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.
‘William has an unrivalled eye for detail coupled with excellent client care skills. The level of preparation that William undertakes makes him a formidable advocate. He is always on top of the documentation and demonstrates the ability to think holistically and quickly during mediations and client meetings.’
1‘Jay is extremely talented. He is also a pleasure to work with and a real team player. His written advice is thorough and clear and his research and analytical skills are brilliant. His advocacy is also excellent, strong but tailored appropriately. He does not have any weaknesses.'
1‘Charlie is an exceptional and persuasive advocate, with a calm but imposing advocacy style. He also displays a meticulous attention to detail when working on papers and builds easy rapport with clients.'
1‘He is very user-friendly, knowledgeable, calm, flexible and overall a pleasure to work with.’
1‘Stefan is generally a very likeable person and provides extremely thorough advice and is not afraid to take on a challenge. His advocacy comes from a position of knowledge and preparation which is why his arguments and submissions are particularly potent.'
1‘Lucy provides pragmatic and detailed advice, even in relation to extremely complicated emerging areas of law.'
1‘He is a great advocate and commands a courtroom. He also gives detailed advice and considers all areas of a dispute.'
1‘James is insightful and incisive. He turns around exceptionally high quality work extraordinarily quickly. He is a brilliant strategist and a ruthless advocate - brilliant at exposing the weaknesses in the other side's position and presenting them to judges.'
‘Adam is clearly very bright but he is also user-friendly and able to convey advice to clients in a clear and uncomplicated manner. His advocacy is robust when needed and he is a clear and compelling communicator in court.’
2‘He is very user friendly, experienced and capable. Richard is hard working with a good insight into strategy and commercial points as well as a deep knowledge of law.'
2‘He is great with clients and always has a good grasp of details. He is able to marshal information well and is a persuasive and unflappable advocate in court. His accounting background also proves very helpful.'
2‘Natasha is a fountain of knowledge. She is very astute and is able to look at complex issues and break them down easily to determine the best strategy to meet a client's needs. Natasha also always provides prompt and clear advice.'
2‘James always has a good understanding of the substantive issues of a case. His drafting and cross-examination of witnesses during trial are impressive.'
2‘Oliver is thorough, knowledgeable, imaginative, very accessible, personable and gets on very well with clients.'
2‘Richard boasts a wealth of knowledge both procedurally and in managing and understanding the factual aspects of matters. His standard of service is of the highest possible and his style of advocacy is clear and concise.'
‘Matthew is a highly-experienced competition lawyer. As well as being highly knowledgeable, he produces detailed and well-researched written submissions. He also has particularly good commercial awareness. He is a go-to junior barrister and the leading competition barrister not based in London.’
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.
‘John’s exceptional written work is always incredible detailed and polished. He invariably identifies novel arguments to help bolster cases and his advocacy is measured and pithy. Moreover, he is pragmatic and can cut through complex factual scenarios very quickly.'
