About
Erskine Chambers is recognised as being pre-eminent in company law and a leading set in associated fields including insolvency, financial services and corporate/commercial litigation (including civil fraud and asset recovery). Chambers’ size (30 barristers including 11 QCs) allows it to maintain expertise in its core practice areas while fielding effective teams in Commercial Court and Chancery Division litigation.
Prominent former members include Arden LJ, David Richards LJ and Richard Snowden J, while present members sit on various law reform committees and are editors and contributors to the leading texts on company law.
Members of Chambers
Michael Todd QC (1977) (QC - 1997)
David Mabb QC (1979) (QC - 2001)
Martin Moore QC (1982) (QC - 2002)
David Chivers QC (1983) (QC - 2002)
Peter Arden QC (1983) (QC - 2006)
Stephen Smith QC (1983) (QC - 2000)
Raquel Agnello QC (1986) (QC - 2009)
Andrew Thompson QC (1991) (QC - 2014)
James Potts QC (1994) (QC - 2013)
Edward Davies QC (1998) (QC - 2017)
Nick Segal (2018) (Solicitor - 1982)
Catherine Roberts (1986)
Philip Gillyon (1988)
Mary Stokes (1989)
Prof. Dan Prentice (1982)
Nigel Dougherty (1993)
Andrew Thornton (1994)
Stephen Horan (2002)
Ben Shaw (2002)
Ben Griffiths (2004)
Matthew Parfitt (2005)
Patrick Harty (2008)
Jack Rivett (2010)
Anna Scharnetzky (2011)
Christopher Lloyd (2011)
Chantelle Staynings (2012)
Andrew Blake (2012)
Emma Williams (2013)
Conor McLaughlin (2017)
Richard Nolan (1999)*
*Door tenant
Clerks
Mark Swallow - Senior Clerk
Chris Reade - Senior Clerk
Michael Shillingford - First Junior Clerk
Alex Calder
Seamus Nixon
Jake Taylor
Specialisms
Private equityShareholder and partnership disputesCorporateContentious insolvencyJoint venturesCommercial litigation (general)Mergers and acquisitions - privateRestructuring and insolvencyDerivativesRestructuringFundsRestructuring and insolvency (general)Corporate contentious (Bar)Corporate non-contentious (Bar)Corporate (general)Corporate insolvencyMergers and acquisitions - publicFreezing orders and asset recoveryEquity capital markets
Commercial litigationAlternative dispute resolution (general)Shareholder and partnership disputesCorporateCommercialJoint venturesMergers and acquisitions - privateRestructuring and insolvencyCorporate contentious (Bar)ArbitrationCorporate non-contentious (Bar)Corporate (general)Mergers and acquisitions - public