Intellectual property

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.

Stuart Baran

Three New Square

‘Stuart is one of the stars of the junior IP Bar. With a brilliant mind and incredible work ethic, he’s on top of his brief and extremely presentable in front of clients.’

Miles Copeland

Three New Square

‘Miles is unflappable. He is cool under pressure and delivers great advice.'

Michael Hicks

Hogarth Chambers

‘Michael is very well respected by judges. He is quick on his feet and able to absorb complex arguments quickly.'

Guy Hollingworth

One Essex Court

‘Guy is probably the best trade mark and copyright IP barrister at the London Bar. He is at the very top of his field as a trial lawyer with a wonderful court manner, and he is forensic, detailed and knowledgeable.’

Isabel Jamal

8 New Square

‘Isabel integrates seamlessly into the broader legal team. She provides well-thought-through, pragmatic advice on the strengths and weaknesses of the case and the associated strategic decisions regarding its presentation, and she is excellent at seeing how the various parts of the case interact with each other and charting persuasive arguments that avoid any landmines.’

Amanda Michaels

Hogarth Chambers

'Amanda is highly commercial and has extensive experience. Her advocacy is based on a market-leading insight into the underlying mechanisms of UK practice, which means she is able to guide UK Hearing Officers in novel manners.'

Kathryn Pickard

11 South Square

‘Kathryn is razor-sharp, both in her oral advocacy and written work. Those who have worked with her attest to her range of abilities, as she has a great work ethic, turns around work product expeditiously, is unafraid of running novel points, has superb drafting, and is also great on her feet.'

Jaani Riordan

8 New Square

‘Jaani is a star of the junior IP Bar. He is forensic, committed, hard working and smart, and he is on top of the legal issues across the board.’

'Guy is incredibly smart, provides very convincing written submissions and knows how to present a case to its best advantage. He is very pleasant to work with and is very client-friendly.'

James Whyte

8 New Square

'There is no hesitation in recommending James to clients. He is thorough and detailed in his advice, he is a pleasure to work with, and he maintains a calm demeanour, even in the most stressful of times.'

Chris Aikens

11 South Square

‘Chris is outstanding on his feet and his written work is excellent. He is a barrister you can really trust and has the judgement of Solomon.’

Tom Alkin

11 South Square

‘Tom is an absolute pleasure to work with. He has great judgement on which points to run and how best to frame them, he is a very strong advocate, and he is also an excellent team player.'

‘Joe is extremely bright and a deep thinker. He contributes well to discussions with clients, other counsel, and experts, and in his advocacy, he is clear with good arguments.'

Gwilym Harbottle

Hogarth Chambers

'Gwilym is incredibly knowledgeable on copyright matters, provides clear and commercial advice, and gets to grips with the real issues in a case very quickly.'

‘Denise's technical knowledge across her specialisms is second-to-none. She is incredibly thorough and able to explain complex points of law, practice and procedure to clients in a language they can understand, and what truly sets Denise apart is her commercial acumen and desire to understand a client's commercial objectives.'

Katherine Moggridge

Three New Square

‘Katherine has a fierce intelligence and an uncanny ability to get right to the nub of the matter quickly and with clear expression. She is clear, articulate, and efficient, and she is one of the finest barristers.'

Geoffrey Pritchard

Three New Square

‘Geoffrey is an experienced barrister and works well as part of a wider team. He is responsive and commercial too.'

Tim Austen

Three New Square

‘Tim is a strong patents junior barrister with a great personality. He is on top of all facets of the case and provides excellent advice throughout.'

Charlotte Blythe

Hogarth Chambers

‘Charlotte is extremely user friendly, approachable and pragmatic. She is great on her feet and cool under pressure, and her written work is clear and methodical and always delivered on time.'

Charles Brabin

Three New Square

'Charles has incredible attention to detail and is considered in his drafting. Both these traits are really reassuring when working on pleadings or evidence with him, as you can be sure he has contemplated the multiple different ways a particular passage can be interpreted, and he is also always willing to explain and discuss alternative wording.'

Beth Collett

8 New Square

‘Beth is sharp with an eye to the wider strategy. Beth is very collaborative, taking on board and enhancing the ideas of others in the team, and she is a forthright advocate who can think on her feet and use both passion and a forensic attention to detail to make her case.’

Michael Conway

8 New Square

'Michael is very clever, he is a good communicator, and he is easy to get on with. He is particularly good on his feet responding to questions from the judge on the key issues, demonstrating a firm grasp of the issues and a quick mind.'

