Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Arbitration counsel
Leading silk2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers 'Anneliese is a talented and highly persuasive barrister.'
Fountain Court Chambers
Barristers
Anneliese Day KC
Fountain Court Chambers, London
- Phone020 7583 3335
- Email[email protected]
- Profilewww.fountaincourt.co.uk
Position
Anneliese Day KC is a “leading lawyer of her generation” and a “standout genius” whose skill as a “ruthlessly brilliant advocate” is deployed in cases spanning all areas of commercial law.
Anneliese works on significant and complex cases both as Lead Counsel and Arbitrator dealing with courts and tribunals not only in the UK but also in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean (including the DIFC and the SICC). She also regularly appears at appellate level.
She is recognised by the legal directories as a Leading Silk in nine practice areas and four separate jurisdictions. She has been described as “an absolute rockstar at the top of her game” who has “laid waste to a number of witnesses”.
In 2022, Anneliese was named ’Silk of the Year’ at The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards and was recognised as a ‘Star at the Bar’ by Chambers & Partners.
She has previously won a number of other coveted awards, including The Lawyer’s ‘Barrister of the Year’, together with various individual Silk of the Year Awards. Described as a “good leader for the 21st century”, she was also identified as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts.
A firm believer in seeking to bring added value to any case whatever her role. Thrives on the cut and thrust of advocacy but also brings commerciality to the issues she deals with.
Career
Called to Bar (Inner Temple) 1996 (Princess Royal Scholarship). Joined 4 New Square in 1997. Appointed to Treasury B Panel in 2005. Took silk in 2012. Non Executive Director of Legal Services Board from April 2013 to March 2014. Became “Barrister of the Year” in The Lawyer 2014 Awards. Listed as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts in 2015. Joined Fountain Court in December 2016. Appointed a Bencher of Inner Temple in 2016. Appointed to the LCIA Court in 2019. Appointed Head of International Committee of Combar in 2023.
Former editor of ‘Jackson and Powell on Professional Negligence’ and contributor to ‘Civil Practice and Human Rights’.
Languages
Speaks conversational French and Spanish.
Memberships
COMBAR, SCL, TECBAR, PNBA, ChBA.
Education
Edinburgh Academy; Clare College, Cambridge (MA Hons Law 1st Class); Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar).
Leisure
My children, travel, cycling and hot yoga.
Mentions
Asia Pacific: Regional International Arbitration
Arbitrators
Leading silk1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese combines acute legal insight and knowledge with strong commercial and client focus. Outstanding in every respect.’
Middle East: The English Bar
Commercial
Leading silk1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a brilliant advocate who is a team player and a pleasure to deal with. Despite being extremely in demand and the recipient of a number of awards, Anneliese is a grounded and hard-working member of the team who is also extremely effective.’
Asia Pacific: The English Bar
Commercial
Leading silk1Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a brilliant advocate who is a team player and a pleasure to deal with. Despite being extremely in demand and the recipient of a number of awards, Anneliese is a grounded and hard-working member of the team who is also extremely effective.’
The English Bar Offshore
Commercial disputes
Leading silk2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is a formidable opponent with a commanding advocacy style which is obviously underpinned by a phenomenal amount of preparation and strategy. When she speaks, the court as a whole really listens, as she’s simply compelling.’
London Bar
Commercial litigation
Leading silk3Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese is able to provide clear analysis, draft effective pleadings, advocate powerfully, and cross-examine masterfully.'
London Bar
Energy
Leading silk3Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers ‘Anneliese brings real intellectual firepower to cases.’
London Bar
International arbitration: arbitrators
Leading silk2Anneliese Day KC – Fountain Court Chambers 'Anneliese is a super-efficient arbitrator.'
London Bar
International arbitration: counsel
Leading silk1Anneliese Day KC –Fountain Court Chambers 'A forceful and authoritative advocate. She knows how to handle a tribunal in order to be persuasive, and is able to take the tribunal on when it is necessary.'
London Bar