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Anneliese Day KC is a “leading lawyer of her generation” and a “standout genius” whose skill as a “ruthlessly brilliant advocate” is deployed in cases spanning all areas of commercial law. She is recognised as a Leading Silk and “leading light” in no less than ten practice areas not only in the UK but in a variety of jurisdictions around the world by the legal directories and as a Global Elite Thought leader in Who’s Who Legal. She has been described as “an absolute rockstar at the top of her game” who is “untouchable on her feet” with a “towering intellect” and “the Midas touch in the way she communicates with clients and solicitors”. Anneliese operates at the highest level, both in litigation and in arbitration (as both lead counsel and arbitrator) and has worked on significant and complex cases in Asia Pacific, the Caribbean, Europe and the Middle East as well as in the UK and Ireland. She is known for being “a total class act”, “very charismatic, engaging and tenacious” and someone who is able to “look at things from a different perspective”. Reflecting her market position as one of the leading Silks at the Bar and the breadth of her expertise, Anneliese was recently named overall ’Silk of the Year’ at The Legal 500’s UK Bar Awards and recognised as one of just twenty ‘Stars at the Bar’ by Chambers & Partners. She has previously won a number of other coveted awards, including The Lawyer’s ‘Barrister of the Year’, together with various individual Silk of the Year Awards.  Described as a “good leader for the 21st century”, she was also identified as one of the 500 most influential people in the UK by Debretts. For further information: https://www.fountaincourt.co.uk/people/anneliese-day/