Keating Chambers

In relation to her construction work, Brenna is noted in Chambers and Partners as being “sharp and formidable” and “very commercial and user-friendly” and is commended for being able to “talk in the client’s language. She understands the industry and the key commercial drivers and comes up with practical solutions. She also has an incredible work ethic.” Brenna is also praised in the Legal 500 construction rankings for being “super-bright, quick to assimilate complex issues and detailed points” and is also ranked for her professional negligence work.

Brenna has built up a strong domestic and international practice, with a particular interest in construction and energy work and has been involved in a number of high-profile cases in the TCC, including one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2022. She is also regularly instructed in complex, high value international arbitration proceedings. Over the last 5 years she has been involved in numerous high value disputes concerning drillships, power plants, sports centres, luxury residential and commercial properties, hospitals, data centres and infrastructure. She has been led in several UK court cases and adjudications as well as very high profile arbitrations involving projects in Georgia, Korea, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Australia.

Brenna has built up a busy construction practice in her own right, and has had a number of reported cases, one of which had important implications for payment and one for adjudication within the industry. She has also received judicial praise in a number of her reported cases for her succinct and skillful advocacy.

Brenna is a contributing editor of the Construction Law Reports, Keating on Construction Contracts and Keating on NEC.

In chambers, Brenna sits on the pupillage committee and is a pupil supervisor. Brenna also sits on the GDL and Bar Course Scholarship Interview panels for Lincoln’s Inn and is a mentor on the LSE Bar & Chambers Mentoring Scheme 2023.