As a ‘very strong set with breadth for civil fraud’, Blackstone Chambers is particularly well-equipped to handle fraud matters in the financial services sector, including cases touching on asset recovery, bribery, breach of fiduciary duty, as well as anti-counterfeiting. Robert Howe KC is instructed for five of the fifteen defendants in Crane Bank v DFCU Bank and others, a $250 million claim concerning the collapse and sale of one of Uganda’s largest banks, allegedly the result of a corrupt scheme and unlawful means conspiracy. In the BVI, Andrew Hunter KC and Tom Mountford acted for the successful respondents on appeal in XYZ, Chia Hsing Wang v Real Assets (RA) Global Opportunity Fund I, Floreat Real Estate, a case involving allegations of non-disclosure and misrepresentation. Tom Weisselberg KC continues to act for the first defendant in Public Institution for Social Security Fund v Al Rajaan, a $850m claim brought by the Kuwaiti public pension fund, which alleges corruption on the part of its former director-general.
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Testimonials
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- 'Billy Brian is excellent - very responsive and helpful.'
- 'Derek Sutton is extremely impressive.'
- 'The clerking team are extremely responsive.'
- 'The set is responsive and each member is a great team player.'
- 'Blackstone are absolutely excellent in a number of fields - including financial services, public law, and competition law.'
- 'Very strong set with breadth for civil fraud.'
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 Hunter KC
Anthony Peto KC
Tom Weisselberg KC
An extremely forceful advocate and a fearsome cross-examiner, but who is also extremely personable.'
Ian Mill KC
Robert Howe KC
Andrew Scott KC
His clear, calm, concise and conversational style is a winner with judges and clients alike. A masterful silk.'
Andrew George KC
A master of the legal and factual details and a maestro in submissions to the court. He is persistent and not afraid to tackle the more difficult points.'
Andrew Green KC
A consummate trial advocate, insightful and fiendishly clever.'
Robert Weekes KC
An outstanding advocate.'
Victoria Windle KC
Victoria is extremely detail-oriented, steadfast and brilliant with clients.'
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.
Adam Baradon KC
Very bright, a pleasure to work with, and very good on strategy.'
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.
Leona Powell
Peter Head
Shane Sibbel
Harry Adamson
A calm, measured and tactically astute barrister.'
Daniel Burgess
Daniel is a hugely impressive advocate and tactician. He is extremely insightful.'
Tom Mountford
Luka Krsljanin
A supremely confident advocate and a master of cross-examination.'
Timothy Lau
Tom Leary
David Lowe
An impressive advocate.'
Andrew Trotter
He is a very impressive junior.'
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.