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Provided by Anneliese Day KC
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Anneliese Day KC is a “leading lawyer of her generation” and a “standout genius” whose skill as a “ruthlessly brilliant advocate” is deployed in cases spanning all areas of commercial law.
Anneliese works on significant and complex cases both as Lead Counsel and Arbitrator dealing with courts and tribunals not only in the UK but also in Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and the Caribbean (including the DIFC and the SICC). She also regularly appears at appellate level.
She is recognised by the legal directories as a Leading Silk in nine practice areas and four separate jurisdictions. She has been described as “an absolute rockstar at the top of her game” who has “laid waste to a number of witnesses”.
In 2022, Anneliese was named ’Silk of the Year’ at The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards and was recognised as a ‘Star at the Bar’ by Chambers & Partners.
She has previously won a number of other coveted awards, including The Lawyer’s ‘Barrister of the Year’, together with various individual Silk of the Year Awards. Described as a “good leader for the 21st century”, she was also identified as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts.
A firm believer in seeking to bring added value to any case whatever her role. Thrives on the cut and thrust of advocacy but also brings commerciality to the issues she deals with.
Career
Edinburgh Academy; Clare College, Cambridge (MA HONs Law 1st Class); Harvard University (Kennedy Scholar). Called to Bar (Inner Temple) 1996 (Princess Royal Scholarship). Joined 4 New Square in 1997. Appointed to Treasury B Panel in 2005. Took silk in 2012. Non Executive Director of Legal Services Board from April 2013 to March 2014. Became “Barrister of the Year” in The Lawyer 2014 Awards. Listed as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts in 2015. Joined Fountain Court in December 2016. Appointed a Bencher of Inner Temple in 2016. Appointed to the LCIA Court in 2019. Appointed Head of International Committee of Combar in 2023.
Professional Memberships
COMBAR, SCL, TECBAR, PNBA, ChBA.
Publications
Former editor of 'Jackson and Powell on Professional Negligence' and contributor to 'Civil Practice and Human Rights'.
Personal
My children, travel, cycling and hot yoga.
Languages Spoken
Speaks conversational French and Spanish.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is a standout silk with an enviable domestic practice that regularly sees her instructed in high-profile arbitration, litigation and adjudications. Her international offering includes work in the Far East, the Middle East and the Caribbean. She is knowledgeable about PFI and PPP projects, and is active in construction disputes involving transport infrastructure.
Anneliese Day KC has a strong reputation for her courtroom advocacy and commercial savvy, and is very often called upon to handle high-value professional negligence and insurance disputes. She is regularly instructed in complex multiparty litigation arising from major construction projects, but is also an excellent resource on negligence claims involving accountants, lawyers or tax advisers. Her cases often originate in overseas jurisdictions.
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is a superb choice for complex professional negligence claims relating to construction and technology. Her wide-ranging experience includes acting for and against engineers, consultants and other professionals in the construction sector.
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is an extremely popular silk with a prospering arbitration practice who handles complex construction disputes across Australia, Asia, Africa and Eastern Europe. She attracts instructions from clients in a range of sectors, including mining, transportation and commercial real estate.
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is broadly considered a specialist for construction disputes within an energy context, especially in relation to traditional and renewable energy projects. She possesses equal abilities in both international arbitrations and commercial litigation on behalf of energy sector clients and other large corporations.
Anneliese Day KC is a respected advocate who advises both insurers and the insured on a wide array of work. She regularly tackles complex cases involving aggregation, dishonesty and jurisdictional issues. She is also noted for her expertise in the construction sphere.
Anneliese Day KC of Fountain Court Chambers is a vastly experienced arbitrator who has been appointed in matters under a wide range of governing bodies including SIAC, the LCIA and the ICC. She is highly sought after for her expertise in the construction and energy sectors.
Anneliese Day KC, already well known for her award-winning construction practice, has an impressive commercial arbitration practice that sees her appear before the ICC, SCC and LCIA on highly complex and high-value matters. She also acts as an arbitrator.
Anneliese Day KC is a well-regarded commercial silk with extensive offshore experience across a range of jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, Trinidad & Tobago, the Channel Islands and Bermuda. Her offshore practice covers professional negligence, fraud and insolvency cases, as well as having particular expertise in arbitration and investment funds. Day has been called to the Bar of the DIFC.
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Provided by Chambers
"Anneliese is great. She's excellent with clients, really sharp, and gives great confidence when you're seeing issues. She's very good on her feet and on arbitration tribunals."
"Anneliese is great. She has a stellar reputation and is very responsive."
"She is very impressive. When she was opposite it was most concerning - she's very smooth."
"Anneliese is excellent technically and on her feet. She is alive to the client's concerns and commercial considerations whilst also being a very good black letter lawyer."
"Anneliese Day is user-friendly and very good at identifying what is going to matter in a case. Her grasp of strategy is exceptional."
"She is a very talented submissions advocate and cross-examiner."
