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David Chivers KC
Erskine Chambers 'David possesses a fantastic combination of top-tier advocacy skills, elite insolvency expertise, and an amazing work ethic. He is extremely pleasant, hyper-intelligent and unflappable.’
Praised as a ‘very strong commercial’ chambers, Erskine Chambers is a ’go-to set for complex company law and insolvency and restructuring matters’. Other areas of expertise for its members include corporate transactions and the financial services sector. Michael Todd KC is a notable silk at the set with expertise in company law mandates, as well as corporate finance, capital markets, and corporate insolvency disputes. Todd KC is acting for the defendant in Athene Ltd v Siddiqui, a case concerning allegations of misusing confidential information, which will be heard before the Supreme Court of Bermuda. For David Chivers KC BVI restructuring and insolvency form key areas of practice, while Edward Davies KC is also called to the Bar in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Turning to the juniors, Andrew Blake is acting for Jardine Strategic Limited in a case surrounding a $5.5bn restructuring, in which more than 80 plaintiffs are seeking compensation. Anna Scharnetzky is another key junior in this case.
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Testimonials
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- "Alex Calder is excellent. He is very helpful and provides timely responses which is important.'
- 'Alex Calder and Seamus Nixon have been extremely helpful and very user-friendly.'
- 'The clerks at Erskine chambers are an excellent team; quick to respond, helpful and pragmatic, and understanding of the challenges faced by instructing solicitors. They are polite, professional and hard working.'
- 'Erskine is a very strong commercial set which you feel confident approaching for important matters requiring counsel's involvement. Clerks provide timely responses and the barristers are excellent. Having seen some of their juniors, it is clear that they attract and train excellent barristers.'
- 'Erskine is the go-to set for complex company law and insolvency and restructuring matters. Their members are the brightest company law set, who are easy to work with and very available.'
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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Edward Davies KC
Erskine Chambers ‘Edward is extremely commercial, and has an exceptional ability to distill to the smallest detail on which the case often rests.'
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Michael Todd KC
Erskine Chambers 'For difficult cases on complex points of law and before appellate courts in particular, he is a natural choice whom teams and clients alike love.’
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.
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Andrew Blake
Erskine Chambers ‘Andrew is brilliant and insightful, offering excellent strategic input and advice on all aspects of the matter. He has a great mind.'
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Anna Scharnetzky
Erskine Chambers ‘Anna is excellent to work with. Her input on strategic considerations is invaluable. She is prompt, responsive and thorough when her input is needed.’
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Jack Rivett
Erskine Chambers ‘Jack is an extremely user-friendly, whip smart junior who is particularly strong on legal research and detailed and difficult drafting.'
Leading associates
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.