Interviewees: Joe Hage, Graham Aaronson QC and Tom Beazley QC
Joseph Hage Aaronson specialises in complex financial and commercial litigation, international arbitration and UK and international tax disputes
Job title
Joint Head of Chambers
4-5 Gray’s Inn Square is a leading public and commercial law chambers specialising in public, commercial, planning & property, international, regulatory & disciplinary and sports law matters.
Barrister
Stone Chambers is a leading set of commercial and shipping barristers, based in London and Singapore, specialising in international commercial litigation and arbitration.
Head of Chambers at Enterprise Chambers
Enterprise Chambers is a leading Commercial/Chancery set, specialising in commercial, company, insolvency and restructuring, landlord and tenant, and property disputes.
Head of Chambers, Ely Place Chambers
Ely Place Chambers is a leading set specialising in Commercial and Chancery, Employment, Media, Personal Injury, Prison, Police & Healthcare, Property, Public & Regulatory work.
Barrister and Partner, Kobre & Kim LLP
Kobre & Kim LLP is an international litigation boutique with offices in New York, London, Hong Kong, Washington DC, Miami, Cayman Islands, and British Virgin Islands.
Senior Clerk at Francis Taylor Building FTB is a long established leading public law set, with particular expertise in planning, land valuation, infrastructure, environmental, public law, licensing, religious liberty and ecclesiastical law and regulatory law.
Former High Court Judge of the Commercial Court (1992-2007); Presiding Judge (2006-2007); former Deputy Chief Justice, DIFC Court, Dubai (2010-2013); arbitrator member of 24 Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Arbitration Chambers, Singapore.
Silk, New Square Chambers
New Square Chambers is one of the leading commercial Chancery sets in London specialising in commercial Chancery; company and insolvency; property; trusts and estates; tax; public law and offshore work.
Barrister, Landmark Chambers
Landmark Chambers is a leading chambers in England & Wales offering integrated advice and advocacy in real property, planning, environmental, rating and public law
Woolwich
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Supervising Solicitor for Head of Woolwich Family Team to join and assist with developing our expanding team.
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