"She is genuinely really accessible and very clearly an exceptional advocate."
"She is really knowledgeable and confident."
"Anneliese is really sharp, is excellent with clients and gives great confidence when you see issues."
"Anneliese is great with clients."
"I'm very impressed by how effortlessly Anneliese picks up details and presents them to the tribunal. Her advocacy style is very formidable and very authoritative."
"Anneliese Day is a top-drawer practitioner."
"Anneliese Day is an exquisite advocate. She's probably the nicest but deadliest cross-examiner I have ever seen."
"Anneliese is at the top of her game in international arbitration. She is ruthlessly effective in court and is just an absolutely stellar advocate - a real star of the Bar."
"Anneliese Day's performance, as counsel or arbitrator, has been absolutely first class without exception. She's truly exceptional."
"Anneliese is a powerhouse. She's very experienced, diligent, extremely focused and organised."
"Anneliese is very commercial, always seeing the bigger picture as opposed to just legal arguments."
"Anneliese is very sharp and provides clients with clear and concise advice."
"The way Anneliese presents herself to the tribunal is skilful. Her flair for advocacy amazes us every time."
"Anneliese is an exceptional advocate who gives really high-quality advice on some of the most difficult cases involving professionals, with excellent sector awareness and client focus."
"Anneliese is very thorough and calm under fire."
"She is exceptional and very charismatic as an advocate. She can push back against the tribunal without coming across as disrespectful."
"Anneliese is an extremely good communicator, a very good team player and really does value relationships. She is also a great oral advocate. She lights up and commands a room."
"Anneliese is a smiling assassin. She is charming with witnesses but she gets what is needed done."
"Anneliese Day is an absolute star for when you have a knotty case without an obvious legal answer. She comes up with alternative ways of looking at things."
"Anneliese is great. She's excellent with clients, really sharp and gives great confidence when you're seeing issues. She's very good on her feet."
"Anneliese is great. She has a stellar reputation and is very responsive."
"She is very impressive and very smooth."
"Anneliese is a great legal mind and a superb advocate."
"She's an absolute star for when you have a knotty case without an obvious legal answer. Anneliese will come up with alternative ways of looking at things."
"Anneliese is great. She's excellent with clients, really sharp, and gives great confidence when you're seeing issues. She's very good on her feet and on arbitration tribunals."
"Anneliese is great. She has a stellar reputation and is very responsive."
"She is very impressive. When she was opposite it was most concerning - she's very smooth."
"Anneliese is excellent technically and on her feet. She is alive to the client's concerns and commercial considerations whilst also being a very good black letter lawyer."
"Anneliese Day is user-friendly and very good at identifying what is going to matter in a case. Her grasp of strategy is exceptional."
"She is a very talented submissions advocate and cross-examiner."
"She is genuinely really accessible and very clearly an exceptional advocate."
"She is really knowledgeable and confident."
"Anneliese is really sharp, is excellent with clients and gives great confidence when you see issues."
"Anneliese is great with clients."
"I'm very impressed by how effortlessly Anneliese picks up details and presents them to the tribunal. Her advocacy style is very formidable and very authoritative."
"Anneliese Day is a top-drawer practitioner."
"Anneliese Day is an exquisite advocate. She's probably the nicest but deadliest cross-examiner I have ever seen."
"Anneliese is at the top of her game in international arbitration. She is ruthlessly effective in court and is just an absolutely stellar advocate - a real star of the Bar."
"Anneliese Day's performance, as counsel or arbitrator, has been absolutely first class without exception. She's truly exceptional."
"Anneliese is a powerhouse. She's very experienced, diligent, extremely focused and organised."
"Anneliese is very commercial, always seeing the bigger picture as opposed to just legal arguments."
"Anneliese is very sharp and provides clients with clear and concise advice."
"The way Anneliese presents herself to the tribunal is skilful. Her flair for advocacy amazes us every time."
"Anneliese is an exceptional advocate who gives really high-quality advice on some of the most difficult cases involving professionals, with excellent sector awareness and client focus."
"Anneliese is very thorough and calm under fire."
"She is exceptional and very charismatic as an advocate. She can push back against the tribunal without coming across as disrespectful."
"Anneliese is an extremely good communicator, a very good team player and really does value relationships. She is also a great oral advocate. She lights up and commands a room."
"Anneliese is a smiling assassin. She is charming with witnesses but she gets what is needed done."
"Anneliese Day is an absolute star for when you have a knotty case without an obvious legal answer. She comes up with alternative ways of looking at things."
"Anneliese is great. She's excellent with clients, really sharp and gives great confidence when you're seeing issues. She's very good on her feet."
"Anneliese is great. She has a stellar reputation and is very responsive."
"She is very impressive and very smooth."
"Anneliese is a great legal mind and a superb advocate."
"She's an absolute star for when you have a knotty case without an obvious legal answer. Anneliese will come up with alternative ways of looking at things."
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