Atkin Chambers recommended in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
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Atkin Chambers is pleased to be a recommended chambers in The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 rankings. Listing a number of members […]
13th Jan 2021
"Incredibly bright and fiercely hard-working, with an excellent style on his feet. He's one of the best."
Chambers and Partners
Mark has broad experience of acting both as sole counsel retained in proceedings and as junior counsel in very large commercially, legally and technically complex disputes with expertise in domestic and international arbitration, TCC and Commercial Court litigation, adjudication and mediation.
He specialises mainly in construction and engineering, professional negligence, IT and telecommunications, and energy disputes representing governments, a wide range of contractors, private employers and their professional advisors all over the world. He also has experience of issues of private international law, including the jurisdiction of the English and foreign courts and the determination of applicable law.
Mark is recommended by Chambers and Partners UK as a leading junior in the construction, energy and international arbitration fields. He is also recommended for construction in Chambers Global, by The Legal 500 as a leading junior in the fields of construction, international arbitration, energy and information technology, and by The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific for construction. Mark was awarded Construction Junior of the Year at the Chambers UK Bar Awards 2015.
Mark is familiar with the standard forms of contract in use in the industry and has experience of issues including delay and disruption to projects, variations and defects in design and construction as well as related commercial issues including issues relating to guarantees and performance bonds. He has been involved in disputes of widely varying size, value and scope, and has appeared before a variety of tribunals including in the Technology and Construction Court. His experience of construction and engineering disputes encompasses a wide range of industry sectors. He has extensive international experience as well as in domestic cases. Examples of his cases include:
He has wide experience acting for contractors on domestic and international disputes arising out of the design and construction of, among other things, power stations, offshore wind farms and waste water treatment plants as well as oil and gas disputes (infrastructure and otherwise). Examples of his work include:
Mark has significant experience of IT project disputes and has acted variously for client, supplier and consultants. Issues of which Mark has direct experience include (but are not limited to) payment and termination provisions in IT contracts, software design and defects, and delay in the provision of software. Recent matters include:
Mark has acted as sole counsel and as junior counsel variously for and against engineers, architects, project managers and other consultants in the IT, construction and engineering sectors. Recent instructions include:
In addition to the specialist areas above, Mark is also instructed on general commercial disputes arising (such as sale of goods and bonds and guarantees), to include:
MTH Højgaard A/S v EON Climate & Renewables [2014] BLR 450; [2015] BLR 431; [2017] UKSC 59; [2017] BLR 477
Wales and West Utilities Ltd v PPS Pipeline Systems GmbH [2014] BLR 163
MTH Højgaard A/S v EON Climate & Renewables [2013] EWHC 697 (TCC); [2014] EWCA Civ [710]; [2015] BLR 55;
Fluor v Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co, Ltd [2016] EWHC 2062 (TCC)
Fluor v Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co, Ltd [2018] EWHC 1 (TCC)
Axis v Multiplex Europe [2019] EWHC 169 (TCC)
Connect Plus (M25) Ltd v Highways England Co Ltd [2017] BLR 33
BT Cornwall Ltd v Cornwall Council, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Peninsula Community Health CIC [2015] EWHC 3755 (Comm)
Countryside Properties v MDS Civil [2009] EWHC 3418 (TCC);
Charter UK Ltd v Nationwide Building Society [2009] EWHC 1002 (TCC)
Linklaters Business Services v Sir Robert McAlpine & Ors [2011] BLR 108
Enterprise Managed Services Ltd v Tony McFadden Utilities Ltd [2010] BLR 89
P C Harrington Contractors Limited v Multiplex Constructions (UK) Limited [2008] BLR 16
Pearson Education Ltd v The Charter Partnership Ltd [2006] PNLR 14 (TCC), [2007] EWCA, Civ 130 (CA), [2007] BLR 324
2001-2002 – BVC, Inns of Court School of Law, London
2001 – Senior Mooter, Gray’s Inn
Lord Justice Holker Award Holder, Gray’s Inn
1998-2001 – MA Law (Upper Second), Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge University
Mark is a member of COMBAR, TECBAR and the SCL.
