Mike is a solicitor advocate appointed to King’s Counsel in 2023. A partner and global co-chair of Korea Group at Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) in the City of London, Mike has expertise in arbitration, court, and expert determination proceedings, with particular experience in the energy, construction, infrastructure, and financial services sectors. Growing up just outside Reading, Mike had no family or professional links with the law but at school he had a great love of debating and mooting, and a career in advocacy felt like a natural choice for him. Mike relished the adversarial aspects of his legal training and […]
Adam Cloherty KC, who joined the ranks of silk in 2023, has a broad commercial chancery practice acting in and advising on commercial and private wealth disputes both domestically and internationally. Adam’s cases span this commercial set’s main fields of practice, and draw on his knowledge of equitable, trust and corporate principles. Adam comes from a working-class background, growing up in West London and attending a local comprehensive school where he had the great good fortune to encounter “very dedicated, supportive, amazing teachers”. They recognised and nurtured Adam’s sharp academic ability and encouraged him to aim for Oxbridge or some […]