Chambers Review

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)
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Band 1
What the Team is Known For

4 Stone Buildings is an impressive chancery set, housing a strong bench of barristers at both senior and junior level who are well versed in high-profile and complex disputes. The team's expertise spans a wide range of areas, and its members routinely undertake cases involving financial services and banking, commercial contracts and insolvency law. Shareholder disputes are also a key area of strength for the team, drawing on the set's established expertise in company law. The set's barristers are regularly instructed in litigation arising in the oil and gas sector, and have experience of acting in both domestic and international matters. As testament to their skills, they have recently been involved in some major matters, including:Autonomy Corporation v Dr Michael Lynch; the “tuna bonds” litigation; and Barclays Bank Plc v Dylan & Ors and Barclays Bank Plc v Fresh Thinking Group & Ors, a series of related proceedings seeking the recovery from seven individual and corporate defendants of £14 million extracted from various company accounts at the bank.

David Goddard is the senior clerk.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Jonathan Crow KC
Jonathan Crow KC
Star Individuals

"He is very, very good – he's sharp, quick and extremely thorough."

"Jonathan is highly elegant and persuasive in his delivery. He has a scalpel-like intelligence and is a creative thinker."

"He is amazing. A true star amongst the silks."

George Bompas KC
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George Bompas KC
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Band 1

"Impressive in every regard. His input throughout a case is invaluable."

"Excellent at handling complex and novel disputes."

Gregory Denton-Cox
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Gregory Denton-Cox
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Band 1

"Gregory is an excellent team player. Clients like and respect his approach. He is thorough and will make himself available as and when required."

"Gregory is a brilliant all-rounder, who is a joy to work with."

Richard Hill KC
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Richard Hill KC
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Band 1

"Richard is an excellent advocate. He is very good at strategy and picking the best points to argue."

Sharif A. Shivji KC
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Sharif A. Shivji KC
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Band 1

"Sharif's advocacy is fantastic. He is very incisive as a cross-examiner and is really skilful and great at building rapport with judges and tribunals."

"Sharif is fantastic. He is super-analytical and excellent on his feet."

"Sharif is passionate, hard-working and all over the detail."

Tom Gentleman
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Tom Gentleman
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Band 1

"Tom's key strengths are his mastery of the detail in a case and his superior drafting."

Christopher Harrison
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Christopher Harrison
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Band 2

"A go-to for shareholder disputes. Unflappable and commercial, he's good at giving a good steer to those that instruct him, right from the outset of the case."

"Just fantastic. His advocacy is crisp, he is authoritative in any setting and his advice is always considered."

James Knott
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James Knott
2
Band 2

"James is very calm and assured, and just great to work with."

"Put simply, James provides a KC level of service and expertise. He is very bright, reassuringly calm and possessed of excellent judgement. He is great on his feet and a real pleasure to work with."

John Brisby KC
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John Brisby KC
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Band 2

"John is a great, ballsy advocate. Nothing scares him. He is really into the detail, and gives you something more than the average barrister as he thinks of points no-one else has."

"He is fantastic at cross-examining. His ability to put people in a difficult position and get the right answers out of them is just amazing."

Alastair Tomson
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Alastair Tomson
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Band 3

"Alastair has an amazing brain but is very humble with it. He gets into the detail of a case and ticks every box in terms of what the instructing solicitor wants."

"He provides top-quality service and has compendious legal knowledge. He is a complete all rounder of the Bar."

"He is technically, extremely good, holds his own with senior barristers and is a silk in waiting."

Andrew de Mestre KC
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Andrew de Mestre KC
3
Band 3

"One of the best of the younger generation of KCs."

"He is very good. He has established himself as a solid operator for chancery commercial matters and, in particular, banking and finance-related matters."

Donald Lilly
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Donald Lilly
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Band 3

"A terrific lawyer who is hard-working and technically outstanding."

