Dr Chintan Chandrachud Joins Brick Court Chambers, London

Dr Chintan Chandrachud has joined Brick Court Chambers, London, as a tenant (a full member of Chambers).

Before moving to Brick Court, he was a solicitor at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, London.

His practice encompasses commercial litigation, tax litigation and international arbitration. He has been listed by Chambers & Partners as an "associate to watch", and by Legal 500 as a "key lawyer", for tax litigation.

Chintan holds a BCL from the University of Oxford, an LLM from Yale Law School, and a PhD in comparative constitutional law from the University of Cambridge. He taught constitutional law at St Catherine's College and Christ Church, Oxford. He is widely published on constitutional law issues and is the author of two books - Balanced Constitutionalism: Courts and Legislatures in India and the United Kingdom (OUP 2017) and The Cases that India Forgot (Juggernaut 2019).

Celebrating its centenary this year, Brick Court Chambers is one of the leading sets of barristers' chambers in the UK, having a strong reputation for Commercial, EU/Competition and Public Law. Amongst its most prominent members in recent history include Jonathan Sumption, who was joint head of chambers and was appointed directly to the UK Supreme Court in 2012, and Sir Sidney Kentridge QC, who represented Nelson Mandela in the Treason Trial in South Africa.