“Great cross-examination skills, provides a calm and thorough approach.”
Construction, Energy and Infrastructure, The Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021
“He is excellent on his feet and on paper. A QC in waiting.” “A real workhorse with a great attention to detail.” “He is a calming influence in stressful situations.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2021
“An outstanding junior.” “He’s like a chainsaw on documents – powers through them and produces great results.” “His writing is very good. He’s very good at cross-examination too.”
Energy, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2021
“He is really excellent – he stands out.” “Absolutely fantastic. He is a very good cross-examiner.”
International Arbitration, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2021
“Very astute, thorough, incisive and experienced junior. His preparation is impeccable and he zeroes in on the key issues.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2021
“He offers considered analysis and instils confidence into his clients”
IT and Telecoms, The Legal 500 2021
“Sharp, yet has a straightforward approach with the ability to make the most complex contractual issue simple to understand.”
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2021
“He gets to the heart of the issues very quickly and never hesitates to plummet into the details of a case.”
Energy, The Legal 500 2021
“He has a skill set that instructing solicitors dream of and would be at the very top of the list of juniors I would be delighted to recommend – he is an intellectual heavyweight with a masterful presence and yet also very accessible and client-friendly.” “A very astute, thorough, incisive and experienced junior.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2020
“He is tough, clever and very personable.” “He is commercial and has a positive attitude.”
Energy, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2020
“A great lawyer who is extremely modern in his approach.” “A really good cross-examiner.”
International Arbitration, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2020
“Dedicated, with a great eye for detail.”
Construction, Energy & Infrastructure, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2020
“He has a knack for suggesting different approaches which turn issues on their head and in your favour. “
Construction, The Legal 500 2020
“Clever with good instincts and very able to run whole sections of a big case on his own.”
Energy, The Legal 500 2020
“He offers considered analysis and instils confidence into his clients.”
IT and Telecoms, The Legal 500 2020
“Has a knack of popping up with slightly different answers and approaches which turn issues on their head and in your favour. “
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2020
A very diligent and very bright junior who is just very good at thinking around and finding angles in cases.” “He’s very good with junior lawyers and clients,” and “produces very effective cross-examination.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2019
“His written submissions are brilliant; he really adds value with his ingenious arguments.” “He is a diligent and very bright junior who is very good at thinking around things.”
Energy, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2019
“Thorough, good on detail and very client-focused.”
Energy, The Legal 500 2019
“He is extremely hardworking, very bright and excellent to work with.”
IT and Telecoms, The Legal 500 2019
“Thorough, good on detail, and very client focused.”
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2019
“A senior junior who is always enthusiastic and offers high-class work.”
Construction, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2019
“Extremely hard-working, a real team player and great to have in any dispute team.” “Incredibly bright and fiercely hard-working, with an excellent style on his feet. He’s one of the best.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar and Global 2018
“Extremely good, pleasant and unassuming.” “He’s very bright and good at the kind of work you’d normally give to QCs.”
Energy, Chambers & Partners UK Bar and Global 2018
“A very competent and able barrister with wonderful client skills.”
Construction, The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2018
“A smooth operator, who knows how to tell a story to his client’s advantage.”
Construction, The Legal 500 2017
“A well-regarded and experienced advocate.”
Energy, The Legal 500 2017
“He is good at identifying the key points in a case and focusing on them.”
IT and Telecoms, The Legal 500 2017
“He provides good legal analysis, stamina in evidence review and detailed pleadings.”
International Arbitration, The Legal 500 2017
“The standard of his written submissions is extremely high. His language is always persuasive and his mastery of detail shines through.”
Construction, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2017
“He got his mind around a really complicated issue and did a very good job with it.” “He is hard-working and tenacious, crafts very clever arguments and is very good in terms of availability.”
Energy, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2017
“He has a first-class intellect and a charming approach.”
International Arbitration, Chambers & Partners UK Bar 2017
“He has a first-class intellect and a charming approach.”
Construction, Chambers Global 2017
The above are a selection of recent client endorsements from the leading legal directories, both UK and internationally. For a complete list of endorsements, please contact the practice management team at Atkin Chambers.