1Hall of fameBlackstone Chambers
‘Andrew has great court craft, is completely unflappable and knows the law inside-out.’
Blackstone Chambers
Blackstone Chambers is a ‘go-to set for financial regulatory work’ and offers expertise across the spectrum of related work including FCA and PRA regulatory investigations, judicial reviews of regulatory action, and commercial and chancery claims involving breaches of the Financial Services and Markets Act. In one of the highest profile market abuse cases pursued by the FCA in recent years, Javan Herberg KC and Paul Luckhurst acted for Sir Christopher Gent in defending a claim of market abuse by disclosure of information while chair of the medical device maker ConvaTec. Another highly publicised case has seen 2022 silk Hanif Mussa KC represent UKAR and NRAM, the successors to Northern Rock, in the “mortgage prisoners” litigation; a complex case brought by thousands of claimants who allege they are trapped on more expensive mortgages due to affordability requirements, despite being up-to-date with mortgage payments.
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- ‘The clerks are polite and responsive. Billy Brian in particular has been a joy to work with.’
- ‘All the clerks are very good but my go to person is Gary Oliver, with Lewis Walker in close second.’
- ‘Leading set for contentious financial services work.’
- ‘Blackstone are top notch for financial services work.’
- ‘Blackstone are the pre eminent financial services chambers.’
- ‘Blackstone is very clearly the leading set for contentious regulatory and FCA work.’
- ‘Blackstone is full of talent from top to bottom. They are my go to set for Financial Regulatory and Sanctions work. They also do excellent pro bono work.’
- ‘The set it without doubt the leader in the area, in terms of range, depth, and numbers of practitioners.’
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.
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1Hall of fameBlackstone Chambers
‘One of a handful of leading silks for this type of work, Andrew is incredibly knowledgeable and experienced, carrying real weight with the FCA in a way that other silks do not.’
Hall of fameBlackstone Chambers
‘Javan is a great individual, who has an excellent understanding of the law in this area. His huge reputation in this field is rightly deserved.’
2Hall of fameBlackstone Chambers
‘Ben is excellent. He is extremely clever, thinks very quickly on his feet, is great with clients, and very collegiate to deal with.’
Hall of fameBlackstone Chambers
‘Andrew has a great intellect, is a total team player, immensely hardworking and hard as nails.’
2022 Silks
Blackstone Chambers
‘Hanif provides considered and pragmatic strategic advice. He is a pleasure to work with and is particularly skilled at breaking down complex legal points for consumption by lay clients. He is responsive and works very effectively within the barrister team.'
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.
1Blackstone Chambers
‘Paul's strengths are clarity of thought and expression, as well as extremely good drafting, Paul is a thinker and is always a good choice to guide through tricky issues.’
1Blackstone Chambers
‘Simon advisory work is second-to-none. His ability to cut through tricky issues and provide straight-forward and intelligent advice is invaluable.’
2Blackstone Chambers
‘Daniel is exceptionally bright and extremely competent. He is particularly adept in being able to cut through large volumes of material and complex issues.’
2Blackstone Chambers
‘Ajay is exceptionally bright and on top of that, is a pleasure to work with. He shows the thoughtfulness of a barrister well beyond his call and is responsive to a fault.’
3Blackstone Chambers
‘Harry is an absolute delight to work with. He is kind, considerate and gracious, as well as being immensely intelligent and having an excellent eye for detail and drafts beautifully.’
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.
1Blackstone Chambers
‘Paul's strengths are clarity of thought and expression, as well as extremely good drafting, Paul is a thinker and is always a good choice to guide through tricky issues.’
1Blackstone Chambers
‘Simon advisory work is second-to-none. His ability to cut through tricky issues and provide straight-forward and intelligent advice is invaluable.’
2Blackstone Chambers
‘Daniel is exceptionally bright and extremely competent. He is particularly adept in being able to cut through large volumes of material and complex issues.’
2Blackstone Chambers
‘Ajay is exceptionally bright and on top of that, is a pleasure to work with. He shows the thoughtfulness of a barrister well beyond his call and is responsive to a fault.’
3Blackstone Chambers
‘Harry is an absolute delight to work with. He is kind, considerate and gracious, as well as being immensely intelligent and having an excellent eye for detail and drafts beautifully.’