Insolvency

Leading Juniors
Rising stars

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.

XXIV Old Buildings

‘Stuart is one of the best advocates, really fighting your corner on highly contentious matters. He is extremely reliable and delivers to deadlines.’

David Eaton Turner

New Square Chambers

Tiran Nersessian

4 Stone Buildings

'Tiran is an experienced junior with a deep understanding of insolvency law.'

Matthew Parfitt

Erskine Chambers

Matthew is a very formidable advocate and clearly very well respected by the judiciary.’

Georgina Peters

‘Really knows her stuff on tricky and detailed issues of insolvency law, responsive and really nice to work with.'

William Willson

Matthew Abraham

'Matthew is a superb advocate, an excellent strategist and is great with clients. He is highly technical and has a deep understanding of the law.'

Charlotte Cooke

‘Very capable.'

'James is an excellent barrister. He is smart and a pleasure to work with.'

3 Verulam Buildings

‘Will is a phenomenal barrister with an excellent intellect and a great, easy going way about him. He is a pleasure to work with.’

Rosanna Foskett

Maitland Chambers

Christopher Harrison

4 Stone Buildings

'Chris is a fantastic advocate and strategic advisor. He fits seamlessly into any team.'

‘Marcus is extremely bright, excellent on his feet, very user-friendly and commercial.'

Tina Kyriakides

Radcliffe Chambers

‘Tina is a technically brilliant lawyer and is an excellent advocate.'

‘James is a highly intellectual and solid barrister. Very good under pressure.'

‘Tom is a rare counsel who masterfully blends assertiveness with judiciousness in his advocacy, a quality that consistently impresses judges. He quickly analyses intricate matters and delivers clear, accessible advice.'

Jonathan Titmuss

Gatehouse Chambers

'Technically brilliant, he is able to master the complex and make challenging situations appear simple and straightforward.'

'Robert is clever, commercial and with a great eye for detail.'

Wilberforce Chambers

Monckton Chambers

'William presents a tremendous combination of a heavyweight brain, exceptionally clear and assertive advocacy, and being a delight to work with.'

Wilberforce Chambers

'She is masterful at condensing complex matters into understandable chunks.'

Gatehouse Chambers

‘She has an extensive knowledge and understanding of insolvency and commercial law matters, and her opinions are always set out in an accessible way.'

Radcliffe Chambers

‘Adam is an outstandingly good barrister, who is a real heavy weight.'

Catherine Doran

Radcliffe Chambers

‘She is excellent and robust. She is good with difficult clients. Her advocacy is very precise.’

Erskine Chambers

'Ben is a talented and highly experienced lawyer. He has an impressive depth of technical knowledge and strong strategic instincts.'

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Hugo Groves

Enterprise Chambers

Kavan Gunaratna

Enterprise Chambers

‘He is always technically excellent and a pleasure to deal with.'

Graeme Halkerston

Wilberforce Chambers

One Essex Court

' ‘Patrick is smart and strategic. His drafting is always accurate and a model of clarity.’

3 Verulam Buildings

‘Clara is extremely commercial and ensures her advice is tailored to the commercial requirements of the client as well as being the legally preferred solution.'

‘Ruth is a great barrister: calm, thoughtful, authoritative and it is always a pleasure to work with her.'

‘Philip is extremely responsive, client-friendly and able to focus on the important points in the matter, while covering all relevant scenarios.’

Fountain Court Chambers

'Wilson has superb in-depth knowledge of the law of insolvency. His advice is always considered, clear and concise.'

Wilberforce Chambers

'His written work is excellent, and he turns things around very quickly.'

'Edoardo is brilliant. He is an elegant advocate who mobilises simple but effective narratives to drive home winning points.'

'A seriously good senior commercial junior, especially strong on insolvency issues. Delivers creative, practical solutions.'

Radcliffe Chambers

‘Dawn works tirelessly on complicated pleadings and prepares a first-rate product.'

Niall McCulloch

Enterprise Chambers

'Extremely bright, technically excellent and an absolute pleasure to work with.'

Giselle McGowan

‘Tenacious, hard working, pragmatic.'

‘Very assured in advising on insolvency matters.'

XXIV Old Buildings

Philip Morrison

Erskine Chambers

Outer Temple Chambers

Erskine Chambers

Samuel is extremely efficient, responsive and user-friendly.'

Oliver Phillips

Maitland Chambers

Gatehouse Chambers

'Very tactically aware and a font of knowledge. Great at advocacy.'

Erskine Chambers

‘Razor-sharp intellect and incredibly deep thinker and legal analyst. Incredibly user-friendly and a pleasure to work with.’

4 Stone Buildings

'Andrew is a great draftsman and a thoroughly good lawyer.'

