Mark Strachan SC
'Extremely thorough and detailed, will know every single document in detail and every fact inside and out, and his advocacy is a joy to behold.'
Parkside Chambers is home to a number of key barristers in the commercial disputes space, praised for providing clients with ‘firm and effective advocacy’. ’Exceptionally bright and client friendly‘ Mark Strachan SC frequently engages in matters concerning fraud, acting for numerous corporations, financial institutions, banks and government bodies. Toby Brown is a key junior, acting in complex commercial disputes and holding particular expertise in recoveries in large scale frauds. Jeffrey Chau frequently acts complex litigations, appeals and arbitrations. Nigel Kat SC and Vincent Lung are also recommended.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'We instruct a variety of barristers at Parkside and find them all helpful and insightful.'
- 'Parkside Chambers has a great team of barristers, all very approachable and experts in their own rights.'
- 'Parkside Chambers places excellence and client satisfaction as their utmost priority. I have confidence in instructing members from this set which has decades of rich history in providing a wide range of comprehensive legal services. Their team consists of well-respected barristers whose outstanding track record and impeccable reputation have earned them a reputable standing in the legal field.'
- 'Strong set with strength in depth. Good training programmes.'
- 'Parkside is a strong set with which I work a lot.'
- 'A very capable set with a wide variety of counsel of all levels of seniority and specialties.'
Lawyers
Leading silks
KCs at the very top of their field, with a long-established record of market-defining cases, and widespread endorsement from clients and peers. All silks appointed in the last two rounds are listed further below.
Nigel Kat SC
‘Nigel’s key strength is his trial advocacy, and he is well-known for being a formidable cross-examiner. He has a strong record of successfully defending claims against lawyers. Nigel brings very considerable trial experience, with a strong dose of realism – he is refreshingly frank in his views.’
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.
Toby Brown
‘User-friendly, gets to the point, very responsive and presents well to the judiciary.’
Vincent Lung
Vincent is highly astute, very commercial and willing to invest his time to understand the client’s need. He is able to explain complex issues in a simple way to focus the bench on the main issue.’
Bernard Mak
Jeffrey Chau
‘His strengths are a very high degree of analytical skill as a lawyer on complex cases, a high interest in the law and a rarely-matched assiduousness.’
Benjamin Lam
'Benjamin is extremely user-friendly and commercially sensible. Despite facing complex factual patterns, his ability to locate the underlying interests of the parties is impressive and exceptional. Benjamin also enjoys a good reputation of his client care skill, which always allow clients to achieve their commercial objective.'
Deanna Law
A very compelling and measured advocate who always fights hard for her clients. Detail focused and able to bring clarity to highly complex and difficult issues. A true team player who is very easy to work with and instils confidence in clients.'
Ernest Ng
‘Very bright, hardworking and practical. The judges speak highly of his skills and advocacy.’