About us

With offices in London and Geneva, we offer expertise in a range of commercial disputes in the UK and internationally. Over the last 30 years we have established ourselves as a leading international commercial Chancery chambers with a reputation for excellent advocacy and clear advice.

Our members are regularly involved in high profile and high value cases. We also see an increasing amount of cross-border litigation and members regularly advise and/or appear as advocates in off-shore jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong.

Our work is diverse. We specialise in the following fields:

• commercial disputes and litigation aviation and travel
• international and offshore
• company and financial services
• insolvency and corporate recovery
• trusts and estates
• aviation and travel
• property
• professional liability.

Our ethos

We are a user-friendly set with a modern outlook. Our ethos is to deliver legal services in a cost-effective way. We put ourselves in our clients' shoes to understand their needs and provide commercial solutions in a fast-evolving legal marketplace.

Pupillage with us

We have a general policy of expansion and we regard pupillage as a vital part in the training and recruitment of new junior tenants. The number of pupillages we offer and the funding available varies from year to year but presently we offer offer up to two twelve-month pupillages (determinable at Chambers' option after six months). Our website gives more details on the number of pupillages and the funding offered in a particular year.

The emphasis during pupillage is on training pupils for future careers at the Bar. In the course of the twelve months, pupils are likely to have four pupillage supervisors but we try to ensure that they see other members' practices – particularly if they are working on interesting cases. Our aim is to provide training in all aspects of our work that is both interesting and enjoyable.

About you

In every applicant for pupillage we look for the qualities of a prospective tenant. We look for candidates with:

• strong academic qualifications (a first or a 2.1 degree though not necessarily in law) and clear intellectual ability
• public speaking and advocacy experience
• knowledge and experience of the law
• breadth of interest and experience in non-legal areas
• a commitment to practice as a barrister and in particular in the areas in which we specialise
• an ability to analyse and reason
• good presentation
• strength of character and personality

We prefer to recruit tenants from our own pupils and aim to select candidates we perceive to be of tenancy calibre.

If you would like more information about pupillages, please visit our website.

In past years candidates interviewed for pupillage have been divided roughly 50:50 between law and non law graduates but candidates with lower than a 2.1 degree are unlikely to be interviewed.