Adam Gamsa

11 South Square

‘Adam has a good overview of the strategic battlegrounds of the case and is always available to give a view on decision points throughout the case. His oral advocacy is thoughtful, structured, and tailored to the panel.'

Christopher Hall

11 South Square

‘Christopher is intelligent, hard working and very impressive on his feet. He comfortably goes toe-to-toe with the leading silks.’

‘Jonathan is one of the IP barristers who is equally adept at contractual litigation, so a go-to person for disputes involving a mixture of contractual interpretation and IP. Very user friendly, personable and easy work with.'

Thomas Jones

8 New Square

‘Thomas is an excellent junior destined for bigger things. Very impressive on his feet, he gets very involved in the detail and is more accessible than most at the IP Bar.’

Victoria Jones

3PB

‘Victoria is well prepared, responsive, proactive and great to work with. She has a thorough knowledge of trade mark law, is able to put forward oral arguments clearly and concisely, and thinks quickly on her feet.'

Heather Lawrence

11 South Square

'Heather's strengths include the thoroughness of her preparation, the ability to make the right tactical decisions, her quiet and understated advocacy that is nevertheless highly effective, an understanding of scientific and technological matters, particularly chemistry, her drafting skills applied to the preparation of pleadings, and her willingness and ability to work with her instructing solicitors as a team.'

Jonathan Moss

Hogarth Chambers

‘Jonathan is strong on copyright matters. He is pragmatic and practical.'

Jamie Muir Wood

Hogarth Chambers

‘Jamie is very good to work with, practical and thoughtful, and generally has a proposal to sort out a problem. Very good experience in trade marks disputes, and he is a strong advocate.'

Alaina Newnes

One Essex Court

‘Alaina is an expert at getting on top of complex facts quickly and is very responsive, easy to work with and great on strategy. She writes well and produces very helpful, concise notes for those who lead her, identifying the most important points from a legal, procedural and commercial perspective.’

Daniel Selmi

Three New Square

‘Daniel has a very compelling style of advocacy which puts the case at its very strongest. He is phenomenally bright and able to master cases of the utmost complexity, whether in technical or legal aspects.'

Stephanie Wickenden

Serle Court

‘Stephanie has excellent command of the papers and her advocacy skills are very good. She represents excellent value for her level of call and is much in demand.'

Ashton Chantrielle

8 New Square

‘Ashton's career is progressing extremely well. Her written work is top-shelf, she is excellent before the court, and she is client-friendly.'

William Duncan

8 New Square

Theo Barclay

4 New Square Chambers

‘Theo is an exceptionally bright and commercial barrister who deals with complex fact patterns and commercial issues with apparent ease. His advocacy is particularly impressive, as he is calm and unflappable under pressure with a particular talent for thinking on his feet to respond to unexpected points.'

Iona Berkeley

8 New Square

‘Iona is an extremely thorough and intelligent barrister who is great at looking around corners to anticipate the next steps in proceedings.'

Nicole Bollard

3PB

'Nicole is a clear communicator who is able to explain a range of complex intellectual property issues in concise terms.'

Sam Carter

Hogarth Chambers

‘Sam has very detailed knowledge of the law relating to trade mark infringement and passing off.'

Thomas Elias

Serle Court

‘Thomas is strong of mind and willing to make the difficult arguments in his client's best interests. He provides the advice that matters at an early stage, cuts through issues, and is a quick thinker on his feet.'

Dominic Hughes

Three New Square

‘Dominic is a first-rate IP barrister with considerable experience and expertise across the full spectrum of IP rights. He is excellent with clients and with judges, as well as respectful to the other side, and he is always a first choice.'

Andrew Lomas

One Essex Court

'Andrew is bright, hard working, and a lot of fun to work with. He will in the fullness of time rise to the top.'

Ben Longstaff

Hogarth Chambers

'Ben presents as a very calm and erudite barrister. He grasps difficult situations quickly and is able to distil the points in issue with ease, he is client friendly but equally adept at providing unpalatable advice when required, and he works extremely hard and has very good response times.'

Georgina Messenger

Three New Square

‘Georgina is an excellent advocate, she presents the case in a clear, persuasive way and is a delight to work with. Her knowledge of IPO trade mark proceedings is outstanding and her work is always of a high quality.'

Jacqueline Reid

11 South Square

‘Jacqueline is direct and ferocious, and someone whom you would always want in your corner. She can be very straight talking, which clients appreciate.'

Henry Ward

8 New Square

Nick Zweck

Hogarth Chambers

‘Nick is hardworking and always willing to take on tasks to help meet deadlines. His written work is of a high quality.'

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.