Senior disputes partners from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), King & Spalding and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom have taken silk in the latest round of QC appointments, where 113 were selected out of a round of 254 candidates.
In the City, HSF’s Adam Johnson (pictured) has made silk. Johnson has been at the firm for 30 years, specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, in particular cross-border litigation and cases involving the conflict of laws.
King & Spalding arbitrator John Savage has also taken silk, and is the third in the firm’s London office since 2015 when Tom Sprange was made a QC.
At Skadden, global co-head of litigation and arbitration David Kavanagh, who lead the US firm to win Legal Business Disputes Team Of The Year in 2012, has also made silk.
Based in Paris, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Ben Juratowitch has also been made a silk. Juratowitch is head of the Magic Circle firm’s public international law practice.
This year’s appointments mark an increase in solicitor appointments to the bench. The number has doubled since last year’s figures, with six taking silk this year in comparison to last year’s three. Bird & Bird sports lawyer Jonathan Taylor will also be made a QC, alongside Allen & Overy’s Michael Young.
In this year’s appointments, the gender ratio is heavily slanted in favour of men, with 73% of all the new appointees being male. However, women tended to be successful on average, with 55% of female applicants succeeding in comparison to only 41% of males.
Despite the gender disparity, there was a slight incline in the total number of female QCs from the previous year. A growth of 2% was seen in the increase from 25 in 2015/16 to 31 in 16/17.
Ethnic minorities made up 14% of total appointments, a pronounced improvement on 2015/16’s figure of 8%. This hike in percentage was accompanied by a wider growth in the number of ethnic minority applications, a jump from 32 to 37.
tom.baker@legalease.co.uk
The full list of appointments: (in alphabetical order)
Catherine Joanne Addy
Tana Marie Therese Adkin
Colin Christopher Aylott
Kate Bex
Gerard James Boyle
Phillip James Bradley
Richard Brent
Samantha Broadfoot
David Michael Graham Brooke
Hannah Beatrice Brown
Louis Bartholomew Anthony Browne
Edward Norman Burgess
Gideon Saul Cammerman
Alexis Anne Campbell
Caroline Rosemary Carberry
Matthew James Chapman
Serena Huey-Ning Cheng
Timothy Elwyn Clark
Sarah Anne Clarke
Simon David Colton
Ben Michael Cooper
Thomas James Cosgrove
Mark James Cotter
James Henry Counsell
Edward Davies
Edward Mark de Breteuil Devereux
Simon Christopger Dyer
David Elias
Martin Alan Langham Evans
Abiodun John Femi-Ola
Sarah Louise Ford
Caoilfhionn Anna Gallagher
Jeremy John Gauntlett
Karim Raouf George Ghaly
Orlando John Gledhill
William George Henry Godwin
Caroline Tracy Goodwin
Nina Soraya Goolamali
William Martin Philip Goudie
Katherine (Kate) Elizabeth Grange
Dakis Steven Hagen
Jacob William Hallam
Ivan Charles Hare
Christopher Mark Heather
Michelle Louise Heeley
Joshua Peter Frederick Holmes
Penelope Anne Macgregor Howe
Jane Allison Hunter
Matthew Howard Olsen Hutchings
Ben William Jaffey
Adam Martin Johnson
Schona Kaur Jolly
Gillian Hunter Jones
Benjamin Juratowitch
Sheikh Mohammed Samiul Karim
David Edward Kavanagh
Dominic Matthew Kay
Simon Thomas Kealey
Henry George John King
Geoffrey Llewelyn Woodward Kingscote
Marie Louise Kinsler
Sara Lucy Jane Lawson
Richard Thomas Leiper
Christopher David Lewis
Louis Asa Luke Alexis Dylan Mably
Alison Catherine Macdonald
Maxwell James Mallin
Anna Louise McKenna
David Robert McLachlan
Michael Joseph McParland
Naeem Majid Mian
Dianne Middleton
Stephen Brian Midwinter
Jonathan Keith Moffett
Brenton John Molineux
Sam Momtaz
Thomas Christopher Montagu-Smith
Andrew James Morgan
Akash Verdant Nawbatt
Stefanno Nuvoloni
Robert Peter O’Donoghue
Aidan Mark Sebastian O’Neill
Colin Yee Cheng Ong
Gareth Thomas Patterson
Matthew James Phillips
Debra Ann Powell
Mary Prior
Sadeqa Shaheen
Matthew Robert Reed
David Benjamin Rees
Deok Joo Rhee
Oliver Tschanz Sanders
Robert John Savage
Fiona Kate Scolding
Paul Shadarevian
Peter Maurice Shaw
Matthew John Sherratt
Dapinderpaul Singh
John Stevenson Snowden
Brian Lloyd St. Louis
Jason Ashley Sugarman
Andrew Daniel Tabachnik
Jonathan Peter Taylor
Robert-Jan Temmick
Alexander Lambert Thorpe
Mark James John Twomey
Edmund Benedict Blyth Vickers
Anna Lilian Vigars
Andrew George Wheeler
Alisdair George James Williamson
Natasha Wong
Michael James Young
Adam David Russell Zellick
