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Group Litigation - All Circuits

2

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

One Essex Court has a strong practice in group litigation and is instructed to handle both the defendant and claimant sides of some of the biggest cases taking place. Members of the set have experience in traditional groups, collective actions and multiparty litigation arising in a wide range of areas including data protection, environment, competition and financial services. This year, members of the set have appeared in such high-profile actions as the Fundão Dam litigation. One source remarks: "One Essex Court are firmly entrenching themselves in this area and becoming a real go-to set."

Darren Burrows is the senior clerk.

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Strengths

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The clerks are prepared to engage with and accommodate the commercials of the matter and litigation funding arrangements.

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Great level of service and prompt responses to all queries or diary management.

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One Essex has the best clerking team in London. They are so easy to use and nothing is too much trouble.

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The clerking team is fantastic, one of the most responsive in London.

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UK Bar

Clerk Max Tonkinson is very responsive, very helpful and very good to deal with.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

The clerks are prepared to engage with and accommodate the commercials of the matter and litigation funding arrangements.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

Great level of service and prompt responses to all queries or diary management.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

One Essex has the best clerking team in London. They are so easy to use and nothing is too much trouble.

Group Litigation respondent
UK Bar

The clerking team is fantastic, one of the most responsive in London.

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Clerk Max Tonkinson is very responsive, very helpful and very good to deal with.

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Notable Practitioners

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Laurence Rabinowitz

1

Band 1

Laurence Rabinowitz KC is a highly sought-after commercial silk with impressive experience in large-scale litigation. His group litigation practice sees him handling claims arising from a wide array of areas including banking and finance, energy, fraud, competition and professional liability.

Clients think Laurie is magic. He makes the extraordinarily complex simple.

Laurie demonstrates a heavy degree of influence in the court.

A star of many generations.

Laurie is an incredibly persuasive advocate and a thoroughly charming individual. On big, messy, high-value cases, he's a go-to KC.

Laurence is amazing. He has the biggest court gravitas I have ever known, but with that, he is also very kind and great to work with. He really listens to what the team says.

2

Daniel Toledano

2

Band 2

Daniel Toledano KC has an impressive commercial practice and is regularly engaged in high-value group litigation matters. He has been instructed in a broad range of cases, ranging from automotive industry claims to actions concerning human rights abuses.

Daniel is incredibly experienced and sought after. He is one of the big names in group litigation.

Daniel is measured, calm and always a pleasure to deal with; he is one of the elite silks.

Dan is absolutely brilliant. He is very pragmatic in his advice and user-friendly.

2

Maximilian Schlote

2

Band 2

Maximilian Schlote possesses notable experience in the group litigation field. He acted in the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and has more recently represented defendants in major human rights cases such as Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group.

He is a stellar barrister.

He is extremely hard-working and good at working through large volumes of work.

Max is absolutely fantastic and hard-working. He is always so well prepared and technically one of the best.

3

Sonia Tolaney

3

Band 3

Sonia Tolaney KC is highly a sought-after commercial silk who frequently appears in high-profile collective actions. She is particularly adept in the representation of banks and other financial institutions.

The court completely trusts her, she is an absolute pleasure to work with, and when the chips are down, she performs.

Sonia is at the top of her game. Her advocacy skills are unbeatable and she is able to cut through exceptionally complex issues to get to the core of the matter.

Sonia has a very good reputation and she is very good with funders.

Sonia is excellent on her feet, tenacious and charming, and undeniably respected by her peers and judges.

Sonia is absolutely incredible and she has a deep knowledge of group litigation, with experience of both claimant and defendant sides.

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Veena Srirangam

U

Up and Coming

Veena Srirangam has appeared in some of the highest-profile and most novel group claims taking place in recent times. She has in-depth knowledge of jurisdiction issues that can arise and has experience acting at many levels of court including the Court of Appeal.

Veena can turn her hand to anything.

Veena is incredibly bright, which shines through in her work. She is far beyond her years in terms of technical skill and judgement.

Veena is incredibly hard-working, very focused and has good judgement for someone who is reasonably junior.

Veena is a joy to work with and incredibly conscientious in how she approaches matters. She appraises and discusses the issues raised by a claim in a very lucid way.

Nicholas Sloboda

New Silks

Nicholas Sloboda KC has experience in group litigation arising from an impressively broad spread of practice areas. His work highlights in the field include instructions in vehicle emissions and the Fundão Dam litigation.

Nick has detailed technical knowledge which he applies to untangle complex matters in a digestible way.

Nicholas is absolutely brilliant. His ability to work with different people is exceptional.

Nicholas is very confident on his feet. He's very reassuring.

Nicholas is not just a brilliant lawyer but he wraps that around a brilliant manner. He is in all of the leading group litigation cases.

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Laurence Rabinowitz KC

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Maximilian Schlote

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