at all.

Rachel is a pleasure to work with. She works through issues in a logical and digestible manner and is confident in delivering commercial, practical advice which is clear and concise.

She's a senior junior who is very commercial, user-friendly and sensible.

Rachel has a very keen eye for detail and is thorough in her approach. An asset on any case, she is not afraid to roll up her sleeves. She is also very bright and thinks strategically.

A pleasure to work with and a calming presence on any team. Veena combines highly sophisticated mastery of detail with an astute eye for the bigger picture that is exceptional for one of her level.

Alyssa Stansbury is one of the best junior juniors around. Her judgement is excellent and her written work near flawless.

Alyssa Stansbury is brilliant as she is extremely detail-oriented, strategic and accommodating to the clients. She is very persuasive and good on her feet.

The high quality of her work, her diligence and her clarity of communication (both written and oral) mark Alyssa apart from others I have worked with.

Jade Fowler is just brilliant and gets all over the detail very quickly. She is a great draftsperson, who is really great to have on the team.

Jade Fowler is a hard-working and diligent junior.

Robert Harris is incredibly hard-working and detail-oriented. He's also clever well beyond his year of call.

Robert Harris is absolutely excellent. He works incredibly hard and is very methodical. He's also ingenious and comes up with unexpected stuff.

Rob is very bright and good at absorbing huge amounts of information quickly and working out what is important. His practice is very impressive.

Tom is whip-smart, technically excellent and exceptionally creative in identifying arguments, even if there are difficult factual patterns at play.

Tom Fox is one of the smartest juniors I have worked with.

For someone relatively junior, Tom is just absolutely all over it. Bright as a button, efficient with his time and good at drafting, he's a barrister who shows great promise.