187 Chambers are delighted to have been recognised in the Chambers and Partners rankings for 2025. Chambers members have been ranked across five areas of law – London Bar – Crime, London Bar – Financial Crime, POCA & Asset Forfeiture, Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions and South Eastern – Crime
For the 21st year running we have kept our London Bar – Crime team ranking, where nine of our barristers have been individually ranked.
In Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions both Gideon Cammerman KC and Henry Hughes lead the way in this area of law with both placed in Band 1.
Gideon Cammerman is also ranked in Band 1 for the London Bar – Financial Crime. Richard Christie KC has been newly recognised in the same category.
We’re also please to share the excellent feedback for our clerks’ team:
“The clerking team provides a faultless service and knows the practice of each member inside out. The clerks are easy to deal with and have the wonderful skill of proposing exactly the right barrister.”
“187’s clerking team are pleasant and polite even under pressure.”
“The clerks are extremely helpful and provide a service which goes above and beyond to accommodate and assist.”
We would like to say a huge thanks to our clients for their continuing support and congratulations to all our members who have been ranked.
Our 2025 rankings in full are below or via the Chambers and Partners website here.
Financial Crime
3 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC):
Gideon Cammerman KC
Band 1
“Gideon is very hard-working, responsive and client-oriented.” – Financial Crime respondent UK Bar
Andrew Trollope KC
Band 3
“Andrew will do whatever needs to be done for his client and will go above and beyond.” – Financial Crime respondent UK Bar
“Andrew Trollope KC is a very good jury man. He’s a fighter and very strong-minded and clever.” – Financial Crime respondent UK Bar
Richard Christie KC
Band 4
“From a client perspective, he is excellent. He digs and digs and is relentless; he leaves no stone unturned.” – Financial Crime respondent
UK Bar
Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions
2 Ranked Barristers
Silks (KC):
Gideon Cammerman KC
Band 1
Juniors:
Henry Hughes
Band 1
“Henry is a skilled and dedicated advocate. He is knowledgeable on the law, measured when he needs to be and thinks in a practical way. He is a pleasure to work with.” – Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions respondent UK Bar
“He is personable, meticulous and very hard-working.” – Financial Crime: Private Prosecutions respondent UK Bar
London (Bar): Crime
187 Chambers
Band 4
“The clerking team provides a faultless service and knows the practice of each member inside out. The clerks are easy to deal with and have the wonderful skill of proposing exactly the right barrister.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“187’s clerking team are pleasant and polite even under pressure.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“The clerks are extremely helpful and provide a service which goes above and beyond to accommodate and assist.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Silks (KC):
Richard Christie KC
Band 3
“Richard is tenacious, detailed and very thorough.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Jason Bartfeld KC
Band 4
“Jason is a formidable lawyer who instils incredible levels of confidence in both his lay and professional clients. He is precisely the silk you would want beside you in the legal trenches.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“He is a very polished practitioner and a great cross examiner.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Mozammel Hossain KC
Band 4
“He is flamboyant and engaging and is very good with the jury. He has the respect of both the judges and clients.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“He is full of flair and flamboyance and juries love him.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Andrew Trollope KC
Band 5
“He is a very good jury advocate and very strong minded.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Nicholas Rhodes KC
Band 5
“He is very smooth and charming and gets excellent results for the client.” – UK Bar
“He is a slick operator and has a great manner with the jury.” – UK Bar
Juniors:
Greg Unwin
Band 4
“Greg is very measured, authoritative and hard working. He has excellent client care skills and helps vulnerable clients.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“He has excellent subject knowledge and a variety of expertise. He is very empathetic with clients and keeps them calm.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Emma Nash
Band 5
“She is very down-to-earth in dealing with people and a good operator.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Rebecca Lee
Band 5
“Rebecca is utterly charming and incredibly hardworking. She is an absolute pleasure to work with and a barrister you want to instruct again and again.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“She is absolutely methodical, with high attention to detail. She is fantastic with clients and juries love her.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
Matthew Bagnall
Band 6
“Matthew is a very safe pair of hands dealing with serious and complex cases.” – UK Bar
“Matthew is exceptional.” – UK Bar
POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture
2 Ranked Barristers
Juniors:
Anna Keighley
Band 2
“Anna Keighley is absolutely delightful and a specialist in money laundering and POCA. She knows everything about the subject.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
“Anna has real expertise and breadth of knowledge in POCA and not purely on the back of criminal cases: she is a POCA specialist. Her written submissions are to the point, sensible and correct.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
“She is really on top of her game and fights tooth and nail for her client, leaving opponents bruised and battered.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
Greg Unwin
Band 3
“Greg Unwin is excellent.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
“Greg is a very impressive junior. He has a good style, is nice and calm in court, and has good presence with sound judgement.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
“He is meticulous and dedicated, very personable, and clients warm to him.” – POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture respondent UK Bar
South Eastern (Bar): Crime
1 Ranked Barrister
Juniors:
Donal Lawler
Band 3
“Donal is calm, attentive, reassuring and methodical. He is exceptional with clients, incredibly responsive and engaging. He is also thoughtful, providing considered responses.” – Crime respondent UK Bar
“He is just very sensible and gets the job done quickly and efficiently. He always has the best interest of the clients and is very personable.” – Crime respondent UK Bar