Financial services and fintech regulation

Leading Juniors

Leading juniors are those with significant experience of key cases, strong market recognition from both peers and clients, and are seen as future candidates for silk.

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Daniel Burgess
Blackstone Chambers
‘Daniel is a hugely impressive advocate and tactician. He has a great talent for cutting through very complex facts to get to the issues and give clear but high level advice.’
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Eleanor Davison
Fountain Court Chambers 
‘Eleanor is a hugely popular junior in this field, adored by clients and solicitors alike. Extremely hard working, with a close eye on detail and appropriate client care. She is a published author on investigations and she understands the law and the market like no other junior at the Bar.’
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Charlotte Eborall
3 Verulam Buildings
‘Charlotte is great, really easy to work with, bright, commercial and very good with clients and the wider team. She is very responsive and always available when needed.’
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Philip Hinks
3 Verulam Buildings
great strategic advice and is a very good advocate.’
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Paul Luckhurst
Blackstone Chambers
‘Paul is excellent. Calm and measured, very clear thinking, and increasingly authoritative in his views. He is careful in his written work, thorough in his research, and very responsive.’
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Charles Marquand
4 Stone Buildings
‘Charles is pragmatic, knowledgeable and a good communicator, both on a technical level and with clients.’
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Fred Philpott
Gough Square Chambers
 
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James Potts
3 Verulam Buildings
‘James is very knowledgeable about financial services regulation.’
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Simon Pritchard
Blackstone Chambers
‘Simon is very responsive and turns high quality drafted representations around very quickly. He knows the law extremely well and also knows the regulators and those who work within them very well. Go to junior this area.’
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Robert Purves
3 Verulam Buildings
‘Robert has an in-depth, intellectual understanding of the complex financial services regulation across the products and regulatory perimeter and a gift advising in a pragmatic and proportionate manner. He is extremely easy to deal with and very responsive and prompt with his advice.'
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Ajay Ratan
Blackstone Chambers
‘Ajay provides an incisive analytical approach with a client friendly manner, and adapts his advocacy to the occasion, creating a good impression with panel members.’
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Adam Temple
3 Verulam Buildings
Adam has excellent technical ability and an encyclopaedic knowledge of contentious and non-contentious financial services matters. He is also very user friendly.'
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Harry Adamson
Blackstone Chambers
‘Harry is a pleasure to work with in all respects – efficient, responsive, detailed and practical advice.’
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Iain MacDonald
Gough Square Chambers
Iain is an experienced and knowledgeable advocate. He is also highly reliable when interacting with clients, providing clear, well-reasoned and commercial advice as to the various issues in discussion. His ability to consider technical issues in granular detail is extremely helpful in assessing and adopting suitable strategies.'
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Andrew Maguire
Littleton Chambers
 
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Stephen Neville
Gough Square Chambers
‘Stephen knows key issues and what is happening in the industry sector.'
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Elizabeth Ovey
Radcliffe Chambers
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Simon Popplewell
Gough Square Chambers
Simon is a star of the Bar. He is extremely quick and very easy to work with; his analysis is second to none and his advocacy is compelling. It is like having a second silk on a case.’
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James Ross
Gough Square Chambers
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Theodor van Sante
3 Verulam Buildings
Theo's work is of a consistently excellent standard. He turns work around quickly and is very user friendly.’
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David Simpson
3 Verulam Buildings
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Michael Uberoi
XXIV Old Buildings
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Kate Urell
Gough Square Chambers
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Kathryn Hughes
QEB Hollis Whiteman
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Tim Aron
Minerva Chambers
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Tom Asquith
4 New Square
Tom has an excellent way of cutting through the noise and is very diligent when drafting pleadings or clients. He is approachable, very supportive and delivers commercially sensitive and pragmatic advice.’
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Chloë Bell
3 Verulam Buildings
Chloe is very analytical, bright and is also extremely level headed and calm under pressure. She is very well respected in financial services and in Fintech work she is a real trailblazer- mounting cutting edge arguments and understanding the evolution of this area of the law.'
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Daniel Brayley
Gough Square Chambers
‘Daniel is clear thinking and efficient in his guidance and advice. He is always very well prepared and works with you at your level.’
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Cleon Catsambis
3 Verulam Buildings
‘Cleon is insightful and clear with his advice. He breaks things down well and has a good way of explaining things to clients. His written work is extremely good quality and he is a team player.’
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Stewart Chirnside
Quadrant Chambers
 
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William Day
3 Verulam Buildings
'He has excellent judgement and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law.'
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Anthony Dearing
Radcliffe Chambers
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Lee Finch
Gough Square Chambers
‘Lee is an expert in his field - articulate, precise, flexible to client needs, and a pleasure to work with.’
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Jas Jandu
3 Hare Court
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Robin Kingham
Gough Square Chambers
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Stephen Kosmin
11KBW
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Iona Levine
Minerva Chambers
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Robin Lööf
Fountain Court Chambers
‘Robin has a broad practice across insurance and other financial services regulatory matters. He is very responsive and easy to work with, making himself available at short notice even when busy on other matters.’
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Rebecca Loveridge
Fountain Court Chambers
‘Rebecca has been very impressive to date. She combines a great intellect with a personable down-to-earth manner, which makes her a pleasure to work with.’
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Sophie Mallinckrodt
3 Verulam Buildings
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Teniola Onabanjo
3 Verulam Buildings
‘Teni is a recognised expert in this area - her technical ability is first rate, and she has been involved in some high-profile financial services enforcement matters.’
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Suzanne Rab
Serle Court
Her first-rate intellect, and analytical skills, combined with a mastery of the relevant law, sound judgement, and a commercial and user-friendly approach, make her one of the leading practitioners at the Bar in this field.’
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Leonora Sagan
Fountain Court Chambers
‘She is a very clear thinker and has a laser focus on the issues in the case, working quickly and effectively to master the materials and to produce high quality work. She expresses herself with economy and courts and tribunals find her advocacy to be persuasive.’
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Emily Saunderson
Quadrant Chambers
‘Emily has a fantastic working knowledge of financial services regulation and banking law, having been involved in some high profile and significant cases that underscore her expertise. She is meticulous in her preparations and approach to document and case analysis.’
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Alastair Tomson
4 Stone Buildings
'Alastair's advocacy is excellent. He is confident, engaging, clear, calm under pressure and quick on his feet.'

Rising stars

Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.

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Ava Mayer
Blackstone Chambers