David Allison KC
South Square ‘David is truly an expert in this area. He has a very smooth and persuasive advocacy style.'
With a ‘large number of excellent lawyers’, South Square offers particular strength in insolvency, banking, and finance litigation. Felicity Toube KC acted for the claimants in NMC Healthcare v Dubai Islamic Bank, a significant litigation in Abu Dhabi arising out of the administration of the UAE-based private healthcare group following the discovery of a multi-billion-pound fraud within the business. Adam Al-Attar KC, newly appointed to silk in March 2024, is instructed by SoftBank Vision II Fund to defend a claim by a Credit Suisse sub-fund alleging SoftBank engineered a financial restructuring of construction company Katerra that favoured the Japanese conglomerate over the Swiss bank’s clients. Meanwhile, Tom Smith KC acted for PwC as liquidators of the Abraaj Group, which collapsed in July 2018 following allegations of misuse of funds, leading to the liquidators bringing claims in the Cayman Islands to recover assets transferred from the Abraaj Group prior to its liquidation.
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Testimonials
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- 'Chris Filby is very reasonable and easy to deal with.'
- 'Dylan Playfoot is very professional and easy to work with.'
- 'The clerks are very responsive and professional.'
- 'The clerks are responsive, accurate, and collegiate.'
- 'They have a strong offering of barristers, good availability, and broad strength of practice areas.'
- 'South Square has a number of top silks and juniors, with a particular strength in insolvency litigation.'
- South Square are easy to deal with, the clerks are great, and there is a deep bench of high-quality barristers.'
- 'South Square are the pre-eminent Chambers for insolvency-related work, with a large number of excellent lawyers with the required mix of academic rigour and first-rate advocacy skills.'
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.
Tom Smith KC
South Square ‘Tom is a real superstar. Judges listen and respect him and he is unbelievably responsive.'
David Alexander KC
South Square ‘David is technically very strong, particularly on the insolvency side. He is very responsive and a team player - a great addition to any team.'
Aidan Casey KC
South Square ‘Aiden is incredibly responsive and gets on top of the facts and issues very quickly. He is extremely knowledgeable and technically astute but is also very commercial and practical.'
2024 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.
Georgina Peters
South Square 'Very strong technical knowledge and attention to detail. Extremely hard working and a real pleasure to work with.'