Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Arbitration counsel
HALL OF FAME2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers 'Anneliese is a talented and highly persuasive barrister.'
Anneliese Day
Queen Counsel, Fountain Court Chambers
- Phone020 7583 3335
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.fountaincourt.co.uk
Position
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.
Education
Edinburgh Academy; Clare College, Cambridge (MA Hons Law 1st Class); Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar).
Mentions
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Arbitrators
HALL OF FAME1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese combines acute legal insight and knowledge with strong commercial and client focus. Outstanding in every respect.’
Middle East: The English Bar
Commercial
HALL OF FAME1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a brilliant advocate who is a team player and a pleasure to deal with. Despite being extremely in demand and the recipient of a number of awards, Anneliese is a grounded and hard-working member of the team who is also extremely effective.’
Asia Pacific: The English Bar
Commercial
HALL OF FAME1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a brilliant advocate who is a team player and a pleasure to deal with. Despite being extremely in demand and the recipient of a number of awards, Anneliese is a grounded and hard-working member of the team who is also extremely effective.’
London Bar
Commercial litigation
HALL OF FAME3Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Very commercially sound and very strategically driven - knows her area of law exceptionally well.’
London Bar
Construction
HALL OF FAME1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers 'Anneliese is very knowledgeable, commercial and super easy to deal with. She has the ability to let the opposing party keep talking and bides her time until the appropriate moment and then calmly and precisely takes apart what her opponent has just said. Incredibly effective and gets results.'
London Bar
Energy
HALL OF FAME3Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is an excellent barrister whose advocacy is extremely persuasive, and she is good at identifying the best points.’
London Bar
Insurance and reinsurance
HALL OF FAME2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is an effective and efficient leader, great communicator and lawyer with excellent commercial instincts. She is a steady, self-assured advocate and a stellar team player with a very engaging style.’
London Bar
International arbitration: arbitrators
HALL OF FAME2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is first-class – good with the parties, very bright, hard-working and conscientious. She has an excellent grasp of complicated legal issues and is a collegial co-arbitrator. She is plainly a top commercial arbitrator, with excellent judgement and prepared to do the necessary hard work.’
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
HALL OF FAME1Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a very experienced and impressive arbitration practitioner. She masters detail quickly, is a very strong and attractive advocate, and clearly has the ear of the tribunal. She also sits as an arbitrator, giving her excellent insight into the arbitration process.'
London Bar
Professional negligence
The English Bar Offshore
The English Bar Offshore
HALL OF FAME3Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese has an excellent manner with clients, is a strong advocate and gets up to speed at very short notice on an instruction.’