England - London Bar

Banking and finance (including consumer credit)

4 New Square Chambers

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Silks

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.
Shail Patel KC
Shail Patel KC
4 New Square Chambers
‘Shail oozes class. He consistently demonstrates excellence in everything he does. His written work is textbook in its power and persuasion, and his advocacy style is a joy to watch – he regularly defeats opponents of higher seniority, and knows how to win over the most skeptical of judges. Working with Shail is always a real treat.’
Jonathan Hough KC
Jonathan Hough KC
4 New Square Chambers
‘Very responsive, delivers very clear commercial and strategic advice. Helped the clients get to the issues to consider quickly and clearly.’  
Daniel Saoul KC
Daniel Saoul KC
4 New Square Chambers
‘Dan is thorough and thoughtful and has an excellent understanding of what the court would wish to know. He has measured and calm advocacy style, which makes the court feel that it is in safe hands.’

Juniors

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.
Saaman Pourghadiri
Saaman Pourghadiri
4 New Square
‘Saaman is excellent in all respects. He is very bright, extremely user-friendly (clients really like him as well) and works very hard. He is always responsive and a go-to counsel for professional negligence matters.’

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