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About
Provided by Helen Davies KC
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Helen Davies is the joint Head of Brick Court Chambers. She has extensive experience in all aspects of Commercial Litigation, EU and Competition Law and regulatory/public law, having appeared as an advocate in numerous cases in the Commercial Court and Chancery Division of the High Court, as well the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court and the CJEU. She has also acted in many international and domestic arbitrations, and sits as an arbitrator.
Helen Davies has been identified as one of the leading practitioners in the Commercial Litigation, Competition/European, Arbitration, Energy and Insurance/Reinsurance fields by the Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners for many years, and was featured in The Lawyer's Hot 100 2014. Helen was nominated by Chambers & Partners for Competition Silk of the Year 2018 and Commercial Silk of the Year 2020. In 2019 she won Commercial Litigation Silk of the Year in the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards. Helen was nominated by The Legal 500 for Silk of the Year in 2022.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Helen Davies KC is joint head of chambers and an advocate of some renown when it comes to commercial, energy and competition law disputes. She has appeared in a number of leading banking cases, including those addressing issues of investigation procedure, fraud, mis-selling and the interpretation of the ISDA Master Agreement. Davies has acted as an advocate at all levels of the English courts, and also regularly appears as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations.
Helen Davies KC acts on the defendant side of cartel follow-on damages claims, including both collective and standalone actions. She also has experience of competition law issues in the sports sector.
Helen Davies KC has a strong focus on the energy sector and is very highly reputed for her advocacy skills. Her practice takes in various issues ranging from resource exploitation to utility supply, and she does a lot of work relating to the oil and gas industry. Her broad experience covers disputes involving oil and gas fields in the North Sea, Azerbaijan and Africa.
Helen Davies KC has been instructed in a number of the leading group actions. She is highly experienced in claims concerning vehicle emissions, consumer finance and a range of other matters.
Helen Davies KC of Brick Court Chambers is a very well-respected arbitrator often appointed in high-stakes commercial arbitrations. She has experience sitting in matters under LCIA and DIFC-LCIA rules, among many others.
Helen Davies KC is widely distinguished as a market-leading commercial silk. In addition to her litigation and competition practices, Davies takes on high-value international arbitration instructions for a broad host of clients, including private UHNW individuals and multinational corporations. She is a popular choice of arbitrator, also. Davies is the joint head of Brick Court Chambers.
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Provided by Chambers
"She is a superb and very authoritative advocate."
"She is a standout and an exceptional team leader."
"Helen is a superb advocate and knows how to read a courtroom and pivot if necessary. She is also a delight to work with and truly engages with her solicitor teams and with clients."
"Helen is a superb advocate, one of the best I have ever worked with."
"Helen Davies is very to-the-point in her writing and she is brave as an advocate."
"Helen Davies is very collegiate. She is a great advocate and a great team player."
"Helen is undoubtedly excellent, easy to work with and highly user-friendly."
"Helen can do anything she turns her hands to."
"She is a superb and very authoritative advocate."
"Helen gets into the detail very quickly, is authoritative and has a real read for how judges will react to something in court. She will always give a firm view that you can rely on."
"Helen is a fearsome advocate and very impressive on her feet."
"Helen is an exceptional team leader."
"Helen is extremely authoritative and has extreme court gravitas. She is also great to work with and user-friendly."
"Helen is formidable and one of the top KCs at the Bar. She is extremely sharp, quick and very able to see the wood from the trees."
"Helen is a big name in the field and a real class act. She's very bright, authoritative and strategic."
"Helen is very well regarded in the field as a really safe pair of hands. She's very measured and unexcitable, but also approachable and personable, so judges and arbitrators trust her."
"Helen Davies is well prepared, forensic and generally terrific."
"Helen is unparalleled as a barrister. She's really good with juniors and gets the best out of everybody."
"Helen's an excellent choice of arbitrator. She's a brilliant lawyer and a very efficient and prepared chair."
"She gets into the detail very quickly, is authoritative and has a real read for how judges will react to something in court. She will always give a firm view that you can take away and rely on."
"Helen is an outstanding trial lawyer with excellent judgement; she gets to the heart of complex issues quickly."
"She is a superb and very authoritative advocate."
"She is a standout and an exceptional team leader."
"Helen is a superb advocate and knows how to read a courtroom and pivot if necessary. She is also a delight to work with and truly engages with her solicitor teams and with clients."
"Helen is a superb advocate, one of the best I have ever worked with."
"Helen Davies is very to-the-point in her writing and she is brave as an advocate."
"Helen Davies is very collegiate. She is a great advocate and a great team player."
"Helen is undoubtedly excellent, easy to work with and highly user-friendly."
"Helen can do anything she turns her hands to."
"She is a superb and very authoritative advocate."
"Helen gets into the detail very quickly, is authoritative and has a real read for how judges will react to something in court. She will always give a firm view that you can rely on."
"Helen is a fearsome advocate and very impressive on her feet."
"Helen is an exceptional team leader."
"Helen is extremely authoritative and has extreme court gravitas. She is also great to work with and user-friendly."
"Helen is formidable and one of the top KCs at the Bar. She is extremely sharp, quick and very able to see the wood from the trees."
"Helen is a big name in the field and a real class act. She's very bright, authoritative and strategic."
"Helen is very well regarded in the field as a really safe pair of hands. She's very measured and unexcitable, but also approachable and personable, so judges and arbitrators trust her."
"Helen Davies is well prepared, forensic and generally terrific."
"Helen is unparalleled as a barrister. She's really good with juniors and gets the best out of everybody."
"Helen's an excellent choice of arbitrator. She's a brilliant lawyer and a very efficient and prepared chair."
"She gets into the detail very quickly, is authoritative and has a real read for how judges will react to something in court. She will always give a firm view that you can take away and rely on."
"Helen is an outstanding trial lawyer with excellent judgement; she gets to the heart of complex issues quickly."
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