Erskine Chambers

Erskine Chambers is ‘fantastic for corporate litigation’, and also offers particular strength in company law, insolvency and financial services matters. Andrew Thompson KC has ‘a formidable intellect, a measured and thoughtful approach, and strong strategic oversight of the case’. David Chivers KC is ‘an effective advocate’ with an excellent reputation for handling joint venture disputes and warranty claims. Jack Rivett is ‘authoritative, exceptionally bright, and prepares meticulously’.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

'Michael Shillingford is a pleasure to work with.'
'Michael Shillingford is very good.'
'Excellent clerking team - quick to respond and pragmatic in solving any challenges that arise.'
'The clerks are responsive.'
'A fantastic group of top shelf counsel across the board.'
'They are well versed in all manner of commercial and insolvency disputes.'

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.

Andrew Thompson KC

'He is a talented advocate, with a calm, persuasive manner and a great deal of charm.'

David Chivers KC

‘David is calm and collected with a great deal of gravitas as an advocate as well as being extremely intelligent and user-friendly.'

James Potts KC

'He has a good eye for details. His written submissions are excellent.'

Edward Davies KC

‘Edward is a fabulous advocate.'

Michael Todd KC

'Michael is excellent to work with - very knowledgeable; a huge depth of experience and expertise; delivers well considered advice in a commercial and pragmatic way; and is willing to give a view on even the most challenging of questions.'

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.