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.
Emma Chamberlain
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Emma Chamberlain
Pump Court Tax Chambers
‘Technically brilliant, commercial, and really the only person anybody with complex offshore trust affairs should go to when the stakes are high. Her experience in domicile is second to none.’
Marika Lemos
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Marika Lemos
Devereux
‘Marika is a real expert in non-domicile matters and personal taxation. She is able to come up with technical and persuasive arguments and spot points many others miss.’
Imran Afzal
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Imran Afzal
Field Court Tax Chambers
‘He is ruthlessly thorough in his preparation and misses nothing. He is also very creative and often sees novel ways to structure arguments.'
Barrie Akin
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Barrie Akin
Devereux
‘Barrie is very forensic and reads his brief carefully before advising. His advice is always clear and well presented. He’s incredibly bright and great with clients.’
Harriet Brown
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Harriet Brown
Old Square Tax Chambers
'Harriet combines very strong technical abilities with astute commercial and practical understanding. She is very approachable and easy to communicate with.'
Ben Elliott
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Ben Elliott
Pump Court Tax Chambers
‘Very strong advocate, thinks fast and is always on top of the detail, both the evidence and the technical legal points.’
Ruth Hughes
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Ruth Hughes
5 Stone Buildings
‘Ruth is an extremely hard worker. Always prepared to go the extra mile for the client. A tenacious litigator.’
Oliver Marre
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Oliver Marre
5 Stone Buildings
‘Oliver is fantastic to work with in every respect. He is very responsive, works well as part of a wider legal team, is forensic in his approach and very thorough and balanced in his thought process.’
Susannah Meadway
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Susannah Meadway
Ten Old Square
‘Susannah’s advice is unfailing timely, clear, sensible, proportionate and pragmatic. One could not ask for anyone better.’
Rebecca Murray
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Rebecca Murray
Devereux
'She has the ability to focus on the salient points and to weed out the extraneous issues instinctively.'
Jonathan Schwarz
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Jonathan Schwarz
Temple Tax Chambers
‘He is the real deal on cross-border tax matters. He is far beyond anyone else - no-one else gets close. He is so meticulous.’
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Nikhil Mehta
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
‘His strengths include: approachability, in depth knowledge of his subject, and speedy turnround.’
Stephen Arthur
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Stephen Arthur
Temple Tax Chambers
'Incredibly proactive and great at finding practical solutions - will even frequently think of other valid points and communicate them even after the instructions are over.'
Barbara Belgrano
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Barbara Belgrano
Pump Court Tax Chambers
‘Barbara is an absolute pleasure to work with. She is highly diligent, responsive and practical. Her legal knowledge and reasoning abilities are exceptional. Clear, powerful advocacy.’
Calypso Blaj
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Calypso Blaj
Pump Court Tax Chambers
- 'Fantastic in getting to grips with a matter, very knowledgeable on the law, empathetic, and very powerful and tenacious.'
Marcus Flavin
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Marcus Flavin
Radcliffe Chambers
'Marcus provides detailed and commercial advice, going above and beyond in his instructions and making time for developments where needed.'
Laura Poots
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Laura Poots
Pump Court Tax Chambers
‘Laura Poots has extensive tax experience backed by vast knowledge and analytical powers in addressing tax issues.’
Stephen Woodward
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Stephen Woodward
Three Stone
‘He has the ability to explain complex ideas to clients, and to offer pragmatic and workable solutions.’
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Sam Brodsky
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
‘Sam is very insightful and approachable. He is very willing to engage on complex tax topics with the wider team.’
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Laura Inglis
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
‘Excellent understanding of tax. Extremely thorough and responsive.’
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Nicholas Macklam
Gray's Inn Tax Chambers
‘Nick is exceptionally talented. Extreme clarity of expression, both in writing and orally. Can unravel the most complex legal problems. Excellent client manner. Someone you always want on your side.’
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.
Emile Simpson
4 New Square Chambers
‘Excellent grasp of this subject area. Aware of commercial sensitivities. Able to think laterally.’
Harry Winter
Gray’s Inn Tax Chambers
‘A strong advocate with an instinctive sense of what will play well with a judge. A real future star of the tax Bar.’