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“one of the very best commercial chancery sets, and one of the few that genuinely competes in both traditional chancery and commercial litigation”
Chambers UK
Serle Court “offers a variety of skill sets that others can’t provide, and houses some of the biggest names at the Bar”
Chambers UK
"The ‘go-to’ set for international trusts work, Serle Court houses ‘first-rate advisers, who also pull their weight as part of a team"
Legal 500
"The set is “a cut above the rest for commercial litigation, fraud and general chancery work”
Chambers UK
“Serle Court is the ‘go-to set for offshore litigation involving trusts and civil fraud’”
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Elizabeth Jones KC

Year of Call 1984 Year of Silk 2000

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Financial Services
  • Intellectual Property
  • Chancery
  • Company
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Mediation

Patrick Talbot KC

Year of Call 1969 Year of Silk 1990

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Property
  • Company
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Mediation

Kuldip Singh KC

Year of Call 1975 Year of Silk 1993

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Financial Services
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Chancery
  • Private International Law

Dominic Dowley KC

Year of Call 1983 Year of Silk 2002

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Financial Services
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Philip Marshall KC

Year of Call 1987 Year of Silk 2003

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Professional Negligence
  • Insolvency
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Financial Services
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore

Philip Jones KC

Year of Call 1985 Year of Silk 2006

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Property
  • Chancery
  • Professional Negligence
  • Charities
  • Arbitration
  • Private International Law
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Tax
  • International and Offshore
  • Mediation

Lance Ashworth KC

Year of Call 1987 Year of Silk 2006

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Chancery
  • Arbitration
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • International and Offshore
  • Mediation

David Casement KC FCIArb

Year of Call 1992 Year of Silk 2008

    Areas of Expertise

  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Chancery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Financial Services
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Professional Negligence
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Human Rights
  • Private International Law
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary

John Machell KC

Year of Call 1993 Year of Silk 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore

Hugh Norbury KC

Year of Call 1995 Year of Silk 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Arbitration
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Jonathan Adkin KC

Year of Call 1997 Year of Silk 2013

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Arbitration

Rupert Reed KC

Year of Call 1996 Year of Silk 2014

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Property
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Arbitration
  • Civil Fraud
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Company
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Insolvency
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation

Zoe O'Sullivan KC

Year of Call 1993 Year of Silk 2015

    Areas of Expertise

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Telecommunications and Information Technology
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation

Andrew Moran KC

Year of Call 1989 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Financial Services
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Civil Fraud
  • Professional Negligence
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate

Daniel Lightman KC

Year of Call 1995 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Richard Wilson KC

Year of Call 1996 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Professional Negligence
  • Civil Fraud
  • International and Offshore
  • Company
  • Private International Law
  • Property
  • Chancery
  • Tax
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Prof Jonathan Harris KC (Hon.)

Year of Call 2006 Year of Silk 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private International Law
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • EU Law
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Arbitration
  • Insolvency
  • Civil Fraud
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Group Litigation

Dakis Hagen KC

Year of Call 2002 Year of Silk 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Civil Fraud
  • Professional Negligence
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International and Offshore
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Justin Higgo KC

Year of Call 1995 Year of Silk 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Company
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore

Timothy Collingwood KC

Year of Call 1996 Year of Silk 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insolvency
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Civil Fraud
  • International and Offshore
  • Chancery

Giles Richardson KC

Year of Call 1997 Year of Silk 2022

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Chancery
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Professional Negligence
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Dan McCourt Fritz KC

Year of Call 2007 Year of Silk 2023

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Chancery
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore

Ryan Tang

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Intellectual Property
  • Charities

Nicholas Harrison

Year of Call 1988

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International and Offshore
  • Group Litigation

Andrew Bruce

Year of Call 1992

    Areas of Expertise

  • Property
  • Professional Negligence
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Chancery

David Drake

Year of Call 1994

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Chancery
  • Private International Law

Simon Hattan

Year of Call 1999

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Company
  • Chancery
  • Arbitration
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Group Litigation

Jennifer Haywood

Year of Call 2001

    Areas of Expertise

  • Arbitration
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Mediation

Ruth Jordan

Year of Call 2001

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Tax
  • Charities
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore

Jonathan Upton

Year of Call 2004

    Areas of Expertise

  • Property
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Professional Negligence
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Group Litigation

Matthew Morrison

Year of Call 2004

    Areas of Expertise

  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Private International Law
  • Chancery
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Professional Negligence
  • International and Offshore
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Michael Walsh

