Up and Coming
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Veena Srirangam
Practice Areas
Veena is recommended as a ‘Rising Star’ by the Legal 500 and as ‘Up and Coming’ in Chambers & Partners in commercial litigation, commercial dispute resolution, banking and finance and group litigation.
Veena is regularly instructed in complex and high-value commercial disputes. She has appeared before a range of courts and tribunals including the Court of Appeal and the Competition Appeal Tribunal. Veena’s recent instructions include acting for Mastercard in interchange fee litigation and BHP in Municipio de Mariana v BHP Group (UK) Ltd (recognised in The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2022 and Top 20 cases of 2020) which is one of the largest group actions (by number of claimants) brought in the English courts. Alongside cases where she acts as part of a counsel team, Veena regularly acts as sole counsel especially for financial institutions. Her recent sole counsel instructions include acting for HSBC and Santander.
Before coming to the Bar, Veena taught Administrative Law at Cambridge University and has a particular interest in cases raising public law issues. Veena maintains an active interest in academic law and has published in areas including civil procedure, conflict of laws, contract, and public law.
Career
Called 2017, Lincoln’s Inn
Professional Memberships
COMBAR
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Veena Srirangam has appeared in some of the highest-profile and most novel group claims taking place in recent times. She has in-depth knowledge of jurisdiction issues that can arise and has experience acting at many levels of court including the Court of Appeal.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Veena is a very strong junior who is good on the detail and can see the wider strategic picture."
"Hard-working, diligent and precise, she fits into a team really well."
"Veena can turn her hand to anything."
"Veena is incredibly bright, which shines through in her work. She is far beyond her years in terms of technical skill and judgement."
"Veena is incredibly hard-working, very focused and has good judgement for someone who is reasonably junior."
"Veena is a joy to work with and incredibly conscientious in how she approaches matters. She appraises and discusses the issues raised by a claim in a very lucid way."
"Veena is a very strong junior who is good on the detail and can see the wider strategic picture."
"Hard-working, diligent and precise, she fits into a team really well."
"Veena can turn her hand to anything."
"Veena is incredibly bright, which shines through in her work. She is far beyond her years in terms of technical skill and judgement."
"Veena is incredibly hard-working, very focused and has good judgement for someone who is reasonably junior."
"Veena is a joy to work with and incredibly conscientious in how she approaches matters. She appraises and discusses the issues raised by a claim in a very lucid way."
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