New Square Chambers

Christopher Snell

33 Chancery Lane

'Very personable and knowledgeable. He is able to get to the crux of the matter quickly and explain it to clients in a concise way.'

3 Verulam Buildings

‘She is very astute, very sharp and great to have on your side. She has an excellent grasp of detail.'

Justina Stewart

Outer Temple Chambers

'A very strong senior junior. Technically very strong and a pleasure to work with.'

XXIV Old Buildings

'As an advocate, he is a very smooth operator who has the ability to put your case to the judge in a succinct and persuasive manner.'

Quadrant Chambers

'Nicola is a superstar. She is intelligent, diligent and understands the intricacies of complex areas of law an distils them down to a perfect package.'

4 Stone Buildings

Erskine Chambers

'He is all over the detail.'

Radcliffe Chambers

‘His written work is fantastic. His advocacy is measured and smooth, and judges like him.’

Maitland Chambers

‘Maxim has an incredible knowledge of insolvency law and is able to advise upon it in a highly practical way.’

Francis Collaço Moraes

'Francis is responsive and thorough, and is invaluable in very complex and challenging case.'

Reuben Comiskey

Radcliffe Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers

‘Rachael is very thorough and always well prepared. She is able to read a judge very well and to adjust her advocacy accordingly.'

Thomas is a spectacularly good lawyer and even better advocate. He is absolutely unflappable.'

Quadrant Chambers

‘Joe is a highly effective barrister, known for clear, persuasive submissions and a strategic grasp of complex disputes.

Enterprise Chambers

Enterprise Chambers

Katherine Hallett

Blackstone Chambers

Alexander Heylin

No5 Barristers’ Chambers

'Alex is shrewd and knowledgeable - a good tactician who gives clear and helpful advice.'

‘ Exceptionally knowledgeable and a strategic thinker – Ollie consistently delivers clear and pragmatic advice.’

Madeleine Jones

‘Madeleine is exceptionally technically sound, with a sharp legal mind and a thorough grasp of complex issues.'

Maitland Chambers

'Faith is absolutely brilliant. She has an excellent legal brain, a straightforward manner and is a real pleasure to work with.'

Maitland Chambers

'Olivier is an outstanding advocate with exceptional analytical ability and a calm, authoritative presence in court.'

Blackstone Chambers

'Luka is an exceptionally sharp and insightful barrister. He is incredibly responsive, always quick to answer questions with clarity and precision.'

Selborne Chambers

Maitland Chambers

Katie Longstaff

Radcliffe Chambers

'Very commercially minded and sensible.'

Gatehouse Chambers

4 Stone Buildings

'Zara is a first class barrister. She is technically excellent, great on her feet and the clients love her!'

Conor McLaughlin

Erskine Chambers

Gabriella McNicholas

Maitland Chambers

'Gabriella has excellent advocacy skills. She is incredibly thorough in her analysis and has very good attention to detail.'

James McWilliams

3 Verulam Buildings

‘James has a robust, compelling and succinct style, and a level of gravitas and authority beyond his years of call.'

Enterprise Chambers

‘Simon has a natural way with clients, attention to detail and to sort the wheat from the chaff in high volume cases.’

Maitland Chambers

‘Rowena is clever, helpful, very user friendly and someone who clients like. She has excellent cross examination skills and written work is faultless.'

Gatehouse Chambers

‘Wendy is very commercially astute, and her advice is always grounded in that commerciality so that the client can understand the practical implications of a matter.'

New Square Chambers

Selborne Chambers

New Square Chambers

‘Jess is a brilliant advocate – she is persuasive and highly skilled and is able to cut through extremely convoluted factual backgrounds very easily.'

Outer Temple Chambers

‘Very strong technically, sees all angles and the interplay.'

Alexander Riddiford

Essex Court Chambers

'Alex is a reliable and highly effective advocate, both in written submissions and on his feet, making him an obvious choice for important insolvency-related applications involving complicated issues.'

Radcliffe Chambers

‘She is good on her feet, keeping to the point and making sure that all arguments are made clearly and concisely at court.'

4 Stone Buildings

‘He is smart, hard-working and thorough. Good on his feet and on paper.'

Anna Scharnetzky

Erskine Chambers

‘She is able to get to the crux of extremely complex issues and explain them in a way that is not only accessible to us as solicitors, but also to the clients.'

Calm, eloquent, intelligent and seems to read a court room well - he is destined for great things.'

‘Excellent insolvency knowledge, first-rate judgement and enormous brain.’

Alastair Tomson

4 Stone Buildings

Mark Watson-Gandy

Gatehouse Chambers

‘Alaric is extremely knowledgeable, responsive and a testament to his clients which he instructs.'

