A bench drawn from a broader range of backgrounds, life experiences, and institutional affiliations is a better bench. Building one is part of the institutional work of the chambers.
The chambers takes the question of who is at the table seriously. Composition — member ranks, associate roster, and professional staff — reflects deliberate institutional effort to ensure the bench represents the breadth of substantive talent and perspective the practice requires.
Our recruitment process is structured to identify substantive legal and professional talent across the full range of law schools, professional backgrounds, and life experiences. We optimise for the substantive judgement, work ethic, and intellectual discipline the chambers’ instructions require — not for a narrow profile.
Once at the chambers, every member has access to senior mentorship, substantive work from the earliest stages, and the institutional support that allows a career to be built deliberately. The chambers’ pupillage programme has produced principals across all six offices.
The Council of Members publishes an annual review of the chambers’ composition, retention, and advancement. The review is examined by an independent external advisor and is shared with clients on request.
“A bench drawn from the full breadth of substantive talent.”