March 27, 2025
4 Stone Buildings are pleased to have been recognised as a Tier 1 set in the Commercial: English Bar in the Middle East category of the newly released Legal 500 EMEA guide 2025.
10 Members of Chambers are individually ranked in this guide:
🔹 Richard Hill KC – Tier 1
🔹 Sharif A. Shivji KC – Tier 1
🔹 Alastair Tomson – Tier 1
‘A strength is Alastair’s comprehension of respondents tactics and their moves before they happen, helping to ensure that the client and case is well founded and defended. His advocacy make any case simple before a judge, any complex defence stunts by the opposing counsel is met with a unravelling approach of the issue at hand that allow the courts to easily grasp the issue at hand and focus.’
🔹 Joseph Wigley – Tier 2
🔹 Andrew Rose – Tier 2
‘Andrew is an excellent junior barrister – ferociously intelligent, charming, and a real pleasure to work with. His drafting and research skills are second to none. He has exceptional judgement, a strong work ethic, and always takes a commercial and pragmatic approach. Increasingly taking on his own cases, he is a compelling, confident and fearless advocate.’
🔹 Edward Crossley – Tier 2
‘Extremely hard working but also pragmatic and commercial and with a very good eye for detail. Ed quickly gains the trust and confidence of the lay client and demonstrates a maturity beyond his years.’
🔹 Zara McGlone – Tier 2
‘Zara is an exceptional barrister with a strong command of legal drafting, particularly in preparing comprehensive written submissions before the common law courts. Her ability to distill complex legal issues into clear, persuasive, and well-structured submissions stands out. Zara’s drafting is always meticulously researched and demonstrates a deep understanding of both procedural and substantive law, which greatly enhances the persuasiveness of the documents.’
🔹 Albert Sampson – Tier 2
‘His strength is his grip of somewhat niche area (complex financial issues with lots of numbers and moving parts) together with meticulous attention to detail and ability to present everything simply to the Tribunal.’
🔹 Hossein Sharafi – Rising Star
🔹 Karl Anderson – Rising Star
‘A very bright up-and-coming barrister. Very user friendly and confident advocate.’
Thank you to our clients for taking the time to provide this positive feedback and to the Legal 500 research team.
See the full rankings here.