Wilberforce Chambers

4 Stone Buildings

'Very knowledgeable, and an excellent client manner. Joe is also a forceful and persuasive advocate.'

Enterprise Chambers

Christopher Buckley

Radcliffe Chambers

'Chris's strength is his breadth of experience. He can bring his deep legal understanding to bear on a wide variety of issues that arise in insolvency assignments.'

Maitland Chambers

'Tim has an extensive and deep knowledge of property law. He combines this with a great depth of knowledge and experience of insolvency law.'

Benjamin Channer

'Ben has excellent advocacy skills. He is quick to get up to speed on cases and provides sensible and commercial advice.'

Adam Chichester-Clark

Thomas Cockburn

Selborne Chambers

Selborne Chambers

Darragh Connell

Maitland Chambers

'He's a very impressive barrister who cuts through the chaff and has a fine grasp of the commercial issues.'

Enterprise Chambers

'James is very commercial and very dependable. Just generally a fantastic person to work with.'

Wilberforce Chambers

Maitland Chambers

‘Exceptionally well-prepared with excellent attention to detail.’

Gatehouse Chambers

Wilberforce Chambers

'Tom is very good at getting to the heart of the issue and has a commercial outlook on all matters.'

Essex Court Chambers

Enterprise Chambers

'He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law and is a hit with the client.'

Radcliffe Chambers

'Kira is extremely knowledgeable of the relevant case law and able to explain it clearly and succinctly for a foreign audience. Clients would not hesitate to instruct her again.'

XXIV Old Buildings

4 Stone Buildings

Radcliffe Chambers

'Lauren's advisory work is fantastic. She really embeds herself as part of the legal team and offers astute commercial guidance.'

'Lara's written work and advice is extremely good. She knows what clients need and is all over the detail.'

Jonathan Lopian

New Square Chambers

Gatehouse Chambers

'Katrina is fantastic. She has experience and skills that are well beyond her years of call.'

Wilberforce Chambers

Aileen McErlean

Gatehouse Chambers

'Aileen is an excellent advocate and very persuasive. She has excellent attention to detail.'

Tanfield Chambers

'Extremely knowledgeable and intelligent, practical in approach.'

Maitland Chambers

Martin Ouwehand

Radcliffe Chambers

‘Martin has outstanding attention to detail and is exhaustive in his consideration of the issues.'

Phillip Patterson

Gatehouse Chambers

hillip is top notch and is simply brilliant. He is very thorough with his advice and always comes up with effective solutions to knotty legal issues.'

Georgia Purnell

‘Georgia is very good and on top of her cases. Her advocacy is very good for her call and she speaks assertively.’

Radcliffe Chambers

'Rachel is not only a very effective advocate, but also has excellent attention to detail. She is commercial and practical with her advice.'

Hilary Stonefrost

Hannah Thornley

4 Stone Buildings

'Nicola is particularly good at digesting and analysing highly factually complex cases where the materials extend to thousands of documents.'

XXIV Old Buildings

'Very good written argument, attention to detail and straightforward presentation style, make him an excellent junior.'

Brick Court Chambers

'Ben is able beyond his years. He is extremely intelligent and able to offer complicated advice at short notice.'

Selborne Chambers

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.

Tim Benham-Mirando

Radcliffe Chambers

'James is excellent. He's responsive, bright, personable and extremely knowledgeable.'

'Paul's strengths include his first rate legal analysis and his clear written advocacy in his draft skeleton arguments.'

Enterprise Chambers

'Sam is meticulous and technically excellent, whilst being commercial and pragmatic.'

'Daniel is an extremely bright and capable barrister who has a remarkable ability to readily analyse and assess complex cases.'

'Maria has excellent attention to detail and is extremely procedurally knowledgeable.'

4 Stone Buildings

'Daniel is a master of insolvency law, deeply hard working and conscientious, a real team player.'

'He excels in his years. He is super bright and easy to deal with.'

Jessica Lavelle

XXIV Old Buildings

‘Jessica is a persuasive advocate. She has a strong skillset for her experience level, and is confident in dealing with clients and giving advice.’

Jian Jun (JJ) Liew

New Square Chambers

‘JJ is a very technically able junior counsel who delivers first class advice. He is a safe pair of hands.'

Radcliffe Chambers

'Emma is very user-friendly, bright and effective in writing and on her feet.'

XXIV Old Buildings

Daniel Petrides

Wilberforce Chambers

'Knowledgable, enthusiastic and bright.'

Nicholas Wright

4 Stone Buildings

'Nick is exceptionally easy to work with. Approachable and always commercially focused in the advice that he provides.'