33 Chancery Lane welcomes more new members to chambers.
We are delighted to announce that Aidan Casey KC and Armando Neris join chambers this week.
Aidan joins us from South Square Chambers, and has an impressive pedigree in chambers' core areas, including Fraud and Asset Recovery, Commercial Litigation, International Arbitration, Crypto and Digital Assets, Insolvency, Tax, Investigations, International and Offshore Litigation, Financial Crime including POCA and Sanctions, and Privy Council work.
He has significant experience in disputes involving Russia/the CIS, UAE, Mauritius, Cyprus, Sweden, BVI, Malta, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Bermuda, The Bahamas, Kenya and Nigeria. He has been called (pro hac) to the Bars of Bermuda and The Bahamas and is qualified to appear in the DIFC and the ADGM.
Aidan practises in international litigation and arbitration in disputes under ICC, LCIA, LMAA, ICAC, HKIAC and ad hoc rules in various sectors, including shareholder and corporate disputes, finance, energy and natural resources, construction, sports, and telecommunications.
He is ranked as a leading silk in the legal directories in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud, Offshore, and Chancery Commercial, described as:
Legal 500
"Aidan has an excellent communication style, providing clients with not only outstanding advice but also in an easily understandable manner. Always calm and very quick to spot options in difficult situations.”
Legal 500, The English Bar, Offshore
“He is very approachable, business-minded and commercially aware.”
"He is a fantastic advocate who judges trust."
"He's very eloquent and highly lucid. His written work is also really fantastic."
Chambers, UK
Armando is joining us as an experienced practitioner from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan. He was previously at McDermott Will & Emery and Watson Farley & Williams in London. He began his career more than a decade ago at a leading New Zealand law firm, where he appeared as counsel in the New Zealand courts. He was formerly a Solicitor-Advocate in England & Wales and a Barrister & Solicitor in New Zealand.
As a commercial litigator, Armando has acted for a wide range of clients – including ultra-high-net-worth individuals, financial institutions, private equity firms, and state-owned entities – in complex and high-value proceedings, two of which have in recent years been featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases. Armando has particular expertise in banking and financial services, civil fraud, and energy and natural resources disputes.
In addition to his considerable commercial litigation experience, Armando brings with him specialist arbitration and international law expertise, having acted as counsel in a number of institutional and ad hoc commercial and investor-state arbitrations, including disputes before ICSID. Armando also has experience of cross-border litigation and co-ordinating foreign proceedings in a range of jurisdictions all over the world.
Head of Chambers, Kennedy Talbot KC, said, "We are absolutely thrilled to welcome two more members, Aidan and Armando, to chambers. They have a fabulous track record in their fields and expand our offering as a set. The arrival of such talent ensures we maintain excellence across the board. Welcome to chambers!"
Chief Executive & Director of Clerking, Sam Carter, said, "Aidan and Armando have a stellar reputation, and we are delighted to have them on board. This has allowed us to strengthen our expanding practice areas and provide a wider service offering to our clients, complementing our core business areas. I look forward to working with you both!"
We are a specialist set of chambers with a leading reputation in civil and criminal asset recovery and financial and commercial wrongdoing.
Our work combines onshore and offshore advice, litigation, and arbitration, across almost all common law jurisdictions, with vast experience in the Caribbean and Middle East.
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