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Welcome toatkin Chambers

We are a commercial set of Chambers at the forefront ofconstruction, energy and infrastructure law at the Bar.Members are globally renowned for what they do and workon some of the biggest, most complex infrastructuredisputes across the world.

Closer to home, members are also regularly involved indomestic disputes arising out of UK engineering,infrastructure, IT and PFI projects.

Members’ clients rely on them to provide commercialadvice to help them find the right solution for theirbusinesses and members are committed to obtaining thebest possible outcomes for them.

First and foremost however, our members are advocates.They like to be on their feet and are regulars in the Business,Property and Appellate Courts, and in many internationalarbitral forums. They also have significant expertise in ADR.

The purpose is to teach our pupils the skills needed tobecome successful members of Chambers in all of theseareas. We aim to do this by ensuring pupils are exposed tothe wide variety of work which comes into Chambers andby offering the chance to learn from established andexperienced practitioners and practice managers.

Chambers’ continued success depends on maintaining thereputation for excellence for which its members are known.To this end, we are committed to recruiting the bestcandidates for pupillage. Our market-leading pupillageaward reflects that approach.

Fiona Parkin QCChair, Pupillage Committee

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”The set houses experiencedbarristers who offer substantialexpertise across the full range ofconstruction-related matters. Itsmembers are ubiquitous in thesector and regularly representprominent employers andcontractors in top-end domesticand international disputes.”Chambers & Partners

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Key facts

• 45 members.

• Acting in major infrastructureprojects across the world includingthe Panama Canal, Dubai Metro,airports in Gibraltar, Oman andelsewhere, numerous offshorewindfarms, and energy pipelinesacross Europe, Europe and Asia.

• Landmark projects closer to homeinclude The Shard, Wembley andTwickenham, the upgrade of LondonUnderground, the Rolls Building, andenergy projects including the 2017Supreme Court case related toScotland’s first offshore wind farm inthe Solway Firth.

• Top ranked for our core practice areasin the leading legal directories.

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Thepupillage offer

The general policy of Chambers is to grow at ameasured rate through the recruitment of tenants,usually at a rate of one or two a year.

Chambers takes recruitment to pupillage andtenancy extremely seriously, and pays the market-leading pupillage award to reflect this (currently£72,500).

Atkin Chambers does not operate as part of thePupillage Gateway so please checkatkinchambers.com for application opening andclosing dates (currently 30 September to 13December 2017 for the pupillage year startingSeptember 2019).

Chambers invites applications from prospectivepupils who are, as a minimum, in their final year oftheir law degree or (for non-law graduates)undertaking the GDL.

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The pupillage year is structured to accommodateboth the Bar Council’s training requirements andthe additional training we deem necessary forsuccessful entry into the high-quality commercialand international work that a career as a barrister atAtkin Chambers involves.

Full details of the application and selection process,and the training, support and assessment thatpupils receive, are contained in our pupillage policyon our website.

If you have any questions, please contact AndrewBurrows, clerk to the pupillage committee, [email protected].

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Why apply toatkin Chambers?

”The intellectual breadth of Chambers’ members isreally quite outstanding. They work really hard,incredibly hard. Being that committed and havingthat attitude inspires one to do likewise. This is nota set where people just do enough to get the jobdone. Everyone goes for that extra value and thatextra mile for clients.”

”Everybody is friendly and approachable. Don’t beintimidated it is not actually an ivory tower.”

”It’s very friendly and that’s important because youmay be here for life but that’s not necessarilysomething you think about when you’re starting offbut it's certainly something that candidates shouldthink about when choosing between offers.”

”Construction Law is intellectually stimulating withplenty of opportunities for interesting andimportant work.” ”So while I didn’t initially set out tobe a construction barrister, I really cannot imaginedoing anything else now.”

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”Atkin members are involved in landmark and high-profile cases on leading contract and tort issues atthe Court of Appeal and Supreme Court, and a lotof important international arbitration that isn'treported.”

”That international aspect working withinternational clients really does make each casereally different. You'll get to see how clients dobusiness in different ways, in different jurisdictions.”

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Atkin Chambers1 Atkin BuildingGray’s InnLondonWC1R 5AT

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e: [email protected]

www.atkinchambers.com

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