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Construction - UK
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is a standout silk with an enviable domestic practice that regularly sees her instructed in high-profile arbitration, litigation and adjudications. Her international offering includes work in the Far East, the Middle East and the Caribbean. She is knowledgeable about PFI and PPP projects, and is active in construction disputes involving transport infrastructure.
Strengths
Anneliese Day is an absolute star for when you have a knotty case without an obvious legal answer. She comes up with alternative ways of looking at things.
Anneliese is a smiling assassin. She is charming with witnesses but she gets what is needed done.
Dispute Resolution: Commercial - UK
Strengths
Anneliese Day is user-friendly and very good at identifying what is going to matter in a case. Her grasp of strategy is exceptional.
She is a very talented submissions advocate and cross-examiner.
Anneliese is excellent technically and on her feet. She is alive to the client's concerns and commercial considerations whilst also being a very good black letter lawyer.
Dispute Resolution: Arbitration: The English Bar - Singapore
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers has carved a strong reputation in the Singapore arbitration market, recognised for her advocacy abilities in complex and high-value disputes.
Strengths
She is a perceptive and thoughtful individual. She is also a terrific speaker.
Dispute Resolution: The English Bar - Middle East-wide
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of London's Fountain Court Chambers is a standout silk with an enviable practice that regularly sees her instructed in high-profile arbitration, litigation and adjudications. Her recent experience includes acting as advocate in highly significant professional negligence and breach of contract claims.
Strengths
Anneliese is great in court and great with clients.
She is a subject matter expert, incredibly impressive and an effective oral advocate.
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators - Singapore
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers has experience acting as sole and co-arbitrator in a variety of disputes involving the oil and gas and construction industries.
Strengths
Without exception in every case, her performance as counsel or as an arbitrator has been absolutely first class.
Anneliese Day is an outstanding counsel and arbitrator.
Energy & Natural Resources - UK
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is broadly considered a specialist for construction disputes within an energy context, especially in relation to traditional and renewable energy projects. She possesses equal abilities in both international arbitrations and commercial litigation on behalf of energy sector clients and other large corporations.
Strengths
She is really knowledgeable and confident.
She is genuinely really accessible and very clearly an exceptional advocate.
Offshore (Bar) - UK
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC is a well-regarded commercial silk with extensive offshore experience across a range of jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, the Channel Islands and Bermuda. Her offshore practice covers professional negligence, fraud and insolvency cases, as well as having particular expertise in arbitration and investment funds. Day has been called to the Bar of the DIFC.
Strengths
Anneliese is great. She has a stellar reputation and is very responsive.
Anneliese is great. She's excellent with clients, really sharp and gives great confidence when you're seeing issues. She's very good on her feet.
She is very impressive and very smooth.
International Arbitration - The English Bar - Global Market Leaders
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC, already well known for her award-winning construction practice, has an impressive commercial arbitration practice that sees her appear before the ICC, SCC and LCIA on highly complex and high-value matters. She also acts as an arbitrator.
Strengths
Anneliese Day is a top-drawer practitioner.
Anneliese Day is an exquisite advocate. She's probably the nicest but deadliest cross-examiner I have ever seen.
I'm very impressed by how effortlessly Anneliese picks up details and presents them to the tribunal. Her advocacy style is very formidable and very authoritative.
Anneliese is at the top of her game in international arbitration. She is ruthlessly effective in court and is just an absolutely stellar advocate - a real star of the Bar.
International Arbitration: Most In Demand Arbitrators - Asia-Pacific Region
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is highly regarded in the market and regularly sits as co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in high-value disputes, particularly those relating to infrastructure.
Strengths
Without exception in every case, her performance as arbitrator or counsel has been absolutely first class. Anneliese is truly exceptional.
As an arbitrator she is appointed in mega disputes. She is very highly regarded.
Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators - United Arab Emirates
Individual Editorial
Anneliese Day KC is a London-based barrister and arbitrator with extensive experience in Dubai. Her arbitral appointments span a wide variety of disputes, including construction cases.
Strengths
Anneliese takes control when needed and ensures all parties have reasonable opportunities to be heard without letting proceedings become inefficient.
Anneliese is hard-working, very practical and a pleasure to work with.
International Arbitration - The Bar - Asia-Pacific Region
Individual Editorial
Strengths
I think she is excellent, energetic and really capable. Anneliese Day is at the top of her game.
She is incredibly impressive and is one of the leading players in the construction field and broader commercial area.