Year of Call 2006

    Areas of Expertise

  • Property
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Company
  • Professional Negligence
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Group Litigation

James Mather

Year of Call 2006

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Company
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • Professional Negligence

Gareth Tilley

Year of Call 2007

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Professional Negligence
  • Intellectual Property
  • Insolvency
  • Chancery

James Weale

Year of Call 2007

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insolvency
  • Company
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Professional Negligence
  • Charities
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • International and Offshore

Paul Adams

Year of Call 2008

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Professional Negligence
  • International and Offshore
  • Insolvency
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Chancery
  • Private International Law

Thomas Elias

Year of Call 2008

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Intellectual Property
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insolvency
  • International and Offshore
  • Partnership and LLP

Jennifer Meech

Year of Call 2008

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Professional Negligence
  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Chancery
  • Financial Services
  • International and Offshore
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Private International Law
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Arbitration
  • Group Litigation

Thomas Fletcher

Year of Call 2009

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Charities
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Property

Sophie Holcombe

Year of Call 2009

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Group Litigation

Adil Mohamedbhai

Year of Call 2010

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Insolvency
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Jonathan McDonagh

Year of Call 2011

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • International and Offshore
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Group Litigation

Emma Hargreaves

Year of Call 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Chancery
  • International and Offshore
  • Court of Protection
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Harry Martin

Year of Call 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Property
  • International and Offshore
  • Professional Negligence
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Tax

Zahler Bryan

Year of Call 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • International and Offshore

Amy Proferes

Year of Call 2012

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Property
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private International Law
  • Chancery
  • Court of Protection

Professor Suzanne Rab

Year of Call 2013

    Areas of Expertise

  • Competition Law and State Subsidies
  • EU Law
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Telecommunications
  • Financial Services
  • Intellectual Property
  • Data Protection
  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insurance and Reinsurance
  • Administrative and Public Law
  • Private International Law
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Human Rights
  • International and Offshore
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Group Litigation
  • Mediation
  • Commercial Litigation

Adrian de Froment

Year of Call 2013

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Intellectual Property
  • International and Offshore
  • Private International Law
  • Telecommunications and Information Technology
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • Group Litigation

Oliver Jones

Year of Call 2014

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Private International Law
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Chancery

Charlotte Beynon

Year of Call 2015

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Insolvency
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Chancery
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • Group Litigation

Gregor Hogan

Year of Call 2016

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Charities
  • Insolvency
  • Private International Law
  • Arbitration
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law
  • UAE & DIFC Litigation
  • Group Litigation

Sparsh Garg

Year of Call 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Arbitration
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • International and Offshore
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Property
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate

Mark Wraith

Year of Call 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Professional Negligence
  • Regulatory and Disciplinary
  • Insolvency

Stephanie Thompson

Year of Call 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Chancery
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • International and Offshore
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Intellectual Property
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Jamie Randall

Year of Call 2017

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Arbitration

Tim Benham-Mirando

Year of Call 2019

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • International and Offshore
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Insolvency
  • Intellectual Property
  • Professional Negligence

John Eldridge

Year of Call 2019

    Areas of Expertise

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Civil Fraud
  • Arbitration
  • Partnership and LLP
  • International and Offshore
  • Intellectual Property
  • Professional Negligence
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Max Marenbon

Year of Call 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Partnership and LLP

Andrew Gurr

Year of Call 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Charities
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

George Vare

Year of Call 2020

    Areas of Expertise

  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Professional Negligence

Niamh Herrett

Year of Call 2021

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Intellectual Property

Stefano Braschi (Stefano Theodoli-Braschi)

Year of Call 2021

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Intellectual Property
  • Property
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Professional Negligence

Anneliese Mondschein

Year of Call 2021

    Areas of Expertise

  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • Private International Law
  • International and Offshore
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Civil Fraud
  • Insolvency
  • Sports, Entertainment & Media
  • Art & Cultural Property
  • Intellectual Property
  • Partnership and LLP
  • Property
  • Matrimonial Finance: Trusts and Company law

Matthew Innes

Year of Call 2022

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Company
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Insolvency
  • Property
  • Professional Negligence

Ramyaa Veerabathran

Year of Call 2023

    Areas of Expertise

  • Civil Fraud
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Company
  • Insolvency
  • Private Client Trusts and Probate
  • International and Offshore
  • Banking and Financial Services
  • Professional Negligence