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4 New Square Chambers has an increasing presence in the Middle East and provides ‘a strong commercial litigation and arbitration offering across the board’ handling a range of insurance, contractual and professional negligence disputes. Richard Liddell KC led Anthony Jones in The Commonwealth Trade Bank (CTB) v. Dubai Insurance Co. on behalf of the insurer in the DIFC in a trade credit insurance dispute. Tim Chelmick focuses his practice on the UAE and often handles shareholder, contracts and insurance disputes and arbitrations. Anson Cheung , who joined the set in April 2024, is active in the ADGM and is considered a ’go-to junior for high-stakes commercial litigation’.
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Témoignages

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  • 'Excellent. Dennis Peck is highly responsive, helpful and always a perfect gentleman, especially when under pressure with urgent requests. He knows each of the barrister's skills, personalities and relevant experience, and he is happy to talk over their suitability and availability for a specific case, which is always very helpful.'
  • 'Dennis Peck is very organized and responsive.'
  • 'Excellent.  Always.  If Dennis Peck can't get something done, it can't be done.'
  • 'Good clerks who are very responsive.'
  • '4 New Square is clearly one of the most impressive commercial sets in the country.'
  • 'They are clearly experts in their field.'
  • '4 New Square has a decent array of candidates, any one of which would deliver quality.'
  • '4 New Square are an extremely user-friendly set with a strong commercial litigation and arbitration offering across the board, from the most senior silks to the up and coming juniors.'

Avocats

Leading silks

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Richard Liddell KC
'Richard is technically excellent, very approachable, reliable and user friendly. He has a wide range of experience before the Courts as well as in arbitration. He is brilliant on his feet and also prepares submissions in a concise fashion which are easy to follow.'

Meilleurs Juniors

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Tim Chelmick
'Tim is extremely commercial, clients love that he can distil the most complex legal issues into the important commercial realities. Tim has long-standing and extensive on the ground experience across the Middle East, which makes his advocacy sharp and compelling. Tim’s advocacy style is a pleasure to watch, relaxed, always with deep technical knowledge.'
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Anthony Jones
'Able to synthesise issues quickly – cuts through legal issues with precise application of the facts.'

Rising stars

Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.

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Anson Cheung
‘Anson is a savvy commercial barrister. She has great attention to detail, her written worked is highly impressive and she has considerable commercial acumen.’