Ranked in 9 Practice Areas

Star Individuals

Construction

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

Star Individuals

Professional Negligence

London (Bar)

22 Years Ranked

Star Individuals

1

Band 1

Commercial Dispute Resolution

London (Bar)

16 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Energy & Natural Resources

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

Insurance

London (Bar)

10 Years Ranked

2

Band 2

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About

Provided by Anneliese Day KC

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Anneliese Day KC is a “leading lawyer of her generation” and a “standout genius” whose skill as a “ruthlessly brilliant advocate” is deployed in cases spanning all areas of commercial law.

Anneliese works on significant and complex cases both as Lead Counsel and Arbitrator dealing with courts and tribunals not only in the UK but also in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean (including the DIFC and the SICC). She also regularly appears at appellate level.

She is recognised by the legal directories as a Leading Silk in nine practice areas and four separate jurisdictions. She has been described as “an absolute rockstar at the top of her game” who has “laid waste to a number of witnesses”.

In 2022, Anneliese was named ’Silk of the Year’ at The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards and was recognised as a ‘Star at the Bar’ by Chambers & Partners.

She has previously won a number of other coveted awards, including The Lawyer’s ‘Barrister of the Year’, together with various individual Silk of the Year Awards. Described as a “good leader for the 21st century”, she was also identified as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts.

A firm believer in seeking to bring added value to any case whatever her role. Thrives on the cut and thrust of advocacy but also brings commerciality to the issues she deals with.

Career

Edinburgh Academy; Clare College, Cambridge (MA HONs Law 1st Class); Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar). Called to Bar (Inner Temple) 1996 (Princess Royal Scholarship). Joined 4 New Square in 1997. Appointed to Treasury B Panel in 2005. Took silk in 2012. Non Executive Director of Legal Services Board from April 2013 to March 2014. Became “Barrister of the Year” in The Lawyer 2014 Awards. Listed as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts in 2015. Joined Fountain Court in December 2016. Appointed a Bencher of Inner Temple in 2016. Appointed to the LCIA Court in 2019. Appointed Head of International Committee of Combar in 2023.

Professional Memberships

COMBAR, SCL, TECBAR, PNBA, ChBA.

Publications

Former editor of 'Jackson and Powell on Professional Negligence' and contributor to 'Civil Practice and Human Rights'.

Personal

My children, travel, cycling and hot yoga.

Languages Spoken

Speaks conversational French and Spanish.

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