Andrew Hunter KC
Blackstone Chambers ‘A thoughtful, quiet but deadly cross-examiner. Very clever, and hardworking.'
With a ‘large number of excellent KCs and juniors’, Blackstone Chambers tackles a broad range of commercial litigation, including financial services, fraud, and City regulation disputes. Andrew Scott KC notably represented the claimant in the high-value Skatteforvaltningen v Solo Capital Partners LLP and others case, where the Danish authority seeks to recover money - which it alleges to be the proceeds of a large cum-ex fraud - from a Dubai-based, British-led hedge fund. In Upham v HSBC, Andrew Green KC acted for the defendant in a £1.3 billion fraud claim where the High Court ruled that HSBC did not deceive hundreds of investors into financing a Disney movie tax relief scheme.
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Testimonials
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- 'Very responsive clerks. Adam Sloane is always available to assist with logistical queries.'
- 'Adam Sloane is the best clerk around.'
- 'Gary Oliver, Derek Sutton and Dean Tolman are very good. Dean is a committed clerk with excellent communication.'
- 'The clerks are always responsive and friendly and nothing is too much. Adam Fucshillo is excellent to work with.'
- 'Blackstone is undoubtedly one of the most incredible sets in London. Everyone there is a genius, they are all team players and they all deliver every time.'
- 'Blackstone is an excellent set with a very high calibre of barristers. They are heavyweights at the commercial bar, go out of their way to accommodate clients and never fail to impress.'
- 'Blackstone has a large number of excellent KCs and juniors.'
- 'Excellent all round set. Their counsel are always in high demand.'
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.
Robert Anderson KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Excellent cross-examiner and always on top of the key issues.'
Ian Mill KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Tremendously experienced, intelligent, and strategic. Great presence in court.'
Tom Weisselberg KC
Blackstone Chambers ‘Tom is an absolutely first-rate, easy to deal with and sophisticated but firm advocate. He is very well prepared.’
Anthony Peto KC
Blackstone Chambers
Michael Bloch KC
Blackstone Chambers ‘Michael is strategic and charming.‘
Shaheed Fatima KC
Blackstone Chambers
Robert Howe KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Robert is a phenomenally strategic litigator and an impressive advocate. He is always thoroughly prepared and immersed in the case and detail.'
Andreas Gledhill KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Unflappable, reads the court well, polite, courteous, and very bright. Top-draw advocate.'
Robert Weekes KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Complete command of the law and a trojan-like work ethic. A recent silk but operating at (and above) many more senior silks.'
Hanif Mussa KC
Blackstone Chambers 'Hanif is very clever and knows his stuff.'
2023 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.
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.
Daniel Burgess
Blackstone Chambers ‘Daniel is a silk in waiting - creative and thoughtful when faced with a complex issue.'
Peter Head
Blackstone Chambers 'He is incredibly responsive, his advice is well thought through and he is very well-liked by clients, solicitors and more senior counsel. Peter understands clients and knows how to get the best out of them.'
David Lowe
Blackstone Chambers ‘Extremely client-friendly. He is a great tactician and technical lawyer who is able to deconstruct very complex problems and find solutions and approaches in a very clear way.'
Tom Mountford
Blackstone Chambers ‘A persuasive advocate who gives clear, concise and pragmatic advice.'
Shane Sibbel
Blackstone Chambers ‘He has outstanding attention to detail and is able to process that detail into sound strategy quickly. As an advocate, he is calm and precise.'
Carmine Conte
Blackstone Chambers ‘With substantive and tactical skills that far exceed his years of call, Carmine has a brilliant mind for difficult points. He is extremely personable, with fluent, persuasive advocacy and a knack for clients.‘
Luka Krsljanin
Blackstone Chambers ‘Luka has excellent attention to detail and is extremely bright and capable.'
Andrew Trotter
Blackstone Chambers ‘Andrew is an ideal person to work with: friendly, helpful, practical, reliable and completely unflappable. His intellect, drafting skills and knowledge of the law are all excellent.'
Timothy Lau
Blackstone Chambers 'Tim is exceptionally personable, hard-working, able, and intelligent. A perfect junior for a difficult case. His written advocacy is outstandingly crisp and clear and his oral advocacy punches years above his call - he is on a par with some junior silks.'
Tom Leary
Blackstone Chambers 'Tom is a supremely intelligent and compelling advocate.'
Rising stars
Rising stars at the Bar are defined as barristers between four and eight years’ call who are seen as up-and-coming members of the Bar in their respective practice areas by clients and peers alike. They will already be instructed in high-profile, complex, and high-value contentious and non-contentious matters, working with and opposite more experienced leading counsel.