"Donald is a silk in waiting. He is clever, proactive, great at advocacy and a real team player."

"Incredibly bright and very commercial, he's a real pleasure to work with."

Alexander Cook KC
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Alexander Cook KC
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Band 4

"Alexander is bright, very hard-working, good fun and a man of sound judgement. He likes a laugh – it can be a very dull life, the law, and it's nice to have somebody around who livens things up."

"He is tremendously hard-working and happy to roll his sleeves up."

Andrew Rose
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Andrew Rose
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Band 4

"He is very bright and very hard-working, and writes excellently. He produces excellent skeleton arguments."

"Andrew is really fantastic in terms of driving detailed aspects of the case forward in a timely manner. He is just a delight to work with."

Eleanor Holland
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Eleanor Holland
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Band 4

"Eleanor is a very strong junior barrister, who is bright and quick on her feet."

"Her research is excellent, she's very diligent and she puts forward good skeleton arguments."

"Eleanor produces very complicated documents in a short space of time, all of which are very logically presented. She is extremely bright, diplomatic when she needs to be and very easy to deal with."

Emma Horner
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Emma Horner
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Band 4

"Emma is absolutely outstanding. She is probably the most impressive junior of her call that I have worked with. The thing that really stands out is the quality of her judgement."

Hermann Boeddinghaus KC
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Hermann Boeddinghaus KC
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Band 4

"A fluent and persuasive advocate, who is a very good cross-examiner."

Joseph Wigley
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Joseph Wigley
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Band 4

"Very considered in the way he works, Joseph is sensible and sensitive to difficult issues within cases. He's a boon to those that instruct him as he produces skeleton arguments quickly."

"Incredibly polite and user-friendly, he's a smart barrister who writes well."

Lara Hassell-Hart
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Lara Hassell-Hart
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Band 4

"Lara is a very industrious junior, who is good with clients and great at handling huge pieces of litigation."

Nicola Timmins
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Nicola Timmins
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Band 4

"Nicola is a stand-out junior and a very safe pair of hands for any dispute, however complex."

"Nicola is incredibly hard-working and is able to get into the detail of a case quickly. She can digest complex and voluminous information speedily and effectively, and is an excellent advocate."

Tiran Nersessian
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Tiran Nersessian
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Band 4

"Tiran is absolutely brilliant – the man you want on your side in any dispute."

Ranked Barristers at
4 Stone Buildings

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Silks (KC)

London (Bar)

Chancery: Commercial

Jonathan Crow KC
Jonathan Crow KC
Star Individuals
George Bompas KC
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George Bompas KC
1
Band 1
Richard Hill KC
1
Richard Hill KC
1
Band 1
Sharif A. Shivji KC
1
Sharif A. Shivji KC
1
Band 1
John Brisby KC
2
John Brisby KC
2
Band 2
Andrew de Mestre KC
3
Andrew de Mestre KC
3
Band 3
Alexander Cook KC
4
Alexander Cook KC
4
Band 4
Hermann Boeddinghaus KC
4
Hermann Boeddinghaus KC
4
Band 4

Juniors

London (Bar)

Chancery: Commercial

Gregory Denton-Cox
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Gregory Denton-Cox
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Band 1
Tom Gentleman
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Tom Gentleman
1
Band 1
Christopher Harrison
2
Christopher Harrison
2
Band 2
James Knott
2
James Knott
2
Band 2
Alastair Tomson
3
Alastair Tomson
3
Band 3
Donald Lilly
3
Donald Lilly
3
Band 3
Andrew Rose
4
Andrew Rose
4
Band 4
Eleanor Holland
4
Eleanor Holland
4
Band 4
Emma Horner
4
Emma Horner
4
Band 4
Joseph Wigley
4
Joseph Wigley
4
Band 4
Lara Hassell-Hart
4
Lara Hassell-Hart
4
Band 4
Nicola Timmins
4
Nicola Timmins
4
Band 4
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