Blackstone Chambers |

Established for well over 60 years, Blackstone Chambers' origins are firmly rooted in commercial law. Our standing has grown over the years and Blackstone Chambers has been instrumental in the development of human rights and public law. We have maintained our leading position in public international law, while developing our thriving practices in employment, EU and competition law. The nature of our practice has evolved and become increasingly multijurisdictional to meet the needs of the legal market in the 21st century.

Blackstone Chambers receives high ratings with both principal legal directories: Chambers UK and Legal 500. Currently listed in 21 practice areas in the Chambers & Partners directory and 35 areas in the Legal 500, Blackstone Chambers is a leading civil law set, regarded as one of the ‘magic circle’ sets in London.

Blackstone Chambers' reputation is founded upon the quality of our specialist advocacy and advice. We focus on developing home grown talent and we place great emphasis on junior tenants acquiring as much advocacy experience as possible in their initial years of practice. We reinforce this with a heavy investment in in-house advocacy training and provide a planned structure for each new tenant’s career development.

 

• arbitration • banking & finance • chancery • commercial • data protection • education • employment & pensions • energy • European  • Competition • fraud • human rights • immigration • information technology • insolvency • insurance • intellectual property • media & entertainment • off shore • planning & environmental • professional discipline • professional negligence • public & administrative• public International law • public procurement • sanctions • sport • tax • telecoms

 

We invest strongly in our pupillage programme and are proud of our reputation for providing legal training which is second to none. Blackstone Chambers offers up to five pupillages annually; pupils rotate through four supervisors to give them experience of a variety of practice areas and to ensure each pupil gets a solid grounding in the core areas of Chambers’ work – commercial, employment, public law and EU. Our 12 month pupillage is non-practising - pupils do not do any of their own work. Instead our pupils are provided with comprehensive advocacy training throughout the year to ensure they succeed as junior barristers. Our pupils complete the year with extremely robust legal and practical skills.

Pupils attend an induction week. Thereafter pupils see the varied practices of members of Chambers including commercial, employment, European and public law/ human rights through their pupillages.

Blackstone Chambers offers up to four 12-month pupillages. Successful candidates will have demonstrated high intellectual ability and will usually have at least 2.1 honours degrees, although not necessarily in law. Individual awards of £90,000 are available commencing in 2027. Pupils may apply to draw down up to £30,000 during their BPC year.

A new tenant can expect a busy and wide-ranging practice with opportunities to specialise later.